Hi All,
Long backstory but I'll try to keep it short. Got a place on a science PGCE to start at the end of my first degree. Decided not to take up the place as I was lacking in confidence and decided to pursue the academic route. I started a 4 year phd (first year led to masters) but after around 8 months I felt like academia was so not for me. I tried to stick with it, completed my masters and a few months of the first PhD year. I left just before Christmas as it really wasn't working for me. The one part of the PhD I enjoyed was working with and helping the undergraduates both in my research lab and in their teaching labs. I thought maybe now was the right time to go for the pgce and secured a place before leaving my PhD to start next September. Now though I'm starting to question that decision. I don't know if I'm just having a lapse of confidence or if I was just using the PGCE as an escape from the PhD. Don't want to burn bridges by giving up my place again but not 100% sure it's the right choice to pursue it. My head is a bit all over the place with it at the moment so I can't express much more than that right now.
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FaithLoveandHope · 27/12/2015 20:06
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