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Originally Posted by PAYNE1
Of course, depending on what you want to do, a graduate degree might or not might matter. I knew I needed an advanced degree for what I wanted to do. I agree that such courses can involve a lot of tedium, but do consider what the future might be like. But, no, I wouldn't say you'd be a "failure" for dropping out two times.  |
I originally started the program (MA+PhD) to go into academia because I thought I'd be good at it. I'm doing well, but I hate it. Instead, I will likely start off teaching elementary school or something similar so a master's is not necessary. I have my BA and tons of experience with kids with all sorts of issues, so I could already be working in that field without this degree. My first grad program was for a specific career path, but long story short I won't be able to do it. I kinda went into this second grad program because I thought I should and tried to convince myself it was a good idea. I had what I call my quarter life crisis last spring and freaked out about moving for this program & nearly didn't come. I wish I had listened to my gut. When I described all of my feelings about it to my therapist at the time, she seemed surprised that my decision was to go anyway when everything pointed to the fact that I really didn't want to go.
edited to specify that I started off to go all the way to the PhD, but quickly decided to stop at the MA. So it's the MA I'm maybe halfway through.