Big Issue: I'm 18 and bed bound with long Covid. This is what it's like to be held hostage by your own body

I feel so sorry for her. At least I got to take an education and work for a couple of years.

 

this is one of my fears as I became bedridden at 19 if let's say in a decade or something I'm magically cured. Since I have no degree except high school and no work experience. I'm scared that I won't have finances to continue my education so I'll be basically forced to get a "dead end job".

 

❤️

 

But you would still be relatively young, and from what you write on here you seem emphatic, analytical and intelligent. Maybe there would be work/study opportunities? I think this would make you a great asset.

 

Thanks

 

Good point! Some of the high prestige universities in the US has a lot of public courses as well. So you can learn without getting the accreditation.

Currently, it’s possible to get programming jobs without education and just based in a portfolio. That might change, but I would be surprised if there are no jobs with the same mechanisms at any given time.

 

(I wish switzerland were as pragmatic as other western countries on this. But really Education is seen as either something full time or not at all).

It’s actually terrible for people with disabilities, One university I was considering going to told me if I wanted to study part time I’d have to enroll as normal students do but not go to half my classes and fail them. And then redo the same year the next year and do the other half of classes. (Which is basically unachievable given you are only allowed to redo one year of your bachelors, so after year 1 you’d need to go full time anyways).

It’s also a different education culture. ~20% of people get uni degrees here. I believe in most western countries its nearly half.

 

Obviously it might not be feasible or available for everyone, but there are plenty of universities that offer “late-learning” programs specifically to accommodate individuals who are past typical college age and want to earn a degree. My college had one that offered pretty substantial scholarship. I think you would be a great candidate for one of those considering the writing skill and critical thinking ability you’ve already shown on this forum, as well as the possibility of a great story on your application essay.

[Edit: did not see Trish’s earlier post about the same thing, it seems to be common in a couple countries then]

 

What a weird system!

35 % in Noway has some kind of uni (or equivalent) education.

Maybe a remote work from home job is possible? You might not even have to live in the same country as the job.

 

I actually ended up doing my first year of uni abroad in vienna, because they offered a lighter courseload and I was already feeling too ill for the 50 hrs per week expected at the unis near where i live (I had got Long COVID but didn’t know what it was). Plus they offered a subject I wanted to get a degree in that isn’t offered in any swiss unis.
(After my first year I became bedridden so I never went back).

Hopefull the credits are trasnferrable somehow…

Anyways. Thanks everyone for the input.