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My Experience at University of Phoenix

I had been wanting to get my college degree for some time now, but there always seemed to be something more important or demanding of my time and energy. 22 months ago, I finally embarked on the path to a lifelong dream: A college degree. Now, at 48 years of age, I completed my Associate program and plunged right into my bachelor program. My goal is a bachelor's degree by the time I reach my 50th birthday. So far, I’m on track.

Worried About Losing Momentum

I forgot that spending a day in the sun takes every ounce of energy out of me. We had a very nice afternoon on the beach. We went late to avoid the heat of the day…apparently, in Hawaii that is the way to do things. It is hot here, that is certain, so I imagine that in the heat of the day on the beach, an hour is equal to 4 hours on a beach in the California sun. I did lather on the sunscreen anyway…and I was “done” after only a couple of hours. It was a nice afternoon.

Unfortunately, the day’s regular activities remained with few exceptions. Of course, I did not have to take my granddaughter to school, and meals were sporadic throughout the day, but infant twins are fairly demanding and do not care where we are or what is the plan…they want to eat when they want to eat, and so exhausted or not, there was work to do.

Thank goodness I do not have also to worry about school. Well, about school-WORK anyway. I do worry about school…I am concerned that I will lose my momentum. I am concerned that when I restart school on the 15th that I won’t be ready—at least won’t be able to devote the necessary time to school and still continue to help my daughter run her house and take care of her family. I admit that I do not miss the tedious interactions with learning teams (have I mentioned how much I dislike learning teams?) and, realistically, I do not miss school. I am feeling rather “done” with the whole experience these days. Yet, I have another year to go.

Sigh.

Tomorrow is Sunday…and there are still two more days of the long weekend. Maybe I can sleep in?

Probably not.

 

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I had been wanting to get my college degree for some time now, but there always seemed to be something more important or demanding of my time and energy. Whether it was the chaos of all the children living with us at the same time, or the demand of extracurricular school activities for them, or the stress of making ends meet in an economy slump, the dream of higher education always seemed to remain on the back burner. Now, at 49 years of age, I am three-quarters of the way toward my goal having earned my associate degree in July of 2008. I am pushing on for my bachelor degree because I am determined to reach my goal: A bachelor degree by the time I reach my 50th birthday. Due to some unforeseen circumstances, I am a little behind schedule so I must aggressively push forward these next 6 months and double up when I can in order to graduate with the class of 2010.
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