Studying law subjects

Tell us about a time when you felt out of place.

The time I felt most out of place was around 12 years ago. I had just left a horrible job experience where I was constantly being bullied. I felt I had to leave that job for my well-being.  In between jobs I decided as a mature-age student to do law subjects to improve my advocacy for those with mental health issues.  I thought it was a good decision but I felt very much out of place. All the other law students were young,self confident and some downright arrogant. I didn’t fit in and struggled to complete the 2 subjects I was enrolled in.  This together with an unsupportive husband who would tell me I was stupid but who also wanted me to do around 10 subjects at a time so I would complete the course quickly, so I could find full-time work and he could live off me.  The reality is 3 subjects a semester is considered full-time and I was studying 1 subject and looking for part-time work.   I was burning the candle at both ends and when my marriage fell apart I left studying law to once again work in mental health and got my life back together financially and mentally.  I don’t regret studying law and had my personal circumstances been different who knows what would have happened.  At that time in that place I knew becoming a lawyer wasn’t God’s plan for me.