The Importance Of My Decision To Return To College

It is rumored that Mark Twain once said, “I have never let schooling interfere with my education.” I have been guilty of similar thinking throughout the years and until recently did not feel the need to continue my education. At the age of nineteen, I let trivial things derail my attempt in achieving a college degree. Now at the age of thirty-nine, although I am much wiser, a whole new set of challenges present themselves. Making the decision to return to college and finish my undergraduate degree twenty years later was very difficult for me. One of the biggest obstacles to my educations is I feel there is not sufficient time to spend with my wife and kids now, without the added requirements of college assignments. If there ever was a family who live out the saying “burning the candle at both ends,” it is us. Whether it is a softball game, piano recital, swim meet, or other various activities, there is always somewhere to be and something to do. To say I cherish the small amount of time weekly we have at home together as a family is an understatement. I understand that my decision to return to college will take

I didn’t have “sense enough” to be disappointed by quitting school and joining the workforce. I was that someone who once sold their books for beer money before the quarter was over. With each year that has passed the dark cloud of this failure has grown. While making the decision to return to school I found myself starting to ask some tough questions of self-doubt. Am I smart enough to earn a college degree? How embarrassing will it be if I fail as an adult? I finally put all of this nonsense out of my mind. Being the person I am today, and knowing all that I have accomplished thus far, is proof to me that I will achieve my goal of an undergraduate