1) You are a know-it-all - not in a bad way, but you are highly efficient. The paralegal job is a fine idea today... But after fifteen years of paralegaling, when you know more than most lawyers and yet will have no power whatsoever, I GUARANTEE you that you will be grinding your teeth and cursing the Gods daily. It's not even like they can let it slide, like they occasionally do with experienced nurses; you will not LEGALLY be able to do your job to the best of your ability. This will drive you 100% batshit crazy, and I will NOT be able to help you.
2) Your pride will suffer immensely. Yes, you ran into a nightmare case of a paralegal bitching about her job - but on the one hand, it may well be a case of one lawyer wannabe bitching to someone who she thought could sympathize. I know MY job always sounds ten times worse when I'm talking to someone in the field.
But more so, this is your last shot. You give this up, you're giving it up forever... And it's the easy way out. It's NOT as much power, and you're fooling yourself if you think it is.
The money may be a wash... Though considering we had two companies literally fucking dueling over you today, I SINCERELY doubt you're going to come barrelling out of school to wind up trapped in an $18,000 a year legal secretary position.
Essentially, what this comes down to is that you're looking at stripping versus college. Stripping's easy money, you get a lot of attention, and you have a lot of time during the day - there are sincere advantages in the short term. School is hard, takes up time, and runs up debts.
Too many women wind up strippers and then wonder where their life went. Don't be one of them.
If you take the short term view, I'm not gonna support ya when the long term comes around to bite you in the ass. I love you with all my heart, hon - and that heart says to STAY IN SCHOOL. It will be worth it.
And if I'm the one who takes it in the shorts from your schooling and I'm the one fighting for it the most fiercely, then what does THAT tell you?
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ninetydegrees
Nope!
on 2002-11-12 11:09 pm (UTC)1) You are a know-it-all - not in a bad way, but you are highly efficient. The paralegal job is a fine idea today... But after fifteen years of paralegaling, when you know more than most lawyers and yet will have no power whatsoever, I GUARANTEE you that you will be grinding your teeth and cursing the Gods daily. It's not even like they can let it slide, like they occasionally do with experienced nurses; you will not LEGALLY be able to do your job to the best of your ability. This will drive you 100% batshit crazy, and I will NOT be able to help you.
2) Your pride will suffer immensely. Yes, you ran into a nightmare case of a paralegal bitching about her job - but on the one hand, it may well be a case of one lawyer wannabe bitching to someone who she thought could sympathize. I know MY job always sounds ten times worse when I'm talking to someone in the field.
But more so, this is your last shot. You give this up, you're giving it up forever... And it's the easy way out. It's NOT as much power, and you're fooling yourself if you think it is.
The money may be a wash... Though considering we had two companies literally fucking dueling over you today, I SINCERELY doubt you're going to come barrelling out of school to wind up trapped in an $18,000 a year legal secretary position.
Essentially, what this comes down to is that you're looking at stripping versus college. Stripping's easy money, you get a lot of attention, and you have a lot of time during the day - there are sincere advantages in the short term. School is hard, takes up time, and runs up debts.
Too many women wind up strippers and then wonder where their life went. Don't be one of them.
If you take the short term view, I'm not gonna support ya when the long term comes around to bite you in the ass. I love you with all my heart, hon - and that heart says to STAY IN SCHOOL. It will be worth it.
And if I'm the one who takes it in the shorts from your schooling and I'm the one fighting for it the most fiercely, then what does THAT tell you?
Hugs,
T.F.