I am looking for advice; I am seriously comtemplating giving up my parttime job and going back to University to do a degree with the aim of becoming a teacher. I have weighed up the pros and cons and have worked out that with the financial help I'm entitled to we would be slightly worse off than we are at the moment (although obviously I would have to pay back the Student loan in the long term). Presently I would say we are comfortable financially - we don't have any problems paying the bills but haven't holidayed for years and have one old banger to get around in.
Basically I'd like to know if anybody else has attempted a degree full time with kids. I have a supportive partner who works full time, and a couple of family members who could help out with our son who also starts nursery in September 5 mornings a week. Does anybody think I'm nuts or should I just keep plodding along with my present office job (which is pretty boring but very flexible!!). The university is also about 20 miles away so I'd have to look at travelling time/costs as well and I'm not sure about book costs and things like that.
I would appreciate ANY advice. Thanks
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Has anyone gone back into Higher Education?
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susanb · 15/05/2003 20:25
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