Tricky and Over Done

Going back to school to obtain your masters degree is a challenging, yet rewarding goal.  First and foremost, your earning potential greatly increases.  In addition, your opportunities for advancement increase.  And if you’re lucky enough to work for an employer who will help pay for the tuition, then why not?  Well… going back to school can be tricky… and it can be over done.

In 1979 I left San Diego for BYU in Provo, Utah to begin my college education.  Although I thoroughly enjoyed the change in climate… I became directionally impaired without the ocean as my compass.  My goal was to obtain a Bachelors Degree in Physical Education and become a PE teacher who was not overweight and out of shape.  All in all my first semester went very smoothly aside from an annoying cough I had acquired.  During Christmas break, it became apparent that I was too sick to return to Utah.  This is where “going back to school” became a profession. 

I transferred to UCSD for the following semester.  A beautiful campus and I managed to complete another semester before taking another break.  This time I was out for a year… a year of doctors and hospitals.  But after the year I was good to go… and back to school I went.

I flew west to one of my best friends… and the BYU Hawaii campus.  I changed my major to Recreation Management because I was unable to maintain the physical requirements to be a PE major.  This change in major allowed me to take… among other things… hula and basket weaving.  Both fulfilled requirements for a Recreation Management major, however, when you take classes of this caliber you are expected to ace them.  I managed a 4.0 with this daunting schedule… both semesters. 

I then returned to BYU Provo and put another year under my belt. 

Then a serious detour from my college education… but one of the best decisions I’ve ever made… I got married.  Naturally, children followed and my degree was getting farther and farther from reach.  I did attempt one last going back to college at Weber University in Ogden, Utah.  Once again, I changed my major.  I chose Communications and Public Relations which seemed more applicable to my life.

So my goal of obtaining a Bachelors Degree in Physical Education has been a journey of twists and turns, taking breaks and going  back.  I don’t miss being a PE teacher.  I was one.  I satisfied that dream by raising seven extremely active children.  I have completed enough time as Mom managing recreation for these same children.  But now as I delve into the public speaking arena… I must admit that a Communications and Public Relations degree would prove helpful.  And I’m only one year away.

The newspaper had a picture of a 93 year old woman who had just recently graduated from Weber State University.  At 50, I’m a little over half her age.  Maybe I could go back to college and finish up.  And while I’m there I might as well get that Masters Degree.  Maybe I will.

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