My Decision To Return To School

In recent years, many adults have found themselves underemployed, jobless or without the necessary tools to compete in today's job market. Therefore, deciding to return to school (or start) has become almost a necessity. Enrolling in school as an adult can be stressful. Other factors such as having a family to take care of and a house to manage, further complicate the decision. As some of today's adult students are finding out, it is doable if that person has the right mindset, strategy and support.

I hope all is going well! I remember you saying that it might be a possibility to bring me back as a coop next semester. Just wanted to let you know that I'd be happy to come back, if at all possible.

Although there are many benefits to going back to school that makes it worthwhile in the end, attending college as a busy adult can be quite challenging. Such as, making sure that my children are taken care of first. Financial obligations need to be met; making sure all the bills are paid and continuing to work to pay for college. Also, on top of everything else finding the time to go to class can be quite difficult. These should not stray someone from taking on the challenge. Although it is a tough situation, it is very rewarding in the end.

Many adults fear returning to school and having to face the challenge of balancing family, job and education.

I just completed the requirements for my Associates Degree and am now pursuing my Bachelor’s Degree. The hardest part for me when I started the online college was managing my time. I am married and have two sons. One is serving our country and the other is a sophomore in high school. I live an active lifestyle and have lots of work at home to keep up with. I enjoy exercising when I can, and am very involved in our church. So, when I decided to apply to college I had no idea how I was going to make it work. It took me a few weeks to figure out how to manage my time to make sure I could complete the work required of me. I scheduled my days in advance and create a routine that provided me the time needed to complete my requirements for each

Why do I want to transfer to Berea? That is a question I could hardly begin to scratch the surface of in five hundred words. I have found that many of my reasons for wanting to return to school-- specifically Berea-- are deeply personal. While pursuing higher education and challenging my mind are absolute desires I hold dear, being admitted to Berea College means so much more to me than that.

The decision to return back to school for my MBA I knew would come with some sacrifice. The first and major adjustment that has to be made is balancing time with work and homework. I am currently looking for another job because I have learned while obtaining my bachelor’s degree that even when one may set aside time for each day things happen such as ten to twelve-hour shift days. When the job requires one to physically do manual work and standing for a least ten to eight of those hours depending on the shift it can become hard to balance.

During the fall semester I will continue to have my part-time at the Ann Taylor Factory in the Charlotte Premium Outlets. I am honored to have a high spirited and understanding group of managers. I have already informed them that I will be attending graduate school at Johnson C. Smith University. They are more than happy to give me small hour during the week and to work longer over the holidays. I am fully aware of the importance of balancing my field placement, school work, and job at once. The best outcome is scheduling and making time to study at least three to four hours per class. I always consider arriving on time and setting the professional attitude and role at my agency top priority. Lastly, if I am not able to balance them all at once I will firmly end my job at the Ann Taylor Factory. My value for my education is much higher than having a part time job and my family will support my

Slurp, went the different fonts and words down my throat! It had just been three weeks since I received the unusual craving for books. I have become very avid for drinking books. Time is drawing near to go back to school and I don’t want anyone to know about it. I had gotten the gut to tell my dad about my habit. After three hours of debating with my dad about whether I should go to school or not, we came to a conclusion that I had no choice but to go.

Well, hi. I didn't really expect to be writing so soon even though somewhere deep down in my heart I knew that I would have to return to school. This summer was one of my favorite ones I have ever experienced. At the beginning of the mighty summer when I was still confused from school I quickly was put onto a course to crazy town.

What event led me to return to college? It’s more accurate to say “events”. My whole life

I looked at my calendar right as I woke up, and all I could read out of the blur of my phone was: Thursday, May 2016. The entire time I was trying to make out the date on my calendar, I couldn’t help but feel as if something was off. Something didn’t feel right. No matter how I felt I was determined to go to school, I had a test in Geometry. I obviously couldn’t miss it, my grades are too important to me. So I am off to school, I missed breakfast this particular morning. I couldn’t help but feel as if I ate something it would be my last meal. Like I said, this was a weird day for me, maybe the reason I felt funny was because I was in the mood to be dramatic. So be it. I walked out into my yard and felt this immense pain in the lower

In 2008, Dallas Independent School District had the seventh-highest dropout rate in the country (Stutz, T & Hobbs, T, 2008). That may not seem that awful until you take into consideration that the Top 6 cities were districts in much smaller cities than Dallas. Since then, DISD has been implementing more programs to reduce the dropout rate and while there has been some improvement it isn’t enough.

There was a time when I was back in track and going to school fulltime. There was family accident had to start working again. I was a single mom taking care of my mom and had to work 40 hours a week and going to school was not in the picture. Life happens and I left Park University for almost 5 years, but now I’m back. My degree has changed some classes I took before I have to retake. I’m married to wonderful man that is

Starting college meant that I had to make changes to my work schedule. My priority was to keep my 40 hours a week job and still be able to succeed in school. It was a factor that I had to hold up because I still had to pay for rent, utilities, and food to live. The sacrifice that I had to make was my social life. In the beginning I discussed with my husband what would happen if I decided to take on school full-time with a full-time job. I’m grateful that my husband supported me, but it still felt bitter to me that I would spend most of my time on work and school. The only thought that I could think about was that this all would be worth it. Little did I know that I would have to make drastic changes later on in the semester.