My friend took a summer job at a bookstore, three days a week, and spent the other days relaxing and pursuing creative hobbies. He came back refreshed. Good luck!
If you put yourself out there, even the slightest bit, you'll make friends. I'm socially awkward and I made lifelong friends at Queen's and am now married to one - we have three kids and actually moved back to Kingston and now part of my work is at Queen's...
I got a random roommate in first year at Queen's and it was great. Most people find it either fine or great - there are sometimes conflicts but people are there to help you work through them and I do know someone who switched roommates when they just couldn't get along.
Are you medicated? Step one is to look at treatment if you haven't. Step two is to figure out how to break the video game addiction. Do you have access to a counsellor?
What I'm trying to say is there are beautiful communities out there, and you can be part of building one. You don't have to buy a plot of land with twenty other people and work the land and have a non-hierarchical societal structure to feel a strong sense of community.
I live on a block where I know and trust my neighbours. My city is pretty small and I regularly run into people I know. It's not exactly a commune but it is definitely a community. I have people nearby I know and trust and can rely on when I need to.
If Finch got closer to being like social media, or added a way to message, I would uninstall it immediately and delete my kids' accounts. The only reason I use it is that I can't talk to anyone through it. I have WAY too many ways to talk to people already and desperately need fewer ways, not more.
This is not your fault. It's really important to remember that as you decide on your next steps. You didn't do this - your parents pushed you into a future you didn't ask for. It's really hard for kids to stand against their parents' firm expectations. I understand why this was important to your parents but it was completely unfair of them up decide your future and what success would look like for you without asking for your input.
I don't think you should go to medical school if you have no interest in being a doctor. You're 22 and you have a lot of future ahead of you. You are obviously smart and hard-working. You'll be fine - but you have to start to figure out what's important to you, not what's important to your parents.
Beggars Banquet in Gan is great.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket. What you want may change as you move through university. You can take psych courses and plan on med school but keep your mind open to other ideas and opportunities and things that may pull you in a different direction or you might wind up at the end of four years of undergrad, four years of medical school, and five years of psychiatry residency, only to realize it's not what you want.
You're not the person now that you will be at twenty. Or thirty. Etc. Don't make plans that future person can't get out of.
A friend of mine works at a local bookstore through the summer and another teacher I know runs a small French camp for several weeks on her property.
It totally is. Your anxiety is super normal. I think all universities have student support for helping you settle in if you're feeling uncomfortable when you arrive. You could even reach out now and see what supports are available. Even knowing there's someone to talk to might help. Do you have access to a counsellor before you go? Talking about your fears may seem scary in itself but I promise it helps.
It's a big step, but it's a good one. I'm visiting my parents in my hometown this weekend and feeling lovely to be here - but I love where I live and I wouldn't change a thing. It's part of growing up.
My partner went to Western med school after switching out of life sci into a psych and economics double major. He also took organic chem and anatomy and other necessary things to help with MCAT and med school requirements.
My son's ECE from kindy left our school to move somewhere much closer to her house. She didn't last three days. The teacher was disrespectful and micromanaging her every move and treating her like a servant who needed to be supervised around the kids. She is a WONDERFUL, experienced, knowledgeable professional with a deep understanding of kiddos and classrooms.
She bounced right back to the school she had just left, where she refers to her relationship with the teacher as "peanut butter and jam." They are true partners in the classroom.
I think it can go either way or be somewhere in between and you just have to hope for the best.
You don't have to have all the answers now. It's okay not to know. You can choose a degree that will keep doors open, including medical school, without committing to a career.
Hahaha I have a grade five and you are NOT WRONG.
I'm 43 and I've just decided to change careers, so...yep!
I apparently don't have to do an aptitude test because I have a French immersion high school certificate. My French is rusty as heck though, so I DEFINITELY need to brush up. Thank you for the encouragement - I needed it today!
I do have that, I believe - will have to check to be sure, but I was on the Dean's List in my final year, some experience but not a ton, and I plan to take some extra courses. I want to do PJ FSL so I am also improving my French. I have until December to make my application as competitive as possible but I am also working and have kids so I have to balance as best I can!
Go volunteer in a school before you make this decision! Please get some experience with kids IN A SCHOOL before you commit. No matter what you think it's like, it's different.
I haven't applied yet - I hope to go next year. I live in Kingston and I have a family so I really can only go to Queen's. But I got the impression that you needed higher marks to get in. I'm taking some courses to upgrade.
I'm (43) a book editor and I'm about to go back to school to be a teacher.
Anyone here who had a career change in their late to mid-40s?
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