I think I'm going to be leaving York after this year. I'm applying to George Brown College for their ASL/DS program. If I get in, my loans will remain the same while tuition will be 1/4 what it is now
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I made that exact choice when I was 18, so I fully support it. I was like "Hmm, I could have a career in 3 years, or go 40K in debt and THEN pursue my goal! Hmm!" So to the chagrin of guidance counsellors everywhere, I never went to university and headed to college instead. I've never regretted it.
I made a mistake in the opposite direction. I listened to that horrid witch, Judy, and went to university, particularly one I didn't really want to go to. So, now I'm quite impressively in debt from it and looking for a career that I would absolutely LOVE and also get quite quick.
So, I modelled the decision after asking a single question, "What would Audra do?" True story. I actually sat here and thought about what you would do. I'm glad my notions have achieved validation. Thank you for your encouragement.
And, a million internet hugs for you as well. It's a darn good thing I have a broadband connection.
Sometime after graduating from George Brown, I'll have to track you down and have a silent coffee conversation with you. Hopefully I won't knock my coffee over like I did while chatting with my buddy Dave. That was embarrassing.
I'd think you'd be an awesome interpreter if you choose either choice. But If you have stayed with University York, then you might be more practically professional more than if you go to a trade school. Money matters, of course. So, up to you.
I planned on going the interpreter route after going to CHS for a month. It's just been a rather long time since then and I've been going to York, under the pretence that a university degree was the best way to a career path. That is the least true statement that any school has ever given me. If your school is telling you that university is the only way, they are wrong. A practical trade school is just as viable an alternative
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Afterwards, the university student will go and look for work but find nothing. Undergraduate courses don't prepare people for work. They exist only to provide an expensive education. A frigging financial officer at Acadia University told me that very thing. And, she told me to go to a community college (trade school) if I wanted a job. So, the university student will have to spend another (usually 3) years getting some sort of graduate degree, which also costs more. Assuming a similar rate as Acadia's undergrad cost, that's another 42 thousand dollars of debt, making the university student 98k dollars in debt after 7 years of study
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The university route can get you pay upwards of $200,000 per year, whereas the college grad MIGHT be able to make $80,000 per year after a lot of experience and a number of employment changes. However, during the time after graduating from college, while working, the college graduate can get a degree from a university part-time, and never really need to take out a loan because he's working for a living. So, upgrading is easy for the college grad
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Anyhoo, I think the real crux of the issue is what you want to do post-graduation. Would you rather do psych or interpreting? If you're ambivalent, then probably go with the interpreting due to the finances.
I've always thought you sounded psyched about ASL.
Well, I really like ASL. Plus, I like knowing things that the general populace doesn't know. And, I love associating with people who know about those things that the general populace doesn't know. I do really like ASL and psych isn't turning out to be what I was hoping it would be.
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Also you'd be an AMAZING interpreter.
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So, I modelled the decision after asking a single question, "What would Audra do?" True story. I actually sat here and thought about what you would do. I'm glad my notions have achieved validation. Thank you for your encouragement.
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Sometime after graduating from George Brown, I'll have to track you down and have a silent coffee conversation with you. Hopefully I won't knock my coffee over like I did while chatting with my buddy Dave. That was embarrassing.
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Money matters, of course. So, up to you.
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Anyhoo, I think the real crux of the issue is what you want to do post-graduation. Would you rather do psych or interpreting? If you're ambivalent, then probably go with the interpreting due to the finances.
I've always thought you sounded psyched about ASL.
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George Brown is just around the corner from here.
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