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As you may not beleive I am a 32 year old single parent of four beautiful boys. Since i'd left college during my first semester because of my ex husband (he wanted an at home wife and not a career wife)I have been dreaming of the day I could graduate from the university as a computer scientist. I've waited to start studying for a long time, since 1999. A few months ago I decided to finish my college education. I started at the Interamerican University in March. Classes were set and I was on a bimester program. I was even able to take a summer class. Everything was going fine until my car broke down, I broke up with my husband because he needed some time to do his own things and I couldn't make it to work on time because classes ended at nine at night and I had to be at work by ten. I was getting to work late almost every day and to make matters worse I had to leave home earlier to make it to class and didn't have anytime to spend with my kids. I was getting more frustrated as the days went by. By July I wasn't sleeping, i'd lost weight and had already quit my job. Money was a big factor but I didn't think that now just when i began to study and didn't have a double child day care for hours at school and at work with a federal minimum job was going to cut it and provide for my childrens needs. I was not giving my buisness (which i had inadvertently begun in April) the attention it needed since it began as a hobbie, and wasn't a major part of my income. I really wasn't thinking things through. I hadn't realized that i just needed to rethink my situation and take a much needed rest. I stopped everything for a few days to breath and just decided to spend time with my kids. This cool down was like a vacation that helped put things in perspective. I decided to ask for help, government wise. Also i solicited grants and student loans to pay off classes. I am thinking about the small buisness i'd inadvertently started and all the possibilities that are open to me, but most important of all I haven't quit college and am actually spending a great amount of time with my kids. It has been hard and some of the people that were so called friends look down upon me as if what i were doing was some how wrong or as if i am beneath them, I know better though and am actually proud of how far i've come. Some times it is hard to beleive that all of these things have happened in a matter of seven months. I know now why some people are in certain situations and its not a matter of "just go get a job", but "What is best for one's family and one self!" I can certainly say that I wil lfinish my education and I will be there for my kids. I also say unto you "Do the best you can and don't let anyone tell you otherwise because if whatever it is doesn't work just try again"
P.S. Now a days an education is every thing from maintenence and barber to nurse, accountant, and lawyer, the important thing is to study what you want and be who you want to be, any type of education and every type of job is important and respectable. Respect the people around you because they deserve at least that.

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