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When one thinks about the American dream...we often think about a certain sequence of events. It looks something like...
College
Marriage
Buy a house
Have 2.5 children
Buy a dog
etc.
In what sequence are you or have you achieved your dreams?
Don't miss out on something great just because it might also be difficult.
Road traveled: AA (2013) > BS (2014) > MS (2016) > Doctorate (2024)
If God hadn't been there for me, I never would have made it. Psalm 94:16-19
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Dog
Kid 1
House
Kid 2
House Again
College x3
MBA, Western Governors University February 2014
BS Charter Oak State College November 2011
AS in EMS August 2010
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Dog
Kid x1
House
Marriage
College (off and on the entire time lol)
I think I did it backwards
Completed:
FEMA: 20 credit hours, B&M: 33 credit hours, AARTS: 14 credit hours, certifications
ALEKS: Intermediate Algebra, College Algebra
CLEP: Analyzing & Interpret. Literature CLEP - 66, English Composition Modular CLEP - 58, American Government CLEP - 58, Social Sciences & History CLEP - 63
DSST: Intro to Computing DSST - 452
Straighterline: Business Ethics (88%), Criminal Justice (94%), World Religions (93%), Cultural Anthropology (92%), Intro to Sociology (94%)
Sophia: Biology, US History I
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marriage
kid 1
house
kid 2
divorce
college (1)
house again
retired (1993)
sold house (big mistake)
college (x3)
university (x2)
grandchildren (4)
You'll notice --
no dog. Ever. I like my sons' dogs -- but only those three. Had 8 cars and several cats over the years, though...
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marriage + kid (during senior year of high school)
car, truck
dog (never without one...or two)
car
house
kid#2
car, car, truck car (are we sensing a pattern here? Must be a car person in the house.)
nursing school
car, truck, car
cataclysmic upheaval- husbands GM plant closes
new house, new state, new job, different truck
kid #2 to college
kid#1 married/divorced
husband transfers to ANOTHER GM plant, new house, new state, new job, new car
grandkids x 4
husband retires (new truck x 2)
and here we are at last, 39 years later...and I'm 11 credits away from Liberal Arts BA (like defscarlet...think I might have done this sdrawkcab)Is this what 22 is supposed to feel like?
"The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize!" Clairee in "Steel Magnolias"
BA General Studies COSC 5/31/15
COSC Cornerstone A 10/2013, Capstone A 11/2014
UExel- Social Psych A, Psych of A and A- A, Research Methods/Psych B, Pathophysiology A.
FEMA- 27, NFA-Q118, Q 534, Q137 and Q318
Clep- 2008 Humanities 75, 2009 Intro Sociology 67, US History I 69, US History II 61, American Lit. 71, Analyze & Int. Lit. 75, 2011 Western Civ. ll 58, Social Science 67
DSST-2010 HTYH 463, Ethics in America 433, Sub. Abuse 444, 2011 Art of the Western World 67, Civil War and Recon. 58, Org. Behavior 64, 2010 Env. and Humanity 68, Hist. of the Vietnam War 76, 2011 Intro World Religions 451, 2013 Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union 62, Technical Writing 60, Business Ethics and Society 449.
TEEX- 2013 Cyber Security classes x 3
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Army + a little bit of college
Marriage + a little bit of college
Kid 1
Moved due to cost of living + new state on the opposite coast, new friends, new life
Job 1
A little bit more of college and a certification
Job 2
Break from college/autism diagnosis for Kid 1/two surgeries for tumor on back/lots of praying and crying
Re-new vows - renewal came with a dog...
House 1
A little bit more of college and another certification
House 2
Finish BS
Start MS
Kid 2 (maybe...)
Don't miss out on something great just because it might also be difficult.
Road traveled: AA (2013) > BS (2014) > MS (2016) > Doctorate (2024)
If God hadn't been there for me, I never would have made it. Psalm 94:16-19
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Life throws some curve balls, doesn't it? lol
Don't miss out on something great just because it might also be difficult.
Road traveled: AA (2013) > BS (2014) > MS (2016) > Doctorate (2024)
If God hadn't been there for me, I never would have made it. Psalm 94:16-19
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I think it's easier to just send the dog to school.
MBA - Western Governors 2019
BSBA - TESC 2014
CLEP/DSST: Principles of Management 69 | Human Resource Management 64 | Introduction to Computing 466 | Principles of Marketing 67 | Organizational Behavior 61 | Management Information Systems 466 | Principles of Supervision 437 | Introduction to Business 434 | Business Ethics and Society 431 | Introductory Business Law 56 | Macroeconomics 54 | American Government 59 | Money & Banking 52 | English Composition
Straighterline: Accounting I (89%) | Accounting II (75%) | Financial Accounting (82.5%) | Managerial Accounting (86.7%) | Business Communications (84%) | Microeconomics (87%) | Religions of the World (88.5%) | Organizational Behavior (93%)
Penn Foster: Finance (89%) | Strategic Business Management (97%)
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Dog.
That's it, so far.
I don't know what the future holds, but I know Who holds the future.
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Dropped out of High School
Earned GED
Started career in corrections
got married
bought a house
got a dog
built a house
got another dog
bought another house
got divorced and lost it all (including foreclosures on 2 of the 3 houses).
earned Bachelor's Degree
[COLOR="#0000FF"] B.S. - COSC (December, 2013) :hurray:
20-Community College Courses (2004-2006)
80-Semester Hours at Western Governors University (2010-2012)
15-Charter Oak State College (2013)
12-CLEP
3-DSST
6-FEMA
If I can do it, ANYONE can do it![/COLOR]
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