I won't bore you with stories of college hopping, stopping, dropping, and burnouts. That's when things got messy and I blame those things on myself. I kept comparing myself to other people, just wanting to feel like more of a "normal" person in my 20s than some kind of late bloomer still without a degree. Long story short, I will be finishing my collegiate career at East-West.
It was an interesting quarter full of lectures, lectures, lectures. My professors are very passionate about what they teach, despite a few students skipping out early or just talking among themselves. I kinda don't understand why people bother to sign up if that's all they plan to do. But alas, I can't swerve in their lane of flighty behavior. I'm here to educate myself and move on to either teaching, grant writing, or boosting my career in writing. I'm proud of everyone going for their Master's, but the BA is my stop. There's talk that one will have to get their Master's, to "mean something", but I get the feeling those rumors are started by the same companies destined to dip us in debt. I'm already 24k in, lol. No thanks.
Everyone in the school is friendly and helpful. Once you look over the ppl who kinda sorta need to grow up, you come to find that classes are full of diverse people just trying to learn and better themselves. You find a lot of single moms, older men, and international students. We learn from each other. I dunno exactly when I will graduate, but my tech writing teacher says I am a Junior. So, once the juggle of my transcripts stops hopping around, we will see. (That's the only thing that has me miffed at the school. No straight answer whatsoever about the dang transcripts!)
Looking forward to the rest of my days of working hard for good grades.