Would You Walk Again?

Okay, this is very hard for me to say... You are somewhere around the age of my daughter, Pretty. As her parent, I wanted her to gather all the glory she could when and as it was offered to her. Unfortunately, she and I are too much alike in some ways and polar opposites in others. You would not believe how much we write alike, for instance. The first site I joined online was called WebAnswers. I LOVED that site. My daughter joined it first. I had no clue. She kept asking me questions, I'd give her the answer and tell her background information on the topic and she would type on the pc keyboard for a while... then she would ask another question... I'd answer .... yada, yada, yada. Finally, one evening while doing this routine, I started wondering what she was doing. She ask her question and I said why do you want to know? She told me to just answer the question... we kept on like that for several days. She ask questions and I would ask why she wanted to know... About a week later she explained she was answering those questions using my answers... and getting paid for answering them! That was okay with me, so we went back to her asking and me answering until one night she was too busy to answer one. She ask me to do it. When I finished answering that one, I saw another one I could answer, so I did. I kept answering for several hours... And people loved my answers! I was hooked on the site! People started asking me a week or so later if I was feeling alright. I had no clue what they meant until one friend called our house and ask to talk to Pretty. It was a friend from that site. I forgot I was using her account, so everyone thought we were the same person... The only way they could tell us apart was if I sprinkled references to my daughter in my answers which you have probably seen me do on myLot, too. Her friends thought she was having an identity crisis and were concerned about her! Anyway, I pushed Pretty to walk when she graduated from fifth into sixth grade. Then again from eighth into ninth grade. By the time she graduated from High School, she flat refused to walk for her graduation. She even refused to go to the ceremony. She refused again when she earned her double BA in writing and modern dance... I was so disappointed, but realized she was making her own decisions.... Just like you will need to do. It is fine to ask our opinions on anything you want, but you need to realize that while we will quickly feel like you have known us all your life, we still can only give our opinions. You have to make the final decision. In my opinion, you, like Pretty, should grab all the glory you can and run with it! I just know whatever you decide to do with your life, however long it takes you to get there, you will be a success! Now, what do you want to do about graduation? Will you walk or will you skip the glory and quietly take your prize? Either one should make your parents proud! (And possibly, some of your new friends can congratulate you the night of the walk... whether you walk or not. Yeah, sometimes I write long responses and replies. I am sorry. I am trying to break the habit, but I can't always say all I need, so people get a book instead of an answer. I hope you don't mind?

I didn't walk for my BS degree, nor my MBA degree. I've just never been one for pomp and circumstance. Just tell me where I can pick up my degrees and I'll be on my way! That was how my brain thought back then! lol

If this is what you want to do look over the debt. Sometimes you need to take risks and get something better. We all have these doubts but then you can say you did it whether you fail or not, or just regret it later for not doing it at all.

firstly, congrats! furtherin' one's education's most important, particularly these days. 's fer walkin'? i reckon that'd be a personal preference. i ne'er walked myself, not e'en fer my high school graduation. i made certain fer all events that i was tied'p elsewhere, lol.

Have you walked off a cliff? Lol! Where are you? I walked for all my degrees, except my last two.

hmmm....don't you have any options for free education?

No it is not silly to walk a second time for a second AS degree. Go for it.

I never realized education is that expensive in the US. I'd say walk the talk. Go go go Pinkie!

Just take things positively and walk the path

Nah. I say go for it! Wishing you the best!