I know I should have gone back to school to earn that masters degree years ago. I realized this sad fact even more when I noticed the disbelief and smug look on my daughter's face.
Late this afternoon, I formally informed my kids I am going back to school (yeah, right!). Althea made no comment since at 6 years old, she still doesn't understand what it means --- except, of course, if she thinks I'm going to some kindergarten. But my eldest, Andrea, suddenly burst out laughing --- yeah, looked like the cat who got the cream! Then she looked at me with that annoying raised eyebrows while still wearing that silly grin... I had no choice but to burst out laughing as well.
Going back to school... hmmm, sounds alien even to my own ears, hehe. I've been going to school for the past thirteen years, but not as the student I intend be do now. I always went to school as the teacher that I am. Maybe, this is what my daughter found funny. She saw the humour in me going to subject myself into routines I assign my students (well, smart of her, sigh!). Maybe she couldn't imagine her autocratic mom sitting idly still in that rickety and rusty armchair and listening to some professor. Oh well, it doesn't sound good to me either --- I feel too old to be back in the academe, wehehehe!
I should have gone through this when I was way younger (at 37, I am not too old, eh!). But then, I always reasoned out that the kids were still too small and needed my care. I sound like the caring mom that most certainly am not. And there was that silly plan of chasing that Bachelor of Laws degree .... and that Masters in Guidance and Counseling. Wow! Seventeen years after I graduated from college, I gained 0 degrees in any masters degree. Yeah, right! Zero, nada, nil!
But the best thing about going back to school is the fact that I will not be doing it alone. I'll be enrolling with other colleagues --- some much older than I am --- because we need to; not because we want to. Well, no gun is pointed at our temples but we know we have no choice but to do it.
So, this teacher is going to subject herself to the will of another teacher.
This teacher is going back to school, finally... regardless of my daughter's disbelief.
I know my husband's going to love the news. He's been persuading me to enrol for more than ten years.
Congratulations! I've been contemplating the same thing (and I'm 43), but I want a Master's in Art History, and when you live in the middle of nowhere like us, it's a difficult degree to find.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I love your daughter's name, Althea, that is my grandmother's name!
Hi, Jean Rose! It appears that we have more in common that just wanting to be better teachers. Like you and Sharmin, I have been contemplating going back and getting my Masters as well. I would love to get mine in history but, getting a subject specific Masters in Oklahoma pays very little, in fact, it pays so little that I would not make back the money I would spend on the Masters (HMPF). So, if I got back and get it, I will probably do it in administration.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations and good luck. :)