Thursday, June 17, 2010

Update on my Educational Path

If you read my last post you will realize that there has been a big change in the direction of my career path. This change has initiated a change in my educational path.

Previously I planned on pursueing a much desired goal of mine to return to the medical field. Those of you whom may not have read my earlier posts may not know that I was a Naval Corpsman(wave) from 1975 to 1979 and loved being in the medical field. I had planned on becoming a pediatrician but at the end of my Naval career discovered my first daughter was on her way and decided to be a full-time mommy instead (big grin). My focus changed to getting my RN degree as soon as all of my daughters were old enough for me to be away from them at long stretches of time. That never happened (laugh) until recently (some 30 years later), I felt that I could obtain this degree and had looked into attending MedCentral School of Nursing. See 2 posts before this one for info about that plan. If you have read the post below this you will understand what career change has occurred.

My educational goal is now to finish my BS in Business Administration but take only 2 classes per term so as not to overtax my 'older brain' and to save more of my time for my daughters who thankfully although teens and one adult still for some reason want to spend time with me (huge sigh of relief). I will still graduate March of 2011 with my BS in Business Administration but I will then continue my education by pursuing another BS degree which will also be combined with a Master's degree in a program Kaplan University Online has that will also allow me to be capable of taking the state boards for nutritionist. This educational path better fits my new career which is a combination of writing and sharing with others about how nutrition is key to healthy living through in-home tastings and community seminars.

Wish me luck readers!

Have a fun, safe and healthy summer.

Laura

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