want to quit my job

cazziebo

I whole heartedly agree with Older not wiser - especially now where people work past 65. What I do think is that if this person has dependents then it's a tad indulgent to plan not to earn any income for what could be more than 7 years of studying. (4 year degree in Scotland).

Distance learning or part time study might be worth exploring.

Tooty1967

OK to tackle all the points one at a time, currently i work in aviation (not the most stable at the moment) and wish to move into teaching/community Art. my personal situation involves a LOT of travel so evening classes part time study, just isnt going to work.
Maintenance, i am discussing with my ex wife how we tackle that to be fair to all involved (current sum was agreed mutually between ourselves)

10 yrs? - following advice from tutors at college, i doubt it would be that long - and as a taxpayer since i was old enough to be (left school at 16 and have worked without a break in employment since ) maybe i am entitled to a small portion of that back????

part time work, i have the potential option of driving for my sisters business as a delivery driver which it is possible to fit in around my study.

Indulgent? perhaps but as they are all in teens 17, 15, 13 its not as if i am abandoning them with no nappies or food etc

"Tell me which part of your idea you actually thought through before posting? "

all of it, I have been thinking about it for last 10 yrs since leaving the military, but always putting it off because i have the kids to support, but as has been pointed out time is running out.

A lot of opinions and advice to digest

Oldernotwiser

Mysolicitorisbetter wrote: »

An HNC will take one year. Then at least 2 if not 3 years to get the Degree. That is 4 years. A post Grad is then another 1 to 2 years.

This means its a minimum of five years and that is passing everything at first go.

Now yes you might have another 18 working years after this but how many people in the sort of academic industries actually do this.

In all honesty its a pipe dream and although your children are Teens they wont stop needing assistance and cash. At any time therefore you are basically washing your hands and expecting your wife to either not give or do it much more herself.

I also dont think you could even financially support yourself at this age as the requirements financially of a 18 year old are very different to yours.

I think that this is unnecessarilly pessimistic.

There's no reason why someone coming late to teaching shouldn't work into their sixties; it's those of us who came in earlier that are burned out! I also think that many mature students manage to budget better on student finance than 18 year olds who want designer clothes and every evening in the bar!

By your estimation, the OP would have 20 years to work in his new career which is a substantial enough amount of time for anyone!

I think that, so long as the OP is prepared to work a reasonable amount of part time hours so that he can maintain his children for another few years, I can't see why this shouldn't be perfectly doable!