GRADUATE STUDENT: I have returned to my Master's program in Secondary Education (photo of me, in gold sweater, with ODU classmates) Immediately, I will be completing undergraduate requirements and next retaking two classes this fall Then it's my final internship Am both thrilled and scared because it's truly now or never
Today was my VocRehab intake appointment and if all goes well, they will pick up my scholarship for my last year, not counting summer credits which other monies have to be found for
It is scary to know that I truly may not be able to finish--although not for lack of trying It is thrilling to know that the resources truly are out there for non-traditional students if one is creative and persistent So I'm holding my nose and jumping in -- look out below!
BACKGROUND INFO: From 2004-2006 I was enrolled in a distance-learning program out of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia to get my Master's in teaching I dropped out due to my condition deteriorating as a result of trauma and grief issues (deaths of family and friends) It's been a life goal to go back to finish and then work with high-risk youth What has stopped me was the belief that somehow I would get better and now I realize I won't -- that's a hard row to hoe, as my Grandma used to say
So now chutzpah, resources and sweat will have to see me through My grandmother never finished the sixth grade and before she died she told me that the biggest disappointment in her life was that she wasn't allowed to go to school "Grandma, I know you're up there and in my corner on this!"
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