Just Starting Out

[sweetcrabhoney]

It is correct that our goal is to help you and offer you assistance. Life is a culmination of experiences and choices that we make, sometimes some people get experience in an area that others don't and subsequently people seek the advice of people whom may have that experience. I am sorry that you get so upset with people when they state things or offer opinions in which you may not agree with; however, I promise you that will not deter people from offering advice or opinions that they think may help you in your current situation. It is worrisome when colleges have issues with accreditation because of transfer issues, licensing issues, diploma mills, and reputation. Believe it or not there are people out there that have the sole purpose of ripping you off in order to attain money. You really should be the subject matter expert on the school you wish to attend, especially on the graduate level. In regards to your seeking of these two specific degrees, you need to have back up schools and apply to those just due to the potential that you may not be admitted. You also need to consider if you will actually be able to do this goal. I am not trying to diminish your dreams; however, you speak of educational limitations such as your kids not providing you time to go to college in person; will you be able to go to these schools in person? This forum is designed to promote higher education, and we try our best. Most of the time the demographic we serve are adults trying to finish a degree that they were unable to complete because life got in the way. We can help you find alternatives to some traditional higher education routes, but we need you focused and determined to move forward. You can not get emotional with every single little thing no matter your history. You will hear many things that will upset you in your pursuit and I will tell you that if you can't handle people just offering opinions or advice and just give up, then you will not succeed with anything in life. People you encounter in your life will always give you advice or criticize you to a certain extent, sometimes to help develop you and sometimes not. You will receive this from your friends, bosses, co-workers, parents, kids, literally almost everyone. If your past leaves you with issues dealing with people then you need to seek professional counseling before you go on this endeavor. You are planning on entering a very people oriented type of profession, so you must learn to socialize. Look most of us have had difficult lives and to get defensive and agitated doesn't serve you or anyone else. I can assure you that I have seen thousands of people in my lifetime that have had it so much worse than you or me, that I promise; however, most of them don't hold on to their situation as a crutch to limit their potential. So I am sorry if being direct and offering advice does not make you feel good. I am also sorry that you had to deal with this type of counseling situation over a forum. This is your life, your choices, and your experiences so you are in charge of it. If you don't agree with the advice we give then do what you want anyways because what we offer isn't a mandate. Hopefully your choices won't be accompanied by any issues or consequences. We truly just want to help on this forum; however, the only person that can truly help you improve your life conditions is you. My advice is don't listen to the naysayers and seek your dream, but just do it in this world. Don't ever give up due to adversity and always push forward. Now lets get the mission done.

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