I have been considering going back to school.
My husband is about to graduate with his Bachelors degree and then will continue on to a Masters and eventually I am sure he will get a Doctorate and so on and so on.
I am extremely proud of him. It has taken 17 years for him to get here but he has made it. He has been on the Dean's list for most semesters and if he misses graduating with honors it will be by .01, which devastating, still amazes me that he was able to take 18 hours and work over 40 hours a week.
My oldest daughter will be starting college classes by January. She will only be 15 but is ready.
Again I am considering classes for myself.
My husband and I will be celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary 2 days before his graduation. We have 3 children who I homeschool and I coach gymnastics 3-4 nights a week. In those 15 years I have thought about school for myself only a handful of times. Taking care of my kids and getting my husband through school have been top priority for me.
But if I want to be completely honest what has stopped me all these years has been fear of failure.
I am a fairly intelligent person but it has been SO long since I took a class and even when I was in high school I was always afraid to fail.
If I can convince myself to actually take the plunge I figure I will start off slow and maybe take some classes with my daughter. Get the basics out of the way and get back into the groove of school and GASP homework.
I have been looking at actual class lists and degree programs figuring out what I would actually want to study. I think I will fill out a fasfa this weekend to see if we could get financial aide.
This is a step in the right direction.
Trying to face my fear and do it anyway. :/
I have complete confidence in you. Complete. You are incredibly intelligent. In the past 15 years, you have developed skills you didn't have when in high school, and you did well then, so you can only do better in post-secondary education. You know how to command a group. You can lead, you can plan, you can organize. You have proven life experience which will set you above the rest of the class in terms of the work you do. You have a more mature outlook on life, which helps non-traditional students succeed in college. You might feel a bit rusty at first, but I think once you're there, you'll feel right at home. Go for it!!
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