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Her husband is supportive; he does all of the cooking for the family. However, his muscular dystrophy limits his ability to participate as much outside of the home. "[It] leaves all the driving to me." With four children at four different schools, extra-curricular activities, and school functions - that's a lot of driving.
Name: Rosalind Bulman
Age: 44
Marital Status: Married
Kids: Boys 14, 12, 10, 6; and one 3 year old girl
Future Goal: Become a school psychologist
School: Liberty University
Target: B.S. in Psychology, Spring 2009
"I take advantage of every opportunity away from home," she explains. "I read in waiting rooms at doctors' offices, at the dentist, at football practice, wherever I can."
She has a portable DVD player, and recently purchased a portable VHS so that she can listen to all of her pre-recorded lectures when she is on the go. Still, the juggling act seems to get harder, not easier.
"Although I took four classes last semester and am taking three classes this semester, this semester seems harder," she says. "Perhaps it is because all the classes started on the same date." The eight-week course is already finished. The two others end on October 24.
She strategized a way to make the work more palatable. The courses are self-paced, so she has a great deal of flexibility. She is going to focus on Western Humanities throughout the month of September until the required work is done.
Then she will move her focus to Intro to Psychology and have that work completed by the October due date. Even when the going gets tough, Roz keeps going. She doesn't have the luxury of contemplating how busy she actually is. "I can't think. I just do. I have to."
What spurs her on? "Knowing that I have a deadline," she says.
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