# I wanna go to school to do something with cars

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**Created:** [December 16, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-wanna-go-to-school-to-do-something-with-cars/194233 "2007-12-16T16:02:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-wanna-go-to-school-to-do-something-with-cars/194233/31 "2007-12-17T20:20:05Z")

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> [@Just moved to Lockport from the DC area](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-moved-to-lockport-from-the-dc-area/33947/44):
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> Yeah with the pharmacists i work with, the job is cake but the most common complaint i hear from them is nowhere to move up to and boring work. I would have considered being a pharmacist if it wasnt for 7 years of school. on top of that alot of the pharmacists i work with said they wouldnt do it again.
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> I understand nursing is not pretty at all. stinky patients, complaining, drug abusers, overworked alot. But i just think that since its in such high demand i would be able to sign a contract to work somwhere when i graduate and then they will pay me to go to school instead of me paying and its only 22 months of school to come out making 20 somethign an hour. I’m not scared of hard work which i know it is going to be but i want financial freedom which i do not have now for my family. the car work idea is gone for me as of now and the research ive been doing over the last couple days. though i would like to learn more about working on cars but only for hobbie.

If you are really thinking about nursing, shoot me a pm tomorrow and we’ll talk. As far as them paying for school after you graduate…UPMC pays 100% of my tuition. If you work for UPMC, they will provide tuition assistance to you as an employee. Otherwise, you can sign a contract saying you will work for them as a nurse for 2 years after graduating. Obviously, I’m biased toward UPMC. I’ve worked at lots of other places and this is by far the best employer thus far. However, lots of other hospitals offer tuition assistance as well. I highly suggest that anyone interested in nursing take a job as a nursing assistant for a while before starting nursing school. This really gives you a good idea of what is involved and if you will like the field. I hate to see people enter nursing school with no clue of what’s to come and then drop out after either one semester (they drop like flies during A&P) or the first clinical rotation.

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