After graduating from High School
in the spring of 2005 I immediately started my freshman year of college at
Towson University in the fall of 2005. It took a lot of getting used to; I went
from an atmosphere that was governed by my teachers, they told me when to
study, what to study, how to study, what to do etc. to now me making all my
educational decisions on my own. I am a big procrastinator so separating from
the dependency of my high school teachers to now doing for me was hard. By the
end of the school year I would like to think that I began to get the hang of
the college life, I began to pace myself; I developed a schedule for myself
that was strictly for study, school assignments and anything else pertaining to
school. I didn’t live on campus but I still attended a few events that were
held on campus. I strongly believe my transition would have been full-fledged
by my sophomore year. Unfortunately, I
didn’t return to Towson the next school year. I became pregnant with my son and
school was something I had to put on the back burner for the time being.
Today I am a full-time mother to my
5 year old son, full-time employee at an Urgent Care center and a full-time
student, so as you can see my world is pretty busy. I started my college career back up last
school year, so I have already been working on the separation process. I was
only used to working, being a mother and hanging out during my free time. I have learned to separate myself from
hanging out, that time is now consumed with school. The transition has been
very hard because my time management skills need a lot of work. After working
and dealing with my son I don’t feel like doing anything else so once again I
will procrastinate. But I have to sit back and look at the bigger picture. Back
in my TU days I was doing it just for me, now I have a little person who I do
this all for and I can’t let him down. So I had no choice than to transition
into new habits, they are not where I would like them to be at the present
moment but once I get used to this new way of life and incorporate them
everything will fall into place.
I love the story, and the heart and sensitivity. Managing your social life and your career life can be a very hard transition.....might i say your SON IS ADORBBSSSS, and i know he's the extra blessing in your life!!! GOOD JOB
ReplyDeleteGreat picture and thank you for sharing your story. Some of the best stories I hear at CCBC are from students who had previous college experiences they may not have been ready for. Congratulations on coming back and making that transition back to college and for having put in so much time and effort already in raising your boy.
ReplyDeleteI can totally realte to your transition. It's so much that a mother has to get use to and change when preparing for school.We have more than just ourselves to think about when making decisions. Good luck to you and your son on your quest to success.
ReplyDeleteI could not imagine working and going to school full-time at the same time, and not only that having a child. I completely feel the same with the transition stage. All free time has become school time I can only imagine how crazy your schedule is and I thought mine was stressful. I have a lot of respect for you. I procrastinate also but it's best to just force yourself when you first get your assignement because the relief you will have of finishing on time is the best. I wish you best of luck this semester.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a wonderful thing you came back to school to better your life for you and your son. I know how stressfull it can be to work alot and go to school full time too. I myself work 2 jobs and go to school full time and its is alot. I wish ou lots of luck this semester and beyond.
ReplyDeleteI think that that's admirable that you're thinking about your son. Is there any reason why you couldn't later on, pick-up your education where it left off at Towson University? What is it that you're interested in doing career wise?
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