MBA?
Hi, I can't decide what to do. I've been trying to leave teaching for almost TWO YEARS. Had interviews, not a single offer. and as I apply, every job has hundreds of applicants, and it's just so discouraging.
My dad thinks I should get an MBA. He would pay for it, which is really generous, but I don't know if I should do it. It would take years, and I want to leave NOW...then again, I've been trying for years unsuccessfully.
It could open doors, but it's not that I'm passionate about business in particular. Honestly I just want a fulfilling job that leaves me enough mental energy to write books in my free time. I think a corporate job could be fulfilling in its own way, at a good company, but it's not any dream or anything. Shouldn't you only go to school for something if you want it for its own sake?
It changed the trajectory of my dad's career. But I can't in good conscience let him pay for that unless I'm 1,000,000% that I want this. I thought I wanted teaching at one time, so I'm pretty gunshy about another program. On a petty level, all my non-teacher friends have a bachelor's degree like me, nothing more. I want to prove to myself that I can enter the workforce without yet more school.
Then again, this is about the only thing I haven't tried.
Should I do it?