- March 12th, 2018, 2:41 am#4904050Didn't want to be spammy by making another post, but I am still ecstatic so figured I'd share here:
I FINALLY learnt I passed the first year of the three year Museum Studies diploma program I'm in. Now I passed the first two parts of It in spring 2017, but the third part in autumn 2017 was kinda a toss-up. The instructors gave us 4 weeks to fo the final assignment...but didn't send it out until 2 weeks into said timeframe...Missing templates some of the questions required. So I made my own templates in a leap of faith, since they ignored contact from the students & the administration. I also had surgery ( :-[ osteomyelitis) during this time period, but was declined an extension so was cramming the day after it to finish by the deadline with a 39°C+ fever. ...All so the instructors could take until the 2ND week of March to get the results of the course out. They basically ignored contact for mooonthss, and I had gone through the acceptance that I likely failed or would never hear from them again. Infuriatingly it was a course on management. I did registration for 2018, and hustling for funding, without even knowing if I had passed 2017.
I'm really proud of myself for doing this. I've been out of academics for a decade and it was terrifying to start on a career path so late. But "for now" jobs and unemployment got so soul-crushing I didn't think I could continue it for the rest of my life. I wanted to be an archeologist when I was a kid, but wss strongly discouraged from it.--So I tried to pursue a different field and was stuck moving through temporary jobs at almost 30. I do volunteer work at museums and learnt about the Museum Studies program. I realised I could still work in the historic field without churning out mountains of essays and research papers. I could be part of keeping things running, which is a very valuable option. Museum Studies deals with governance, administration, collections management, accounting, ethics, laws, community engagement, public programming, and much more. And I adore it! And I'm looking forward to kicking butt this year, since last year I wasn't able to give 100% because of being so sick.
And even though it's cheesy sounding; I guess this serves as it's never too late to start something if you have the motivation.