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Meet Robin
Name: Robin Bundy
Age: 40-ish
Marital Status: In a relationship
Quote: "Education is about giving you legitimacy in the world."
School: Capella University
Target: MBA in I.T. Management, in progress
After high school she had gone to college to major in communication. But soon she found herself "more concerned about a job and getting money."
"I lost my motivation," she says of her early school career.
A shift in paradigm was necessary for her to succeed. She started out believing that she was supposed to go to school so she could get money.
That is where her original logic broke down. "I already had money," she says. "I could support myself."
Then her thinking shifted. She realized she could back to school to develop her mind to be able to do work that actually interested her.
A community-based initiative provided the means. At first they were just marketing job training for machinists.
"But I thought, I gotta get out of here," she says recalling the frustration she felt about her job at the plant. So she signed up anyway.
"Then they started telling me about computers. I'd always wanted to know about the Information Superhighway," she remembers.
She enrolled in the most basic of classes, "How to turn it on," she quips.
That led to her earning her first specialty certification. Then she took another class to earn her second certification. Suddenly, leaving the plant became an attainable goal.
She enrolled at the now defunct Computer Learning Centers where she was told that there were two routes to a career in technology. Either she would have to hold a bachelor's degree or earn certifications.
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