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Another big decision! Advice??

I started a graduate program this year for an MA in History. I always thought what I wanted to do was become a history professor. However, now that I'm in the program I'm not that enamored with it. It's at the same place I did undergrad (a BA in history), where I was kind of the "star" student, so they encouraged me and offered me scholarships to stay on with their program. I feel like it's more of the same and only somewhat challenging. But I know I can springboard into a great PhD program with an MA from here. I'm 25 now, and lately I've been having an urge to settle down. I'm tired of the college atmosphere and now I have a great gf. But I don't think I'd make an attractive husband as a struggling grad student. I was offered a job as an agent with Colonial Penn life insurance, but it's commission-only job (they said no one there makes less than 40k). I could also do teaching if I wanted to. So should I stay with the graduate school, take this job, or teach grade school?

Public Comments

1. Ask Colonial to prove that nobody makes less than 40K before you take the job. lol 1/ Sales are a weird thing to do and not everybody is good at it. 2/ No matter what you sell, it takes time to develop a clientele. 3/ How many life policies are you going to sell to one person? Don't you wonder why Life insurance companies are always looking for sales people? Of course they offered you a job. What does it cost them. Stay in school. Especially if it is easy for you. And if your girlfriend doesn't understand the benefits of schooling and can't wait, maybe she's just not the right one.
2. In my opinion, it's not a good idea to take on a commission only job at the start of your working life. At 25, you have a limited network on people and contacts to sell the product. Although internet sales today give you a much better return than cold call sales, commission only jobs are very dependent on the economic winds. It's hard to keep a steady income. Also, the stress level sucks.