Future plans

This is me graduating last summer with my biology degree - I was six months pregnant with LC. Ever since my freshman year in high school, I'd wanted to be a doctor...one of those ambitions that many young people have - to change the world! I volunteered at hospitals, got awards in my science classes, continued on many years studying different forms of science....never thought those years of staying up all night writing papers would finish...but then it did. I cried - going to school took a big toll on me, took a lot of hard work and sacrifice.

Here, my background would be helpful. I'm not a US citizen, not till this day although I've lived here for over a decade. I'm not eligible for financial aid and was charged out-of-state fees and then some to every school I've attended. My parents weren't in the circumstance to shell out outrageous tuition fees, so I worked and worked hard, never any play, and racked up a hefty private loan balance on the side. But hey, no regrets...so what I missed all the parties and dances, in turn I learned work ethic and responsibility..and earned myself an education.

So what happened to being a doctor may you ask? Well that's down the drain now...if only I knew earlier that out of all the medical schools in the US, only like a couple accept international students and have maybe 2 seats reserved for them. On top of that, you must show AVAILABILITY of all four years worth of tuition to be even considered. Needless to say, I don't have that kind of moolah...so no med school for me. That's ok! Biology degree will get me where? Nowhere HA! Unless I do my master's. and PhD...but that is not where my passion lies, it's the actual applied science in form of medicine.

You look in the newspapers and job ads, it seems that if you're not a NURSE or a TRUCK DRIVER, you have no hope...jobs are scarce and hard to come by, at least a career-tracked one. All my friends in various fields that I studied with are all complaining to me about this same thing. Fine arts person is working as an assistant to rehab program's director, another one hooking up cables...some just gave up and joined the Peace Corps.

To fulfill my dream of working in health care, I'm going back to nursing school, as I've mentioned before, this coming fall. This is an accelerated program of 3 semesters designed for those who have already completed their baccalaureate. Hopefully, I will go on to be a Family Practitioner and be in the company of doctors providing the same care. We'll see...now I'm just counting the days and see if this one whole year of being a SAHM has rusted my intellectual stamina.

Going full time to school with a little baby is going to be more than difficult I know...Thank God for my mother coming to help us out. We all must sacrifice some things and keep climbing for progress, eh?