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To the Milspouse Who is Also a Student
Dear milspouse who is also a student…
I know your struggle, because until just a few months ago, I was that spouse. I couldn’t move with my husband when he came to a new duty station because I was in school. I couldn’t visit because I couldn’t miss any more classroom time.
Accepted! (With Caution?)
These were the words that popped up on my email notifications first thing last Monday morning. I rubbed my eyes, sat up, and clicked on the email to read further. A few weeks before I had applied to graduate school and apparently I was accepted…with caution.
A million thoughts ran through my mind, most of them centering around the fact that this was about to get real, real fast. But one question kept nagging me: Why did they put “with caution” in the subject line? What did that mean?
Settling for Option B
When I began working toward my bachelor’s degree, I was taking online classes. I soon fell in love with the learning platform, and it became my goal to teach online. The idea of being able to work from home and to teach other students what I loved to learn about seemed like a dream job. I studied hard for many years and even earned my master’s this past June. But even with my degree and experience in hand, I wasn’t able to land the job I’d been dreaming about for four years. After six months of sending out resumes, filling out an endless amount of applications, and only receiving rejection letters, I had to start thinking about Option B. After all, I would have to start paying back those student loans in a few months.
5 Ways to Research Schools When PCSing
It seems like we have a conversation like this about once every quarter in my house.
“Branch just sent a memo about possible next moves.”
“You know there is always a possibility we could end up staying here.”
“Should I throw my name in for that job?”
But last week when we were looking for something (I really wish I had read this article earlier) and my husband said, “Go ahead and keep that…we’re about eight months out and we might need it for the move,” the realization hit me. My brain automatically became a scene from the movie Inside Out. I could actually envision little versions of myself running around in my head.
5 Surprising Things about Being a Nontraditional Student
One of my favorite scenes in the movie Tommy Boy is when Tommy is coming back to his hometown after graduating from college. His buddy, Richard, is picking him up at the airport and gives Tommy a little grief about how long it took Tommy to get his degree. Tommy says, “You know, a lot of people go to college for seven years.” Richard replies, “Yeah, they’re called doctors.”
4 Reasons to Join the Back-to-School Fun
As summer turns to fall, it seems like the world gets ready to go back to school. When was the last time you joined in the back-to-school excitement for your own education, not just as a support to children or a spouse? If getting or finishing an education has been on your bucket list, there’s no time like the present to hit the books and accomplish your dreams.
AWTR Show 569: 20th Anniversary of the Virginia Women Military Institute
On this week’s empowering episode of Army Wife Talk Radio, we’re chatting with guest Brig. Gen. Terry Djuric (U.S. Air Force Retired), from the Virginia Women Military Institute at Mary Baldwin College.
2 Steps for Furthering Your Education
It’s an age-old dilemma. You need to earn more money, but to do that you need to get a better job. In order to get a better job, you need to go back to school. But to go back to school, you need to be able to pay for tuition. In order to pay tuition, you need to earn more money.
So how do you overcome this particular dilemma?
Here are two ways that can help.
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