Returning to School: Should I Return? I have struggled with making the decision to return to school for years. There are many questions that people ask themselves trying to make this decision like: Can I afford it? Will I have the time? What degree should I get?
Having financial problems played a factor also in my returning to school. Being a single parent, with no support, I knew that I had to make some drastic changes. I have to joggle so many tasks each day and it can be hard. My family motivates me not to give up on my academic goals because I know it is something I have to do. Additionally, having a better income to support me and my family would be nice.
The time had come for the next step in my career. Acknowledging to myself that I needed to grow both personally and professionally, and after saying about a million times, “I need to go to graduate school”; I was beginning to think I would never get around to it and it would never happen. Pursuing a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) has always on my bucket list, however; life’s little inconveniences seemed to keep getting in the way. One day, my department Director (and good friend) lit a fire under me by highlighting where I would be within our organization over the next several years, both with a graduate degree and without one. I got the message loud and clear.
I try looking for a job first to take care of my daughter and pay for my finances but that wasn’t successful. I needed to have a high school degree and a few years’ experience. It was a few days before I contacted Student Services at a nearby school and enrolled immediately. My journey has just begun and I never knew the road to success could be so difficult. I had many sleepless nights and so many assignments I thought I would never finish.
Life is only starting for me, I know I’ll face more challenges in my life, but if I don’t have the diploma I will not have a future, I’ve lost friends that I thought would be there for me, you have to lose something to gain something even better. I wanted to personally attend Fresh Start for graduating purposes, the school is right down the road from my old school. The people who I thought were my friends told me, “not to leave, and that if I was really your friend you wouldn’t leave me”. No, actually if I WAS your friend you wouldn’t be stopping me, you should be pushing me to do better for myself, and that spoke volume to me. I used to think I’ve had real friends, until a small inconvenience shown me otherwise.
Effects of Going to College Later in Life After a person has been out of school for many years going to college is not an easy decision to make. The decision is challenging and stressful; because you have to consider all the changes your life will entail. The person has to make choices regarding school and degree program, attending full or part time, financial options and time management. When a person goes to college the first decision would be why do you want to go to college? The answer is either a career change or advance opportunities through their current employer.
His dad was never around when I needed him. I learned to take care of my son as a single parent. With this second pregnancy, I knew it was going to be harder. I would have to do it all over again and alone. With this pregnancy, the dad didn’t know about it, and I knew he wouldn’t help me because he has two girls that he doesn’t see or support.
unable to pay bills on time. I get very nervous, I know my family is depending on me. I can realize that I am doing the best that I can right now. I can talk with my wife about how I am feeling and we can look at ways the family to cut back on expenses for a while until we can get caught ! !D., I just got a job that I applied for about 2 weeks ago.
There were prerequisites/factors to overcome before I could achieve my goal to attend and succeed in college and then find my dream job”. Financial aid was a major factor, because if I was not offered aid then I could not have afforded to go back to school on my own. Thankfully, I was offered aid so I pursued my desire. Another factor was to be able to find a college that offered assistance to students with “problems” who have not attended school for many years. I suffer from bipolar depression and want a better understanding of the “beautiful mind” or the “girl interrupted”.
I have always wanted to have a job where kids were involved. My dream job is to be a teacher, so when this opportunity arise, I could not help but take it. I also thought that working with my aunt would be so splendid and working with her daycare kids was going to be remarkable, but I was so wrong. I started working there right away after I quit my job. I took a major pay cut, but I was much closer to home so I would save so a great deal of money on gas alone.