To be furious with this so called friend about ex not seeing his kids?

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Stupid thing really, I posted a status on fb asking for advice about doing a uni course, which one I should do etc.

Of all the people who commented on it hardly any were actually supportive and encouraging, almost all of them basically said don't bother which upsets me but that's a whole other thread, particularly one mutual friend of mine & exH's who said 'what if you're studying several hours commute away and there's problems only a mother can fix' - I translate this as saying 'you're a mum now, don't bother about getting a career or studying as you're only there to look after your kids' possibly being oversensitive?

When I got irritated and said people use childcare all the time to help them while they work or study and it would be a hell of a lot easier if ExH was around to help support and look after his children he commented back saying stuff about 'life choices' and 'you've made your bed now you have to lie in it!'

At this point I just lost the plot, this 'friend' has barely spoken to me since the break up, so he has no idea just how difficult the last year has been for me and I was really upset that he seemed to insinuate that it was all my fault that we broke up and I had done something wrong! Ex was borderline abusive, neglected me and the kids because he spend all his time smoking weed and playing on computer games and I did everything I possibly could to keep us together but in the end I just couldn't do it anymore. And he was defending my ex!

Wibu to tell him exactly what I thought of him and his 'opinion' (I may have used bathe words 'you are a dick :/)

Will your DM be able to support you with child care?

DM works full time and lives almost 300 miles away so unfortunately not :)

Career options probably better in physiotherapy :)

I would advise -not- a degree in forensic science. Preferred route for that career is reportedly a BSc in Chemistry or similar, then a masters in forensics.www.brightknowledge.org/knowledge-bank/science-and-maths/chemistry-careers/forensic-scientist-jennifer-mcdaid

Id go for the vocational options personally.

Tilly apparently there are 2 pathways, either a degree in chemistry and then postgraduate training in forensics or a forensics foundation degree topped up with chemistry/another science subject in the final year!

According to some forensic society page I read online there's 5000ish people employed in forensics across the Uk but it's an area expected to have a lot of growth in employment between now and 2020 :)

I've heard that physiotherapy is very competitive because there are many more graduates than jobs but the opposite is true of occupational therapy? So difficult!

There are definitely said to be two routes, but... Anecdotally, the second pathway is famous for leading to, well, nothing. You only get one student loan, so it's worth being careful. There's also more people taking the second route.

Find out how many of their previous forensic science graduates are actually employed in the field, if they can tell you.

www.prospects.ac.uk/forensic_scientist_entry_requirements.htm if you haven't seen it, could be useful.

I used to be a forensic scientist - DO NOT do a forensic science degree if you want to go into forensics (with the exception of the course at Strathclyde). They are not worth the paper they are written on. Do a pure science instead. I haven't got a forensic science degree, mine was biotechnology. None of my ex colleagues have forensic science degrees either.
To be honest I wouldn't recommend going into the industry. I have to disagree with you about the growth in the industry, if anything the industry will contract as police budgets get squeezed. It is starved of cash and there is no exciting research going on in the field in this country.
Do a pure science and you will keep your options open.

What about speech therapy?