tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306238136619815873.post6882755901947610702..comments2024-01-06T10:12:55.505+00:00Comments on That Lisa Clare | Derbyshire Lifestyle and Travel Blog: Why returning to education was the best thing I ever did...ThatLisaClarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17606481918181648499noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306238136619815873.post-85822840402805724872015-09-30T21:05:19.699+01:002015-09-30T21:05:19.699+01:00Well done you! Just goes to show that a break and ...Well done you! Just goes to show that a break and a change of direction can be the best tonic. If I'd gone to uni straight after sixth form i don't know if I would have stuck it out. I was already fed up with learning haha. It definitely did me good to get out there and learn what I DIDN'T want to do for the rest of my life. ThatLisaClarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17606481918181648499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306238136619815873.post-66920349354401531732015-09-17T01:31:02.020+01:002015-09-17T01:31:02.020+01:00I'm from Derbyshire too and still currently li...I'm from Derbyshire too and still currently live there. I went from college straight to uni as I wasn't ready to start work yet and wanted to do a degree in psychology as I thought I might be able to do something with that in the future. I pushed myself too hard with uni, dancing and three separate jobs and in my final year, just before my finals, I became seriously ill with a brain infection. The annoying thing is it didn't have to have got that far but my doctor refused to provide any further treatment because he thought I was either making it up or imagining it. I carried on and finished my degree (just) but when I left I went full time at McDonalds (what was my student job). I'd never even considered that I might be clever enough to go on to do further qualifications but three years later I applied for a masters and was accepted. After a push from one of my lecturers I then applied for a research grant and submitted a proposal for a PhD and four years later I became a Dr. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14622214528575884465noreply@blogger.com