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It took me eight years to graduate from college, which I do not think is a recommendation in and of itself for an advanced degree. I also did not have a very good grade point average--2.97. I wanted to be a Special Education teacher and I was taking Spanish classes to improve my language skills. I learned of a post-baccalaurate program and felt that I could actually be a teacher sooner if I graduated in Spanish and then got a job and entered the program.
I do not know if I am a loser or if it was the economy, perhaps a mix of the two, but the only work that I found was as a substitute teacher, which went very poorly. I joke that I decided that it was safer to join the Army.
I felt that I was out of options, but I actually enjoy the Army. Just joining was more of a commitment than I wanted, considering being an Officer was too much, and I did not know if I would be able to do it. In the end I ended up as a fueler.
I do not want to pump gas for the rest of my life and I am considering the Health Professions Scholarship program, but my only lab sciences were Astronomy.
The difficulty is that I am stationed in Germany. I will be here until November of 2011 and then I am supposed to be able to leave the Army the following April.
With low expectations I looked for online lab science classes and the best that I found was one that required finals to be done in-person.
Do I have better options than waiting until I can attend school full-time and trying to get the classes done as quickly as possible? Can I take more than two lab sciences per semester?
If not it would take another two years!
I do not know if I am a loser or if it was the economy, perhaps a mix of the two, but the only work that I found was as a substitute teacher, which went very poorly. I joke that I decided that it was safer to join the Army.
I felt that I was out of options, but I actually enjoy the Army. Just joining was more of a commitment than I wanted, considering being an Officer was too much, and I did not know if I would be able to do it. In the end I ended up as a fueler.
I do not want to pump gas for the rest of my life and I am considering the Health Professions Scholarship program, but my only lab sciences were Astronomy.
The difficulty is that I am stationed in Germany. I will be here until November of 2011 and then I am supposed to be able to leave the Army the following April.
With low expectations I looked for online lab science classes and the best that I found was one that required finals to be done in-person.
Do I have better options than waiting until I can attend school full-time and trying to get the classes done as quickly as possible? Can I take more than two lab sciences per semester?
If not it would take another two years!
