Personal Narrative: Balancing Penn Foster Studies With Work

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Balancing Penn Foster studies with work, family, and other activities and responsibilities. Hello, my name is Sharon. I am 58 years old, and I would have never dreamed that I would be wearing so may different hats in my life. My mother and family were so excited when I said that I was interested in advancing my career while I still can with work slowing right now. They knew that I wanted to be more than just a medical transcriptionist because the work started to decrease with the outsourcing, doctors implementing their own formats that allows them to just type a few sentences and the transcription is done, or they have a transcriptionist that follows them around and does the transcription when they see the…show more content…
I gave my grandchildren a list of my study times so they could use my computer and printer if they needed before I started my studies because I can't afford another room so my computer room is my work and study room as I did not want to be bothered during these times. They were very good about it and said if I needed any help to ask them and they would help me. I told Tiler I would help him with any homework until we finished supper and dishes were done then he was on his own. I showed him how to sort clothes, set the washer and dryer for when I could not get the laundry finished. All agreed to the lists that I made for them and informed them that I know emergencies do happen, and I would work around them but I really wanted and needed to finish school and made it clear that it was my dream. (I would be the first in my family to graduate college with a degree). I asked Tiler if pizza and wing night once a week would be okay, and he agreed that would be fine so neither one of us would have to do dishes, and I would have time to study more. Next, I called the school and talked to them, and they told me I would have to start all over again and resign up

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