My Journey Through Graduate School at Trine University's TrineOnline.
Welcome to my new blog! Here's some background information for those not familiar with my educational story. I'm literally a life-long student at this point in my life, with only a few short years off somewhere in my 20's. It all started when I was 2 or 3 years old when I entered into preschool after I was fully potty trained. I loved it! Although, some days weren't the best I made it through!
“Long gone are the days of nap time...”
Long gone are the days of nap time during school. Fast-forward more than 30 years, and I'm finally entering graduate school with enough combined college credits to have earned a doctorate.
When The Economy Gets Though, Get Moving Anyway You Can
During most of my off years from the world of academia I worked as a certified nursing assistant (C.N.A.). It was literally a job not for the weak of mind or body. Everyday you walk into work and have to adjust your mindset to hear the moans and cry's of people. Sometimes it was just a person with a disease that caused them agonizing pain that they were on many medications for, other times it was the pain they were going through as they were actively dying, while others just cried out emotionally from having no friends or family left alive. I learned from those that were around 100 years old that it can be very lonely when you outlive everyone, even your children. They also helped remind me that I had an entire life to live, not to waste everyday, and never settle for anything that doesn't make me happier or a better person.
"I learned from those that were around 100 years old that it can be very lonely when you outlive everyone, even your children."
The economy wasn't looking good, and our pay wasn't improving. Everything was getting more expensive, so after awhile I started thinking about going back to college. Previously, I was a biology major with huge ambitions of studying microbiology in graduate school, and landing a career working with the Centers for Disease (C.D.C.). I wanted the best job they offered; I wanted to work with the most deadly viruses, those classified as bio-hazard level 3/4. While I loved nature, and anything related to biology, I didn't have the time or resources to start over completely as a freshman in college. I used whatever college credits they said hadn't expired and enrolled at Triton College part-time, while I worked a full-time day job as a C.N.A. with the intentions of becoming a Registered Nurse (R.N.).
"...I reluctantly moved to Indiana..."
After I had completed my nursing pre-requisites I reluctantly moved to Indiana and attempted to transfer to Ivy Tech Community College. This transfer should've been an easy one state college to another state college, which are both accredited. Unfortunately, a couple key classes that were required to be completed before being admitted to the nursing program, were not being accepted by Ivy Tech, and that would've meant more money and time I didn't have to waste. I was also told there was a long wait list of a couple years before I could be admitted to the nursing program. The only nursing program in the city I moved to that didn't have a wait list was at the University of St.Francis; however, there was one major problem it cost at least three times more than Ivy Tech. I wasn't making the money to be able to go to school there, so I enrolled at Ivy Tech and changed my major.
Now I have an Associate of Science in Business Administration, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in Marketing. Next on the agenda...Master of Science in Organizational Leadership, and hopefully finally a good job.
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