Back to school?
© Dan4th
Four years ago, I dropped out of graduate school. I was halfway through a program there but other pressing things in life took over – ie being a parent. I just couldn't do both, or at least do them both well.
I confess, I had too much fun in college and eventually when I decided what to do in life and wanted more education my lousy grades came back to bite me on the butt. I was lucky to be working in the field of the program I was applying to and the person who gave me my start in that field had moved on to being the dean of that graduate program. We all knew my initial application would be denied automatically due to not having the gpa but they guided me through the appeal process and I was accepted into the program.
Thank goodness they cared about real life experiences – in terms of achievement, I was more fairly judged at age 33 than at 21! My grades in the program were great and I really liked it. But I needed to pay more attention to my family than school.
The professors tried to tell me not to drop out but I knew I needed to do it. The past few years I've entertained going back but my husband Jeff was back getting a professional certification (his CPA) and that was more important at the time for our family long term.
I'm strongly considering going back but I'm nervous about handling it all. The prices have increased as well – yikes!
Can I juggle everything? Hayley is ten now, Jeff has his CPA license. I work for myself and my clients are long term and stable. Can I still be a good mom? I'm already a slack housekeeper, lol
I'm hoping I can pull this off.