DJxDEMONx's blog: "Just a thought..."

I am a 31 year old single mother. I am currently working as a production sewer/machine opperator in a ballistic factory, making kevlar vests for the United states Army, Marines, and police departments around the country. I have chosen to go back to school because i have recently realized that i do not wish to spend the rest of my life thinking that I could have gone back to school to better my son's and my own way of living. My son is my reason and my driving force behind everything that I chose to do in my life.  I would like to show him that going to college is in his best interest than waiting 12 or 13 years as I have.  

With my job being contract work I live in fear from month to month not knowing if i will have a job when the contract that we are working on is done, and not knowing if we have another one to follow it. I want a career that is stable enough to provide a good life for my son as well as myself. I belive that continuing my education with Guilford College is the best way to accomplish that.  My high school years were extreamly tough for me.  

I was not an A student. To be completely honest in some classes I was lucky enough to pass with a D. I had a lot of trouble paying attention. I was diagnosed with Attention Defficit Disorder (ADD) long after I had graduated from high school. I realize a lot of my problems in school were due to this fact as well as the passing of my father right before I started high school and the passing of my mother my junior year of high school.  So my grades reflected my emotional state at the time. My mother not understanding fully what ADD was she never had me tested,

I am fully capable of comprehending what is put before me it may take going over it more than once but I do understand concepts.  I have been looking to continue my education for several years now, but with work and not knowing how to juggle everyday life with the added classes as well as homework it got pushed to the back burnner. I have recently realized that if I do not attain a higher education my life will always be as it is, struggling to make ends meet working in fear of a lay off. I have come to a point in my life where i have the opportunity and the support system in place to go back to school. My family is in full support of my returning to school. Even with all of my own personal doubts I know that this is the right thing to do. 

I am hoping with the support of the councling staff at Guilford College I can attain my degree in computing technology/information systems. The internet is something that has always interested me along with networking sites such as myspace and facebook. Altho I am looking forward to understanding more about them such as how they got their start. I am looking forward to learning how to design web pages. I browse the Net alot and am facinated by all the different designs and syles that can be used to make a web page appealing to the eyes. I hope that this explains my desire to return to school.. I want this for no one but myself and my son so that we may have a chance at a better life..