My psychologist seemed very impressed that I was doing a Master's degree, and was planning to go to South-Africa for an intership next to various other activities that would take me from home for weeks just to collect data. He said that a lot of transsexuals, especially during transition, have trouble studying and working. According to him, a lot of them are at least delayed, or drop out, so me being so active and doing well grade wise was a good thing.

That made me think. What about you guys? Were you able to study during transition? Did you finish your study without delay? What about jobs? Were you able to continue work when you transitioned?

I'm also doing a Master's degree and working (teaching)...when I had first come out and was going through it all, I was doing my undergrad and working about 30 hours a week as well. Honestly, being busy helped to stave off depression, if I hadn't have worked so hard I'd have been a psychotic mess given that hormones were so delayed.

Studied during transition (bachelors degree) and continued on to my masters with no problem.

I did take a year off between my bachelors and masters degree to earn money for my top surgery.

I guess I can see his point.

it can be difficult to concentrate on work or school, not just the transition itself but also to deal with ignorance, lost or hate of belowings. I had trouble getting into diffrent schools cause I was trans, as I got into them I somethimes got problems with indirrect bulling of people speaking badly about transfolks without knowing im trans, or maybe having sorrow or problems I know others cant help me with. its not a secret that many work place dont really want to hire you if your trans.
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to answer your question I started transition when I where in folk-school which I finished, then I went on a music school and to a bourding school almost 2 years and had work/school after that wish I dropped out of cause I didnt like the work or felt I could trust the people as they made fun of transgenders or said that people neither boy or girl where freaks..

I'm older and continued working as a licensed professional during transition.  I have a position that coworkers knew, but did not involve having to come out to any clients.


Jay

i didnt have much choice,  I was in high school. kept my grades up, did service learning, not much of a social life (ok, none) but transitioning didnt really affect school, mostly because I was transitioning because it was that or be dead, and trying to get through life without a diploma is pretty much pointless (for me)

I was tempted not to apply for an apprenticeship because you have to share a room with up to 5 people, and that might cause problems with being stealth/being safe, but I'm not going to throw away working for a dream company when the alternative is much less secure (i.e. I don't have a clue what I'd do).  If by some miracle they want me to work for them then they'll work around it.

My education has been a bit odd over the last year I guess. I came out as trans two years ago. I was at a college for a year and a half, only realizing this past December that the degree I was working towards was not what I wanted to do for the rest of my life, so I'm taking Jan-Sept off because my new school and the new program I'm going into is fall in-take only. However when I was at my old college my grades were consistently high, I'm a good student. They began to slip a bit near the end because I was so fed-up and done with the direction my education had taken, but that's un-related to being trans. I found it didn't really affect me in my education, but I also do not suffer from intense depression with regards to being trans and I think that has to do with it.

In any case, this 9 month break between schools has been a blessing. It's given my body time to change from the T, making me much more distinctly male, and It's given me the opportunity to have my top surgery without having to deal with nosy classmates. This means when I go to my new university in September everyone will see me as a male and I won't need to explain half as much as I would have had to, had I stayed in at my previous school. A fresh start if you will!

I finished my undergrad degree, moved countries and started a new job my first year in transition. Took a while to start work but that's because the job market here is lousy. But a month in and my bosses are offering full sponsorship and a complete health package even I started as a part timer. I've also gotten back into writing, gotten in better shape and am healthier all around. And my relationship is better than ever.

Transition hasn't slowed me down a bit.

Well I'm a teacher (middle school). I think the year has been made odd due to my transition. It's more it is the only place I am still kind of "female". The staff calls me by an androgynous name but the kids call me "Miss". Just had no idea what to do about this.
Also professionally I guess I am still "Miss". Initially I was kind of able to compartmentalize all this, but it has become increasingly hard.

But I am still  able to function as a teacher.


--Jay

Jay: I totally know how you feel. I'm technically female at work (since they wanted a female teacher). It's the only time I'm look at as being anything other than male.

But, I rationalize it as I needed a job and they provided. I guess I'm weird like that. As long as they pay me and I enjoy the work (the kids are darling) I don't mind it. I should add that I don't have to dress female at all though, which is a huge reason I don't care. Though I was getting to the point that if a skirt got me a job I would have caved and bought one.

Wow, it's really good to see many of you still continued and finished what you were doing one way or the other. That shows how strong we have to be. I mean, studying and working on its own can already be difficult for many, and then there's the entire transsexsuality to deal with.

You all should give yourself a pat on the shoulder, I'd say. It's deserved!

I just got my Master's Degree in marketing, searching for a job at the moment. It's really hard because I know I can't go to the interviews as the real me, and that really sucks!

Well I'm a teacher. I'd say this year has been really weird. I am getting stuff done and all but I can't say it isn't harder! I am not out and it is really strange to hear the kids address me as Miss and so on. Initially I was able to compartmentalize work and I could act as if it wasn't affecting me otherwise, but I'd say it is increasingly difficult.

--Jay

p.s. Somewhere I read that a lot of trans people have a high IQ so hooray for us!

I started getting myself together identity-wise during my senior year of high school and did three semesters of pre-med at a university before I decided I was tired of trying to please my bank account and everyone around me. Right now I'm about two inches into the transitioning process and working on getting my EMT certification and an entry-level job to start paying for bloodwork and whatnot. I've had some problems over the years but a B on my report card was never one of 'em.

I'm also a teacher and when I started transitioning kids and parents were informed, so they started adjusting name and pronouns right away. It was still tough as it was a very distracting situation to be in, but I was fortunate as I was able to take a step back from the most intense parts of work (continous interaction with kids and parents) and do other stuff for a while, while we all eased into things.

I did at a later time get more trouble functioning properly at work, but that's unrelated to transitioning, there are other medical issues making bumps in the road now.

Quote from: Ayden on March 16, 2013, 03:02:41 AM
Jay: I totally know how you feel. I'm technically female at work (since they wanted a female teacher). It's the only time I'm look at as being anything other than male.

But, I rationalize it as I needed a job and they provided. I guess I'm weird like that. As long as they pay me and I enjoy the work (the kids are darling) I don't mind it. I should add that I don't have to dress female at all though, which is a huge reason I don't care. Though I was getting to the point that if a skirt got me a job I would have caved and bought one.

The kids aren't always darling in my case. But I do like teaching. I do NOT have to dress female. IN fact admin doesn't seem to care how I dress. In this case, I think the union protects me because unless I wore something actually inappropriate they aren't allowed to say anything.

(Noticed I had two similar posts-- I think I did one and it didn't seem to load.)

--Jay