[sumiyia]

Originally Posted by Salika

I keep trying to tell my parents I don't want to be a lawyer. Honestly, I don't know what I want to do with my life. I really just want to raise a family and be a mother/wife-- an intelligent and active-in-the-community type though.

A degree is important for everyone, even girls. We don't live in a society that has strong support systems and a woman should be able to be independent if she had to be. the_only_one (I think it was you with yoru sister thinkin she doesn't need to go beyond school?)... what if a girl never marries? What if something God forbid happens to her husband or the family's income? Plus, school is a great experience and that intelligence really passes on to children.

Also, another thing to consider is that once the children get older, a woman may get bored just being at home and might want to get a job.

Anyways, education and learning is important and I'm happy on working on my JD and even if I don't work in the traditional sense, I do want to employ it somehow, perhaps working part time or working for CAIR or something.

hi... we need to talk

[PhDGirl]

Originally Posted by ChotooMotoo

You have 30 years to pay it back at a very low interest rate. Houses these days cost upwards of $200,000 in most parts of the country. My husband and I combined have student loans totaling less than 1/2 of a normal mortgage. Paying it back shouldn't be a problem, unless you are unemployed.

Well, it depends. My husband's student loans are more than the value of our house and some of them for med school are at a higher rate than the average mortgage rate. We'll be paying them back forever .

[Sugarberry]

Originally Posted by thejellymill

Click: What Can You Do With A College Major in Religious Studies? and also Majors and Careers: Religious Studies

Religious studies graduates often go on to further career training and jobs in:

* Business / international business - Marketing and management
* Marketing and management
* The government, foreign service, or the Peace Corps
* Non-profit or non-governmental organizations
* Counseling and Social Work
* Education
* Journalism / publishing
* Law
* Medicine
* Event planning, hospitality, or the service industry
* Museums and the arts

Inshallah by the time I am done with my degree, my husband will have enough years in with his company to take time off. We both want to take time off to do Peace Corps (service required for 2 years). After that, who knows...but countless employers would be impressed by a strong liberal arts degree and 2 years in the Peace Corps inshallah.

Liberal arts majors are not a waste of time and big-headed engineers, doctors, lawyers etc who think so can go ahead and shove it. Just take the time to look up your options, the career choices is interesting and good

Thats great post ...i know how you feel though everybody associates history with wanting to teaching hahahah ...there is a whole world out there that you can apply a liberal arts/humanities field to.

[the_only_one]

Originally Posted by Salika

I keep trying to tell my parents I don't want to be a lawyer. Honestly, I don't know what I want to do with my life. I really just want to raise a family and be a mother/wife-- an intelligent and active-in-the-community type though.

A degree is important for everyone, even girls. We don't live in a society that has strong support systems and a woman should be able to be independent if she had to be. the_only_one (I think it was you with yoru sister thinkin she doesn't need to go beyond school?)... what if a girl never marries? What if something God forbid happens to her husband or the family's income? Plus, school is a great experience and that intelligence really passes on to children.

Also, another thing to consider is that once the children get older, a woman may get bored just being at home and might want to get a job.

Anyways, education and learning is important and I'm happy on working on my JD and even if I don't work in the traditional sense, I do want to employ it somehow, perhaps working part time or working for CAIR or something.

nope it wasn't me nor my sister. it was sr. zzee.

pHD- i feel ya, im contemplating twice about continuning my schooling..

Originally Posted by Sugarberry

Thats great post ...i know how you feel though everybody associates history with wanting to teaching hahahah ...there is a whole world out there that you can apply a liberal arts/humanities field to.

i really hope that you didnt get that out of my post. i m not mean at all. and i hope i didnt come out as one..

[PhDGirl]

Originally Posted by the_only_one

pHD- i feel ya, im contemplating twice about continuning my schooling..

Well, the loans suck, that's for sure, but without them, he never would have been able to become a physician. I don't think he regrets his choice. There aren't merit scholarships for medical school the way that they are for undergrad. There are service-oriented things to forgive loans, but they involve joining the military or working in underserved areas providing primary care (or general surgery) which doesn't work for surgical subspecialties.

I don't have any, so I can only comment on his experience. But, since our finances are mingled, I might as well!

[sally]

so iwas supposed to go to a work meeting yesterday all the way on the other side of town and i didnt feel like it because it woulda been a bunch of crap anyways..probably a lot of downtalking to all the employees

and i called and left a message for my manager who didnt quite call back so now im wondering if i might be fired. a part of me is just hoping i am. i know it's really bad. but i can't stand that place..sigh

and it really wouldnt out of the ordinary for them to fire people randomly for stupid reasons. they do it all the time.

[sumiyia]

alhamdulillah... the interview today went even more awesomely than the other two... hehe... the interviewer guy said i was "phenomenal," that my resume was "incredible," and that i was "an excellent candidate."

[sumiyia]

bwaaaaaaaaaaaahahahaha... so remember that complete stranger that i let park my car last time? i ran into him again today! SOOOOO RANDOM.. and apparently he used to be muslim and converted... i told him to come by the MAS youth center sometime..

[fatima]

mashallah thats awesome about your interview sumi...and hilarious that you ran into that guy again haha


im supposed to be in class right now

[the_only_one]

Originally Posted by PhDGirl

Well, the loans suck, that's for sure, but without them, he never would have been able to become a physician. I don't think he regrets his choice. There aren't merit scholarships for medical school the way that they are for undergrad. There are service-oriented things to forgive loans, but they involve joining the military or working in underserved areas providing primary care (or general surgery) which doesn't work for surgical subspecialties.

I don't have any, so I can only comment on his experience. But, since our finances are mingled, I might as well!

mA, how did you manage? i already have a HUGE loan,(which idont wanna bring it in discussion here), im b/c i dont know if they'll lend me some $200, 000 for dental school.

regardless, i heart dentistry. this ever lasting lowe shall never die iA. i dont think i'll be able to love anything/anyone to that extend

[Spice]

Bad, bad morning.

[PhDGirl]

Originally Posted by the_only_one

mA, how did you manage? i already have a HUGE loan,(which idont wanna bring it in discussion here), im b/c i dont know if they'll lend me some $200, 000 for dental school.

regardless, i heart dentistry. lowe will never die.

It's not uncommon in the US for people to fund undergraduate and/or graduate education with loans, so the limiting factor is more likely to be your tolerance for debt than the availability of money. If you do decide to do it (which if you love it, I think you should!), then once you're in it, don't worry about the debt, but concentrate on school. Dentistry is lucrative enough that you'll be able to pay it off iA.

[Asvi]

Hi

finding a job sucks!!!

Good luck sumi!

[heba]

hi ladies
im off to pick up my sister, then go to school. but quick question
i want some HONEST opinions, do you feel it was inappropriate of me to post my picture in the pic thread? because i was wearing a half-sleeves shirt??? because i dont.

ok thanks

[Ilikemyscarf]

Originally Posted by heba

hi ladies
im off to pick up my sister, then go to school. but quick question
i want some HONEST opinions, do you feel it was inappropriate of me to post my picture in the pic thread? because i was wearing a half-sleeves shirt??? because i dont.

ok thanks

awww babe, don't let them get to you. I think you looked really nice mashAllah.