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Getting a degree with young kids at home

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    by Gail Marsh

    Fitting family in the formula of education, career, self, and goals. When I accepted my husband's marriage proposal we had goals of successfully obtaining grad school degrees and obtaining the career of choice, living in a...read more

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    by Karen Banes

    Getting a degree is a challenge. So is raising children. To combine the two you will need determination, discipline and excellent organizational and time management skills. However, it is both possible and very rewarding t...read more

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    by Elaine Burns

    Trying to get a degree with young children at home is one of the hardest things that parent could ever do. It adds stresses and strains by giving you an extra work load on top of everything else that you have to do, it cu...read more

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    by Chloe Spooner

    I was into my second year at University studying a degree in History when I fell pregnant with my son. My partner and I were being careful so being pregnant at just 19 was quite a shock for me. Luckily, my partner had a go...read more

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    by Heidi Hauptly

    Oh gosh some people think this is an impossible task. Yes it can seem challenging and overwhelming at times but not unacheiveable. My husband decided January of 2007 that he wanted to go to nursing school for a year to bec...read more

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    by Jennifer Martens

    Can I do it, or am I too old? How will I survive? How will any of us survive? Such questions are the ones that frighten adults away from attaining their degree the most. However, if you truly want to better your career...read more

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    by La Shawn Haley

    Getting a Degree with Young Kids at Home I could have just approached it the traditional way, but then that would have been too easy. Instead of graduating high school and going directly to college, I had to take the mo...read more

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    by Brian Fisher

    When is it too late to go back to school? I say never. I would encourage anybody who wants to, to go back to school and finish getting that degree. I was nineteen and almost finished with an associate's degree in ge...read more

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    by Crystal Simoneau

    I'm a single mother of two young boys. I work full time and I'm going to school to get a degree in Radiopgraphy. Some days I think it's a piece of cake and then there are days I think I could be committed to the mental war...read more

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    by Robert Grice

    Getting a degree with young kids at home. Is it possible? Yes. Is it easy? No. My experience with adult education involved the completion of graduate school with four children, a wife, and two or three jobs to make ends me...read more

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    by Myca Swazer

    The Basic At-Home Mom's Guide to Online Education Being an at-home mom is rewarding and spending that one-on-one time with children is important. There are so many mothers that quit their jobs and decided to become sta...read more

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    by George Hanshaw

    Why get a degree when you are fresh out of high school, young, and have plenty of time on your hands when you can wait until you are married, have a full time job, and a house full of children? The need for a degree is ge...read more

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    by Menzel Wells

    Get Your Degree Before the House is Full Finding the right school to attend is one of the many challenges when trying to obtain a college degree. There are certain things a person must consider when trying to find the ...read more

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    by Shannon Brendlinger

    I had my first child when I was in high school. Due to problems living with my parents, I dropped out and went to work. Twelve years later and three more kids later, I went to high school online and got my diploma! At age ...read more

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