Why are you earning credit this way?

[originalamyj]

I had given up on a degree years ago because the school I went to out of high school in 1985 was a quarter school. So when I tried to transfer after I got married I was pretty much sunk. Instead of being able to just add more credits where I had deficits, they just said I had to start over. Or maybe I misunderstood, dunno.

FF to recently when I was researching stuff for my daughter to get her degree online. I thought, why not me? I have goals I would like to achieve now that my days of raising my kids are approaching an end. And though I am still a caregiver for my elderly mother in law, I think of some career options that may be part of "phase II" of my life. It seems like even chief cook and bottle washer requires a degree. I figured I should accomplish it asap. I'm thoroughly enjoying the process.

I probably should have also said that the very biggest reason I embarked on this in the first place for my daughter is cost. We have no college fund and refuse to go into debt (nor do we think she should take on debt) for college (bachelors at any rate). It seemed impossible. And then... I find cookederosa on FB through my homeschooling circles and I fall down the rabbit hole here.

Thank you Jennifer!!!