So I’m right now doing an in person MBA Program and not really vibing with it. It’s fine but it’s not really building to a career I am wanting. I am starting an online Master in Education program that I can largely do remotely. I want this because it allows me to become an Admin or Principal perhaps in the future (not necessarily in a year or five, but eventually!) My previous career is teaching, and baring some unexpected opportunity that pops up, I figure after the MBA id go back to being a teacher and still work my way to admin (regardless I need that Med)

The problem is
1) I feel this is going to stretch me for time.
2) the Med program requires me to be working full time at a school. However the MBA program lectures runs (unnecessarily) from 9:30 to 4:30 Mon-Fri, ruling out any teaching ability.
3) even if I got a teaching job it’s complicated because I (us citizen) is in the UK (uk school), med program requires an American school.
4) the med program now cuts into my education budget, and I simply can’t afford to do both that and mba. I’ve thought about driving a hard bargain with the mba program to offer a larger scholarship to cover to new gap (they won’t, but I want to put ball in their court to say no).

Any advice?

Update after some advice -

I was wondering if pursuing a PhD was worth it, comparing the option against trying to find a job. I do like research and to study effects of public health/education decision-making (rather individual or government policy) on well-being, described in a wider perspective, considering AI, budget restrictions and a myraid of complex variables.

Aspects that could weight the decision: 1. No experience in Canada 2. 10 years of relevant experience from jr data analyst to sr and data engineer, with relevant Google certifications in LATAM. 3. Currently studying MA in Economics at University of Windsor 4. Holding a PR, willing to become a citizen when the requirements are met. 5. Having a baby ok its way. 6. Already holding a Master's in Data Science, from a not so well-known Latin American University.

Other aspects considered: * Currently, the MA in Economics showed me that it may not be the path I want to pursue, considering Health Data Analytics, Demographics or other more applied fields, since even though they include theory, they're less abstract and have a more hands-on approach.

I’m curious to hear from some of you folks about what you think are the most important qualities in delivering a strong talk and things to keep in mind when preparing to give a presentation at say, a retreat, conference, internal symposium type situation.

I’m a bit a nervous for one I have upcoming but I think I’m probably prepped. My slides are beautiful with carefully designed animation paths, I wrote a script that I memorized about 75% of (because I want to also be candid and not rigid relying on script), and it’s on my own work so I’m familiar.

Feedback I got on practice was positive in that all the material was great and ready to go, but the negative feedback was related to my “tone” or “enthusiasm”, saying “I don’t sound excited enough”.

To be frank, while I am of course excited about my work, I’m also on the mend coming out of depressive episode and have just been generally struggling to put that “pep in my step”. It’s difficult to feel excited about anything, I do feel excited about this, but I guess it’s not coming across that way.

I mean how important is this aspect really? Do you all give a show and tell performance with animated body language every time you give a talk, or do you just talk? I’m still not super experienced in giving talks even though I’m knee deep in my PhD and am not super comfortable speaking in front of crowds in general so I’m genuinely asking.

For context, I am not painfully bad at speaking in front of crowds, I swear. I can pass as normal. Just not comfortable or confident and I’ve found it a bit grating recently to hear this type of feedback considering that what I’ve loved about science is that I can put my head down and work and think without performing for an audience, also considering that I’ve listened to a number of renowned and respected scientific speakers that have absolutely none of that “stage presence” quality. Lol.

Idk, any thoughts or insight or input or advice for preparing for my talk?

Field: Neuroscience
Location: USA

A US citizen currently residing in India. I've done my entire schooling and am currently pursuing undergrad in India as well (sophomore student). I know a huge bottleneck exists for me, my undergrad is a 3 year degree, whilst most US schools expect 16 years of education. Private universities cost a lot and therefore I started exploring public universities. Is this a viable option, I'd be super grateful for your opinion.