The Journey Was Great!

Making the decision to start adult education classes at Granite State College was a hard one to make. When you're a kid and go off to college, the responsibilities you have are quite diffeent than when you're an adult. Working, raising children, managing a house and all the other challenging parts of your adult life can be daunting at times. Add to that returning to school and it can seem overwhelming.

As I look at my own children scattered through middle school, high school and college it strikes me how incredibly fast time has flown. They are on their ways to young adulthood and it boggles my mind how incredibly fast that journey has been. Certainly, there were many times while "in the trenches" that time crawled, now I can see how quickly the years have passed.

To any of you who are contemplating a return to college as an adult learner, but feel a little stymied by how long it will take until you finish your degree I respectfully say to you "So What!"

What I mean by that is the time will pass, and you will accomplish what you set out to do. I met someone once who wanted to return to school but said in dismay, "I'll be 30 by the time I finish in 3 years!" as if that was an enormous obstacle in her way. The truth is that you'll still turn 30 (or whatever!) in that time period whether or not you're in school. At times it may seem as if you're slogging along with no end in sight, but you can earn your degree. Yes, you will be that much older, and have worked hard, but the end will come and be worth it. You will then see your return to college from a different perspective and realize how quickly the time has passed.