Life and Challenges of College
I know college can be challenging for any age. As a woman who is 54 and going to college, there are numerous challenges and has been difficult for various reasons. Like juggling home life and college work so I can prioritize assignments that has to be submitted first and on time. Juggling college studies and duties at home are difficult and overwhelming at times. That is the reason I have never seen myself going to college.
I never saw myself going to college when I was younger and growing up. College was not the thing in my family. One reason was my mother did not go. Mother married at 15 and started a family at 16. With 1 girl and 3 boys. After that, her husband died. Then my mother meets my father. Neither …show more content…
At home, I have the responsibility of doing basic housework for my father and taking care of Mason, who is nine and more active in school activities. The homework I have to do, a test I have to study for and keep up with what has to be finished in each class is overwhelming at times, so I struggle finding the time just to do my work. That is not counting, helping Mason with his homework and getting him to bed. I do enjoy learning, but at my age. Mentally, I feel so challenged to the point of giving up, but hang in there so I can succeed in life. It also takes extra efforts than someone who just come out of school. Also, because of the life that I lived, school was never a priority in my life. Most times I cannot do any of my school work until after nine o’clock at night and occasionally I have more than two or three different assignments are due. Exam to study for and the only time I do have is at night after everyone is asleep. From time to time it is two or three o 'clock in the morning before I go to bed. Then at six thirty in the morning, it starts all over again. Every now and then I ask myself am I going to make it. Then I look at Mason and I know with God 's help I can and I will make it. So if something is important to someone enough and puts God first anything is
I know college can be challenging for any age. As a woman who is 54 and going to college, there are numerous challenges and has been difficult for various reasons. Like juggling home life and college work so I can prioritize assignments that has to be submitted first and on time. Juggling college studies and duties at home are difficult and overwhelming at times. That is the reason I have never seen myself going to college.
I never saw myself going to college when I was younger and growing up. College was not the thing in my family. One reason was my mother did not go. Mother married at 15 and started a family at 16. With 1 girl and 3 boys. After that, her husband died. Then my mother meets my father. Neither …show more content…
At home, I have the responsibility of doing basic housework for my father and taking care of Mason, who is nine and more active in school activities. The homework I have to do, a test I have to study for and keep up with what has to be finished in each class is overwhelming at times, so I struggle finding the time just to do my work. That is not counting, helping Mason with his homework and getting him to bed. I do enjoy learning, but at my age. Mentally, I feel so challenged to the point of giving up, but hang in there so I can succeed in life. It also takes extra efforts than someone who just come out of school. Also, because of the life that I lived, school was never a priority in my life. Most times I cannot do any of my school work until after nine o’clock at night and occasionally I have more than two or three different assignments are due. Exam to study for and the only time I do have is at night after everyone is asleep. From time to time it is two or three o 'clock in the morning before I go to bed. Then at six thirty in the morning, it starts all over again. Every now and then I ask myself am I going to make it. Then I look at Mason and I know with God 's help I can and I will make it. So if something is important to someone enough and puts God first anything is