Which career should I aim for?
I'm 25 and am currently working in Japan as an ALT as I try to figure out my plan for the future. I have a bachelor's degree in English lit and philosophy, and I was thinking of going into teaching, but I know the state of teaching in America has been getting worse and worse with no signs of improving any time soon. My partner wants to be a SAHP when we eventually settle down and have kids as well, and I know that as a public school teacher, I definitely wouldn't be able to afford that.
My current thoughts choices are these:
• Teaching
•Teaching but getting a second degree in a field more in demand like STEM
• Abandoning America, which I'm not sure my partner would be okay with, and teaching somewhere in a country that values them more (I'm not sure that really exists because most countries kinda treat them like shit).
• Getting my masters in something like psychology or social work
• Going to med school (which I will have to take out more loans for) and going into psychiatry.
Posted Nov 2, 2022, 3:57 AM UTC