Finally completed first 12 hours

Hello everyone,

It has been quite a while since I last posted here. At that time I was just beginning my degree with Texas Tech University. Well, here I am again. Although I am waiting for them to send the final exams for me to take, I finally completed my first 12 hours. It has been somewhat hard, as I had expected. During the process, I also changed jobs too. The good thing is that the job I am at now, I am still with my former boss. I am looking forward to my finals and plan on beginning my next 12 hours just as soon as I take the finals. I have not taken a final exam since high school. Please wish me luck !!!

Roz

 

Good luck, best wishes and keep plugging away!

Dad of 3, grandpa of 2.....

 

Good luck with the exams. Remember the best preparation for any exam is a good night's rest before the exam.

 

Attagirl!

Hi, Roz. Long time no type. Glad you are barrelling along. I'm delighted to hear how well you are doing at Tech and wish you all the best.

 

Hello again

It has been a hard few months, especially with changing jobs and 4 of my five children beginning a new school year. I hope to take my finals in the next couple of weeks. I hope the next 12 hours are a little easier.

Roz

 

Good for you!

My mother did something like this, although we lived close enough to a Community College, and later, St. Martin's University (nee College) for her to attend classes.

1) It can be done, as you are proving; and

2) It saved her life, I believe.

 

Good luck with your exams. Good luck with your future courses. Your children and in fact all of us here will always be proud of your achievement.

 

Well done!

The first class is the hardest. They will get easier as you gain momentum and confidence. Good job, and keep it up.

All the best

 

The very best to you.

In 1998 I started my MBA after 34 years absence from the classroom. I am now 27 SH into a PhD.

It is tough but it can be done -- for both of us! Keep plugging.

Bill Hurd

 

Good for you Mom!
It won't be long before it's behind you and finding yourself missing all the excitement of a deadline!
Wheeeeww,
Gavin

 

Well done. I found your previous posts quite inspiring; the fact that you are actually doing what you planned is more so.

Keep juggling the laundry and books!

All the best,

Dave C.

 

Nosborne48, are you from the Lacey, WA area then? My stepdaughter just finished her B.A. from St. Martins College. She was the last class to graduate from the college. It is now St. Martins University. I have looked at St. Martins Fort Lewis and McChord offerings for my MBA.

Mom, I started at 40, divorced with custody of 2 kids. Got married, so got two more kids. Got 2 dogs and three cats. Remodeled a house. Work 13 hour days (including the commute). Sheesh, I'm tired! But you go. It is worth it it. I'm done with my B.S. in two weeks at the age of 42. It's an awesome feeling that I know you will share when you are done.

 

Thanks

Thanks everyone for the encouraging words. It really means a lot.

 

I'm a dad of five, but it's a little bit different, perhaps it's a wee bit easier on dads of large families. Because when you're a dad of five, about half the time it's like you're the sixth kid.

 

Congrats to you too

Spmoran, congrats to you too

Make sure you start a thread when you are done, so everyone can celebrate and congratulate you on your victory. ....

 

spmoran:

"Olympia", please, not "Lacey"!

Yes, that's my home town. Took my .A. from SMC in December, 1975.

Good school but they've gotten awful expensive.

I still think that "University" thing is bogus.

 

B.A., I meant.

 

Umm, yes, of course, of course

I agree St. Martins is spendy. My stepdaughter got a fastpitch and and academic scholarship, so about 2/3 of her 4 years there were paid for. I wouldn't pay the full ride, that's for sure. But then again, a young skull full of mush looking for a real education needs a different environment than a crusty old I.T. fart who is looking for a decent R.A. degree. She came out of that school a far more intelligent and self-confident woman than she went in as. As far as I am concerned, the changes in her are priceless.

I went to her graduation and was impressed by the Jesuit frock-type garments that the priests/professors wore. I want one. And a tall hat. They were in no hurry to tell me where to get either one. I have my official Universal Life Church ministerial credentials (don't leave home without it), but that didn't impress anyone.

 

The hood of the Benedictine habit can actually be worn. On cold, wet, clammy days (of which there are many in an Olympian winter) I always thought that the hood made good sense.

I now realize that I was looking at the functional archeotype of academic garb; the monastic hood and gown!

 

That's right, and if I remember correctly, those gowns worn by the proto-professor monks had hoods large enough into which grateful students or parents thereof could toss coins as payment for services. That would be a fine idea at graduation commencement, no? Those long academic doctoral hoods could be modified to catch quite a bit of change tossed by grateful parents.