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Online Learner Profiles: Roz

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Guide to Online Education > Online Education In-Depth > Meet Real Online Students > Roz, BS in Psychology

Rosalind is an administrative assistant to a director of a metro area emergency center. She answers the phones, greets visitors, makes copies, and sometimes when she is sure no one is looking…she attends college thousands of miles away.

The busy mother of five lives in Texas, but is earning her degree from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. And doesn't have any plans to relocate. She is pursuing her bachelor's degree in Psychology via distance education, the least disruptive means of achieving her goal.

The very last thing Roz would want to do is disrupt the lives of her husband and their family. If all goes according to plan, she should graduate in three years, be on the path to her new career, and no one will be worse for the wear.

"I'm a mom first," she declares. "I always put that before anything."

It has been a challenge to achieve balance between her responsibilities at home and her schoolwork. To that end, Roz completes almost all of her coursework outside of the house.

"I have no time once I get home. When I get home that time belongs to the kids." With four boys aged 14, 12, 10, and 6, and one little girl who is only 3 years old, there wouldn't be much space to study anyway. The four school-aged children have the kitchen table covered with textbooks, folders, homework and permission slips.

Roz has had to become hyper-organized. She can't afford to forget anything. She recently purchased a PDA to keep track of her own assignments. And she has a bulletin board for each child. On it she pins their school and activity schedules, important notices, bus schedules, and even lunch money.

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