student mama support group - Page 3

[kimmysue2]

Hello all
Both I and my husband are going to school. I for my degree in ECE and him to finish his libral arts degree and then hopefully off to x-ray school.
I was being lazy after having my son but then my job (son came with me to work) laid me off so school was once again there for the taking. I am working on getting my in home daycare license and hope to open a pre-school center in two years.

Any hints or ideas on how to get high grades would be very helpful. Like what works for you to prepare for a test, how do you take notes things like that.

[june'smom]

Hey,
OK so I am feeling much better now that my first exam is over with. The one on Friday will not be as bad so I can relax a little bit.
On the pumping issue, my double electric pump is broken right now, so we are in a tight spot. All I need is to go to the store and buy a part for it, but I just haven't gotten there yet. But even with ebm, June won't take me being gone for very long. Hopefully that will get better as she gets older.

Kimmysue,
I really don't have any great advice for you, I usually end up cramming for exams and doing everything last minute because that is just how I am. It is something that I am definately tryign to change.:

Thanks again for the support!
Louise
mama to juniper
wife to ben

[Aura_Kitten]

not to change the subject but...

AUGH!

i'm in 2 computer science classes this semester -- UNIX basics (which is really easy), and programming methodologies and concpets (which is really hard)... i'm getting so tired! and i'm having such a hard time concentrating.

since i'm a science major i thought taking the programming methodologies and concepts would help me think more logically...... but wow it's hard.

all i want to do is go decorate cakes and sew baby clothes :LOL .... :: sigh :: :

is anyone else in the same boat?

[kimmysue2]

Thanks Louise

I do that along with taping test material all over the walls in the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom. Heck my kid will start learning what order birth takes place

[june'smom]

yup,
it is really hard to study when all you really want to do is sew and cook and enjoy your kids! I can totally relate.
Louise

[hypatia]

Re: not to change the subject but...

Klothos,

I used to do math and CS back in the day and I am impressed that you are doing CS and being a parent! It can be hard enough to get in the zone as it is, but it must be so much harder to concentrate and still keep an ear open for the baby in the next room.

Where do you do your work? At home? What if you hired a sitter and went on campus to do your homework?

Sara

[mamaley]

hypathia--your little one is my little one's age, and i'm trying to imagine doing law school with her. wow mama!

venting a little--
one prof assigned a test the same week a big paper is due.
my classes are dissapointing--and these are supposed to be the good ones...
my drive is going down and down

i'm going to keep at it--it lets me have cheap rent, which is a lot these days.

does anyone else find that at times they just don't care all that much about school? this is very unlike me.

[Aura_Kitten]

hypatia ~ i generally do my hw at night (late) and study w/ my fiance. i can do hw on campus (the daycare center provides 1 extra hr of "study time" per unit you're enrolled in) but... that means i have to find the time to use the computer lab for my assignments, because i can't do them in the library (they don't have the right software). and the computer lab times are weird; i'd have to go on campus on days when i don't have class just to do hw... and i have the programs at home, so i just do them here.

it's hard though, they're tough classes. i failed my last 2 C++ tests -- BUT so did everyone else in the class (except my fiancee : i don't understand how he can study less than i do and do none of the work and take no notes and still ace every test with 100%...)

and then i had to miss UNIX today so we could vote (we didn't get excused time out of class to vote, so...) i figure it was a shitty choice but i feel that voting is more important than class attendance...

mamaley ~

does anyone else find that at times they just don't care all that much about school?

YES i feel that way a lot lately. i'm so tired (and so uncomfortable. but whoever said going to school for 12 hours a day while pregnant was easy...??)

there's so much stress. i just feel like giving up (which we may have to do because we'll probably be moving very soon, which was relatively unexpected... but then situations changed and *wham* gotta move AUGH

[seedgirl]

Wanna be student here

Can I join, too? Ive applied to grad school and am waiting on an answer. Meanwhile, Im studying my ass off for some "entrance" exams and completing my early field experience requirement. (im applying for a Special Ed. credential)/ Dang! I already feel like Im both a student AND a teacher. (and in reality, Im am neither) : )

I'll keep reading and then once they accept me into the program, I know that I'll have a lot to contribute and learn/

BTW: Yippie to the mom expecting twins. I have some and its the coolest thing that could have happened to me. Congrats!!!!

[Bex80]

Hooray!

I want to join! I just found this group from venting on the toddlers board.

I am a part-time student, I am taking one class a semester until I'm done with my FOUR semesters of Spanish that are required.:Puke

Anyway, it's still hard even with one class and one munchkin, so kudos to ya'll who are full-time, grad school with even more than one!

looking forward to getting to know everyone better...

[Greaseball]

I have to take 5 more Spanish classes. It sucks. I don't plan on speaking any other languages outside of college, but foreign language is required for the BA degree. I could try and get a BS, but then calculus is required and I don't have any math beyond college algebra, so it would take just as long to take all the math I would need as it would to finish Spanish.

In the summer I can take a whole year of Spanish compressed into 12 weeks, which means 3 hours a day, every day. It sucks, but it's a way to get it over with. I will probably do that next year.

[june'smom]

AHHHHH!!! So today was bad. very very bad. I had an exam that I am sure that I failed, June cried the WHOLE time I was in class, and I have more to do than I can possibly get done in my lifetime. Again I am left wondering why on earth I thought that I could do this. I just don't have enough time to get everything done. Plus, my professor who is directing my research project is on my ass to finish the interviews as soon as possible. Then I have to transcribe them and analyze the data and write a paper. What am I going to do. I feel so bad leaving June all of the time. Yesterday I felt like I didn't get to see her at all. She is so little, I don't want to miss it all.

Louise
mama to juniper
wife to ben

[aussiemum]

Junesmom, how did the first exam go? You don't know that you've failed the second exam, that's your perfectionist side being nasty again. Tell it to go away!

Another question: how do you know June cried the entire time you were in class? Dh wasn't doing laps around your classroom again, was he? (hope that didn't come across mean, its not meant to be!)

[june'smom]

no, she was crying horribly when i left and when i got back. dh said she didn't stop at all. the first two exams went pretty well but this was a math test and i was so distracted that i couldn't think straight. oh well, it is over and she is fine. i am just a little overwhelmed.
this too shall pass
louise
mama to juniper
wife to ben

[willowmama]

Originally posted by Greaseball
Also to get scholarship info, though I haven't found one yet that isn't just for single parents.

Are there really scholarships for single parents?
I've looked and looked and I can't find any...
and I've gotta find something before transferring out of state.

[Aura_Kitten]

willowmama ~ YES there are, at least here in CA. i'm sure they're elsewhere as well...

[willowmama]

hmm...maybe I'll transfer to cali

There are so many requirements that I have for a university/state that I still haven't decided on where to tranfer to when junior college runs out for me.

Between the vaccine laws (pertaining to school and medicaid)
the cost of tuition (scholarships would help there)...
and the degrees offered ..i want to do grad school in the same place that I finish my first 4 years.
and my need to not live where it snows..
and not live in a huge city...
I just haven't found perfection yet.

I have however begun to eliminate entire states, one of which I live in now. oops :
I do love my state and the people here...but the uni here just doesn't offer what I need.

[june'smom]

willowmama,
can I ask why you want to do grad school at the same place as the first four years? I thought that it was better to do it at different places, but maybe I am wrong. In which case my dh would be very happy, he doesn't want to move a thousand times while I finish school. LOL.

Is there a non-traditional students help center at your uni? At my uni they publish a listing of scholarships for mostly single mothers. Maybe you could ask the fin aid office for some help. I hope you find some.

Louise
mama to juniper
wife to ben

[willowmama]

I'll go bug the financial aide department in the morning

I'd prefer to keep the kids settled in one place for as long as I can so they can have some kind of stability...and with grad school that'd be dam close to forever.
Maybe I'll even end up as a professor there and make it forever

[june'smom]

So OK, I am a huge drama queen and need to stop worrying all the time about everything. The exam that I thought I failed I ended up with a good grade on and I understood more of the material than I thought I did. I was just so overwhelmed by having to leave June that I coudln't think straight.
Why do I do this to myself? I am seriously going to try to calm down about all aspects of my life. I am running in circles when I don't have to be. I think dh and I need to work out something with the housework/schoolwork schedule and tehn I have to let things go. I have a lot of school left and I will drop dead long before I finish if I don't relax.
You ladies have helped me realize what a complete worry wort I have become. LOL. Thanks!
Louise
mama to Juniper
wife to Ben