So the second biggest decision of my life is... not here yet. This big decision is whether or not I should go to college or go apprentice with a horse trainer.
My original plan was to go to college and then apprentice. There's a problem with this.
I was talking with someone and we were talking about college and careers and debt. This person I was talking to knows a lot of people who have fancy degrees, and work in a place like McDonalds or not at all. He on the other hand didn't go to college, has no debt, and runs his own computer business. So I could either go to college first, get a degree and a lot of debt, and then apprentice, which would leave me with pretty much no way to pay off the debt, or apprentice with a well known trainer first and then go to college. I could skip college all together, but I'll worry about that when I come to it. With doing the second option I could do what I love, make a name for myself, and not have to worry about tons of debt while I was doing it. I could get a good salary and all would be just fine. If I went to college I would get a degree in the agricultural field. As far as what part of agriculture I haven't decided yet. I would like to go to college, but I don't know what I would do with the degree I would get. I want to train horses.
By the way my first big decision was and is trusting Jesus, so that's what I want to do with this decision. Trust that God has a plan for me and he'll put me where he wants me to be.
Go to college but be practical about it, really look into fields that are hiring, go to a school that is relatively affordable. College graduates still have a lower rate of unemployment then highschool graduates. Or trade school, trade school works too. I apprenticed/worked for trainers while I was in school and after and it was great. Don't be afraid of hard work and you can make anything happen.
ReplyDeleteHuh. I hadn't considered going to college while I apprenticed.
DeleteI have known that I need to go into a field that is hiring, but never thought much about it.
What is trade school all about? Like learning a specific skill?
Lucky for me I have time to figure this out.
Yep, you can learn about cars, or hair or nails or whatever, carpentry etc. Electricians make great money. Vet tech's go to trade school (and think if you become a big animal vet tech how much more valuable you would be as an assistant trainer or barn manager) As far as college degress go, you can't go wrong with Accounting. Business is also good especially if you want to do equine things, or understanding legal etc.
DeleteYea that's one thing. If I want to train horses I'll be starting my own buisness, and I'll probably need to know how to do it. We'll see. I'll look into trade school and then just see how it works out.
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