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College Admissions Essay: Dropping Out Of Work

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I have always regretted dropping out of college. I had to decide what was more important to me. Trying to get a higher education to help me succeed in the workforce. Or try to save my marriage which was in shambles.
So I decided that I would have to put my education on hold, until I could get myself together. I thought, I can always go back to school once my family life gets back to normal.
Little did I know neither one was to be in my future. My family life was dysfunctional, I finally decided to divorce my abusive husband of 17 years. And all of sudden, I was a single parent taking care of three children by myself.
I found solace and comfort knowing that, He who holds the future was also holding my hand. Meanwhile, I worked hard trying to be the idea employee, so I could get promoted through, hard work and productivity. In my case this worked great my manager did notice my work ethics.
But even this has its downfalls, some of my co-workers become envious of me. The …show more content…

Knowing what I know now, I would have gotten a higher level of education, and then contemplated on starting a family.
After 35 years of being out of school, I feel a little insecure and challenged about enrolling again. After much thought and consideration, I’m finally going to do something for myself. In the meantime, I’m going to keep giving praise and thanks to God for all of my blessings. GOUDEAU.SESSION1.JOURNAL
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I kept looking at different Christian colleges and the majority of them wanted you, to change your denomination, in order for you to attend their school. That wasn’t for me, however I didn’t give up.
One day I was reading this book about the Lost Gospels of Jesus. Some of things the author had written I didn’t understand.
That’s when I decided I needed to go back to school. I didn’t know as much as I thought
I knew. I don’t know what my calling is right now, I do know Colorado Christian University, will play a great part in helping me, to find out what I’m looking

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