Hey Guys,
I am 26 years old and I have spent the last couple of years really wishing I could go back to University to finish my Chemistry degree which I completed the first year of and changed courses to study music then went into teaching. As much as I have enjoyed working in education and teaching music, I live with this annoying regret that I never really learned to apply my mind to studying until my post-graduate year in teacher training where I excelled myself and really tackled my work with the effort I was capable of.
I don't see myself as a music teacher in the long run, I feel as though I am no longer pushing myself cognitively. I have a comfortable, rewarding job in a secondary school that will keep me in a decent financial position for the rest of my life but every day I have walked past the University for the past year with the gut feeling that I have unfinished business there. I want to challenge my brain to something new, I know that I have the capacity and the attitude necessary to delve in to science now. I have always been interested in organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, drugs and the chemistry of the brain... I am a very different person now to when I was 19 years old and wanted to pursue teaching music. It's hard to know what your long term goal will be at the age people typically choose their subject specialism and I guess my heart is telling me to move on to something new.
I would really like to go into research and maybe complete a PhD in something chemistry related. I can't really explain why lol... This is just how I see myself making a difference. I don't want to die leaving "what-ifs?"... I have savings for tuition fees and my application is all finished, I am going to proof read and pull the trigger tomorrow.
If you guys have any recommended reading for someone who has been out of chemistry for a while and could do with brushing up on the fundamentals that would be excellent- I have been watching lecture after lecture on youtube lol, anything to help me prepare for next year would be great.
Hope everyone is well xx
I am 26 years old and I have spent the last couple of years really wishing I could go back to University to finish my Chemistry degree which I completed the first year of and changed courses to study music then went into teaching. As much as I have enjoyed working in education and teaching music, I live with this annoying regret that I never really learned to apply my mind to studying until my post-graduate year in teacher training where I excelled myself and really tackled my work with the effort I was capable of.
I don't see myself as a music teacher in the long run, I feel as though I am no longer pushing myself cognitively. I have a comfortable, rewarding job in a secondary school that will keep me in a decent financial position for the rest of my life but every day I have walked past the University for the past year with the gut feeling that I have unfinished business there. I want to challenge my brain to something new, I know that I have the capacity and the attitude necessary to delve in to science now. I have always been interested in organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, drugs and the chemistry of the brain... I am a very different person now to when I was 19 years old and wanted to pursue teaching music. It's hard to know what your long term goal will be at the age people typically choose their subject specialism and I guess my heart is telling me to move on to something new.
I would really like to go into research and maybe complete a PhD in something chemistry related. I can't really explain why lol... This is just how I see myself making a difference. I don't want to die leaving "what-ifs?"... I have savings for tuition fees and my application is all finished, I am going to proof read and pull the trigger tomorrow.
If you guys have any recommended reading for someone who has been out of chemistry for a while and could do with brushing up on the fundamentals that would be excellent- I have been watching lecture after lecture on youtube lol, anything to help me prepare for next year would be great.
Hope everyone is well xx