i've decided to go back to school. yea! i've missed it since i dropped out of college a year ago. i want to finish my BA. this means quiting my full-time job and getting a part-time job. it's scary but exciting. i've haven't felt this content in a while. it's big step for me but i want to take it. i've been thinking about it for a long time for the span of a year and have decied that i was my happiest when i was in school and reaching my goals.

the advantages to doing this is that i will be able to spend more time with my son. i figure i can get my grown up college job when he is older. thats only in four or five years. then he'll not need me as much as he does now at seven. i want to be with him when he is young. to be honest i have missed him so much in the past seven months that i've been working fulltime. he spends more time at school and daycare than he does with me. if i have the chance to futher my education and spend more time with him when he is young then why not take the chance.

i also want to do this for me. i need to go back so that i feel like i'm becoming somthing good. that i will have a secure job in a few years. the rate i'm going not i'm not in a scure job.

i guess over all i'm justing looking to your guys for the support. i nervous about going back to school. quitting the job and having such a hugh change in the past year. i know im making the right decsion but i guess i want to hear from you guys. what was your experinces in doing this if you have done something simliar to this? do you guys think i'm doing the right thing?

thanks for reading this long post. i just wanted to share this change with my supporters on this board, whom i have become to think of as my friends as well.

thanks

smvt

This is great news! I feel envy.
I started taking part time classes in 2001 but only 2 sememsters because my husband had lost his job. At the time I was so happy. I loved being in college! So I long to return and finish my course. So if not later this year I know I'll be able to go back eventually.

That's great that your able to do this and spend more time with your son! It's a great feeling.

When do you start? Did you get finacial aid? Have you told your boss? And one more question, Have you found a part time job?

Good Luck!

hi ya..
Well I went to college with the intent that when my girls get older I can use it toward a full career. And I always have that to fall back which is a great peace of mind. and if something were to happen to my job now..which is great but I know I can't do it forever my body will eventually give out.. I'm a server.. But I went to school for administrave fields..I also think that what ever makes you happy in this crazy world.. Is something you should tottally go for... Only you know what your heart needs to be happy... And education never did any one harm.. It can only reflect on your life positive things..It is in it's self a full time job however and you have to be aware of that before you take that leap//.. But in the same token you don't necessarly need a babysitter to do your homework.. either way stick to your guns once you've made a decision and I'm sure everything will work out if you put your heart into it.. Good luck...

Excellent news!!!
I know how you feel. Iam an external student hoping to complete a Bsc in 2008. I get time with the kids and it suits me fine as Iam better set up at home with my Visual Impairment than I would be at a college.I start my 3rd year in Feb 8.

Best wishes for the future,

Mark

SMVT,
Congrats on your decision! That is wonderful, it sounds like the perfect opportunity for both of you! You deserve a pat on the back, you are planning a better future.
I am a full-time college student now with a 2 1/2 year old. It is very hard work and it keeps you busy. You're spare time is few and far between while you're studying and reading and all of that fun, but it's worth it all in the end I suppose. Plus you are setting a wonderful example for your son!
What is your major? How much longer do you have to go? Sounds like you're in for a big life change-Good Luck to both of you!!!

I just wanted to say good luck! Going to school is definately the best choice! Have fun!
Melissa

I can read your excitement! I say go for it! Make the financial sacrifices necessary to be there for your son--he'll be gone before you know it!

I was fortunate enough to have received a BS and have had 4 years teaching experience before my divorce.

Now, after 12 years of teaching and 8 years of single-parenting, I too am taking that huge "leap of faith"!

Of course, I believe it is God opening these doors miraculously, and it is Him who will provide all the things I need to make it.

I have resigned my full-time teaching position effective the end of this school year. This summer, I will take the 3 pre-requisites I need to enter the nursing program at our local medical college. Since I already have a BS with many nursing related science courses, I will enter the college this fall as a junior (pursuing a BSN--Bachelor of Science in Nursing). I will be going back full time (18 hrs./semester). There is a shortage of nurses in this area, so my way through school will be paid through grants and scholarships. When I graduate with my BSN, I will immediately go for my master's degree in Anesthesiology to become a CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist). I have wanted to go into the medical field all my life, and here's my chance.

I have already been offered part time jobs which are sufficient enough to sustain us--very modestly, but I will have more time with my children than I have had the last several years because a private teacher's salary is not quite enough. I have had to work 80 hours a week forever it seems.

The biggest "unknown" is that my children will have to leave the private school I have taught at (the only school they've ever known) and brave a whole new world. One of my children will start middle school while the other is still elementary. They were scared at first, but now they're getting excited. I think the thing that excites them most is the thought of having me around more.

I had originally looked at pursuing a master's degree in education or administration. Neither sounded too exciting for the money it would cost and the time it would take. So I decided to go for my dreams instead. I considered going back to school to become a surgeon (specialty unkown). But I realized this better suited the needs of my family. All I can say is that only GOD could provide the miracles it is taking for me to be able to do this.

I think what you're doing is great! Set your goals high and don't quit until you reach them! Good luck!

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Originally posted by smvt:
[qb]i've decided to go back to school. yea! i've missed it since i dropped out of college a year ago. i want to finish my BA. this means quiting my full-time job and getting a part-time job. it's scary but exciting. i've haven't felt this content in a while. it's big step for me but i want to take it. i've been thinking about it for a long time for the span of a year and have decied that i was my happiest when i was in school and reaching my goals.

the advantages to doing this is that i will be able to spend more time with my son. i figure i can get my grown up college job when he is older. thats only in four or five years. then he'll not need me as much as he does now at seven. i want to be with him when he is young. to be honest i have missed him so much in the past seven months that i've been working fulltime. he spends more time at school and daycare than he does with me. if i have the chance to futher my education and spend more time with him when he is young then why not take the chance.

i also want to do this for me. i need to go back so that i feel like i'm becoming somthing good. that i will have a secure job in a few years. the rate i'm going not i'm not in a scure job.

i guess over all i'm justing looking to your guys for the support. i nervous about going back to school. quitting the job and having such a hugh change in the past year. i know im making the right decsion but i guess i want to hear from you guys. what was your experinces in doing this if you have done something simliar to this? do you guys think i'm doing the right thing?

thanks for reading this long post. i just wanted to share this change with my supporters on this board, whom i have become to think of as my friends as well.

thanks

smvt[/qb]

SMVT!
that is so great about your positive attitude on going back to school. i wish you the best of luck!!! if you dont mind me asking how are you going to pay for the other expenses like your home or car...? if you have a great method id love to hear it. i hope by showing people how positive you are youll touch others to want to go back to school or achieve their goals. your son is luck to have you..sounds like you are very organized on what you want. thats great that your son has this attitude around him to learn from!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOOD LUCK. kara

I have been going to college since I was pregnant with my first child. I finished my BS, took 3 years off, and then started back on my masters. I am almost done with that degree. My parents kid me and say that I am a professional student. That's what they get for making me love learning so much! No one can ever take your education from you. It is quite an investment in time and money, but it will be all yours! Good luck. Let us know if you need any help or support! It looks like a lot of us have been in your shoes.