college

[lilmissblush]

i want to be a nurse but started off wanting to be a teacher, im half way into my teaching course and i know im going to fail, i hate it, just want to pull out until i can start my nursing course, but haven't got a job so i cant until i do, have sent out thousands of applications, help!!

[boxtops]

What do you want us to do? You have already done half your teaching course - stick with it, then you will have something else to fall back on if you can't get into nursing (and much as we need nurses, the NHS budgets are being slashed by millions at the moment). It won't look good when you apply for a 3-year nursing degree course, to say you withdrew yourself from your previous university course because you didn't like it - sorry if that sounds harsh but it will show. Also, to be a nurse these days, once you are qualified you will find that you are often supporting students, teaching new nurses yourself, etc. - a registered nurse with a teaching qualification will be valuable. These days in order to start to teach in the NHS you have to have some sort of teaching qualification, either Cert Ed or PTLLS or similar - I'd hang in there if I were you.
What are the thousands of applications you've sent out, for what, to where?

[sara3]

if you're still living at home, why don't you pack it in and do some voluntary work? gain some experience..

[ChocolatChip]

As boxtops said, stick with it as much as you can, even if you only scrape the grades, at the end of the day you'll have an extra qualification. And with everything so difficult to get into now. The extra qualifications and skills may get you the job!
What kind of course is it? If its a degree, you may struggle to get into another BSc/BA course, as you'll need to pay more and you'll probably take less priority over other students who have not doen courses before. Particularly with the cost of degrees going up. People are desperate to get those places. I know many people who have already been refused this year into nursing, as the applications flood in.
What has made you change your mind? I would imagine nursing is unbelievably hard! (I came from health and social care background, and a lot of my friends are student nurses, apparently it's hellish!)