Returning to School Mid-Career? Here’s What You Need To Know

Educator Candice Neveu provides empowering insights about embarking on an educational journey mid-career, detailing the challenges, mindset shifts, and self-perception hurdles in her own experience and from her teaching career.

On Personal Struggles and Persistence

Returning to school in a mid-career phase can be daunting, often filled with feelings of overwhelmingness and self-doubt.

Persistence plays a key role in overcoming these challenges, as evidenced by the uphill journey that ultimately leads to improved performance.

Overcoming the Comparison Trap

One’s journey in education, particularly for adult learners, is highly individual.

Comparing oneself to others often leads to feelings of inadequacy and hampers progress.

Embrace the uniqueness of one’s own learning journey instead.

Learning From Mistakes

Mistakes and errors are inherent in the learning process.

Viewing them with a positive lens, as opportunities to learn and grow, is crucial for achieving long-term success and favorably transforming learning experience.

The real issue lies in how they think about themselves as learners and what they believe to be true about their abilities. – Candice Neveu