4.TO THE STUDENT BODY

Doctor Miller is right. We have reached apart in the semester where it has finally hit home. This isn't high school. The teachers are not push overs here. This is college you have to work for grades. If you're given an assignment you have to do it. No matter if its a boring reading assignment that no one understands but the teacher. The work load is totally different then high school. Most of you are just getting out of high school so you're used to things being easy. No one ever expected it to be so tough. This is a huge transition for many of you. But I believe in us all, I know if we just stay focused we can do it.

The hardest thing about being in college is trying to find time to study. Some of you have jobs, wanting to spend time with your friends but knowing you can't because you have to study is the worst. I can say that I always wait until the day before the test before I study. That may not work for everyone but it works for me.

I would just like to say one thing to everyone whose beginning to feel stressed and overwhelmed. Hang in there, soon all this will be over and you want have to worry about boring reading assignments anymore. Ha! Ha!

3. MY JOB

Working at the Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital you will see a lot of things. I've worked with kids with diabetes, cancer, and many other diseases. I love what I do. I feel children are a gift from God. It's hard seeing some of these kids everyday knowing that one day they want be here. There is one little boy we can all take a lesson from. He's five years old and when he was getting out of school and going home he was hit by a school bus. I spoke with him and asked him what happen, he said in such a cheerful and playful voice,"I was hit by a bus, it was a big bus." If that had been an adult we would be crying and carrying on like it's the end of the world. Children have such strong spirits. Adults complain about simple things, like bills, relationships, am I going to pass my test. But here's a child hit by a bus and all he complained about is his mom not bringing his toy airplane to the hospital. We can all take a lesson.

2. MY DAY

The people i work with have been so supportive. Everyone has praised me for going back to school. Sometimes I ask myself "want were you thinking, you can't do this and work full-time to." Everyday is a new experience and a challenge for me. I find myself everyday wanting to be in class more and more. I'm enjoying this so much I can just burst.

I have always enjoyed being in school. I consider myself and over achiever. That can be a good thing and sometimes bad. You find yourself more and more trying to always be on top. I think i made a good chose in educational institutions.

Tuesday was the worst day ever for me. I got up that morning at six a.m. to get my kids ready for school. I had class from nine that morning until nine that night. After class I had to be at work from eleven p.m. to seven a.m., Wednesday morning, and be in class at nine a.m. There will be many of days when I lose a little sleep. It will be worth it in the end. Sacrifices have to be made if you want to get anything out of life.

Mississippi College will help me to achieve the goals I have been striving for for so long. And with God by my side I know I can do it.

1. Y I'm Here

Just last week a teacher asked us why did we come to MC. Many said because their parents went there. Other said because they heard it was a good school. For me I have a whole different reason. I am a single mother of three and I work full time. I've always wanted to go back to school to pursue a degree in nursing but I knew it would take up a lot of my time, time that I needed to spend with my kids. For years I put it off. Making up every excuse in the book on why I haven't enrolled yet. I would feel out the enrollment application but that would be it. I would ask myself everyday when I went to work is this what you want to be doing for the rest of your life, being a CNA (certified nursing assistant)? You know how they say you have more bills then you have money, well that's me.

I received a e-mail from the admission department a few days before classes were suppose to start. In the e-mail I was informed of the information I needed to turn in to complete my application process. You would think I needed a lot. All I had to do to complete my admission was to turn in my high school transcript. So after I got that e-mail I decided I was going to do it. And here I am officially a student of Mississippi College majoring in Nursing. Most students would wait until they graduate and get that perfect job before they say this is a dream come true. Not for me, the day they told me I was excepted was my dream come true.