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Upon retirement she would like to teach and then become a school psychologist. I want to be able to work in one of my children's schools. "If I want to do anything other than be an aide, I have to get my degree."
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
Last term she had the benefit of all on-line courses. The format worked well for her mobile lifestyle and she felt more connected to the other students. This term there is no on-line component.
Tests will have to be proctored, by her boss who agreed to be certified by the university, and snail-mailed to the campus. It was her boss, in fact, who encouraged her to return to school.
The second eldest of six children, Roz didn't readily have the opportunity to attend college right after high school. "My parents put all of us through Catholic school. When I graduated, I had to help out."
Returning to school was an idea she had been tossing around for some time. She began to seriously consider it as retirement inched closer. It is just eight years away. My boss asked, "Would you rather retire with a degree? Or without?"
She decided that there was no time like the present. Now she already has 12 credit hours under her belt. It would not have been possible without distance education.
"There is a junior college right down the street from where I live." It is physically close, true. But mentally and emotionally it is just too far. "[Enrolling there] would take me away from my family. And that's what I don't want to happen."
So she continues to work hard and set an example for her children. She is making online education work for her. And they are impressed. The kids are already asking, "Mom, can we go to high school that way?"
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