Joelle,
Last night Chrissy had a miscarriage and we are still at the hospital. We are devastated and our plans are all up in the air. I talked to my administrator and he recommended I ask for permission to start in the spring semester not now. I agree with him. I have been working on the online orientation and have all of my required books but I feel it is unwise to add something new right now.
Please help me get a deferral until next semester. I don't know what I need to do. I've already signed up for TIP. Can I cancel that.
My desire to earn this degree through Regent has not changed but I cannot start this semester.
Thank you for your help
Daniel
It was a dark night—most nights are, of course; but…this one felt darker. Dreams. Not the ones at night that are crazy subconscious thoughts running amok. Dreams for a future. 14-8-14 the date on the headstone for our Dreams.
More about those Dreams later: for now my focus is on following the path of a Dream that was revived and last week became a reality.
The year was 2004 (cue a vintage Audio A song to set the scene). Chrissy and I had been married about 1 year and we were finishing up our degrees. I had a desire to pursue a Master’s degree in TESOL so I signed up for many English classes in preparation.
Now it’s 2005—I’m sitting in a learning center taking the GRE—I’ve listed universities on the GRE where I can get a Master’s in TESOL.
2005-2013 That Dream of a Master’s in TESOL went on a shelf. In 2013 I pulled it down, dusted it off and wondered how to make it a reality. Sitting in an office, 8,000 miles away from the university I wanted to attend, I started the process of applying to Regent University. It was scary to wonder how I would ever pay for the degree and how I would ever find the time to do the work. (I still sometimes wonder how I will pay off the loan, but at least I have a good plan for that).
2014 The Dream of getting a Master’s in TESOL was becoming a reality! I was officially a student in the Master’s in Education TESOL program with Regent University and I had already started online orientation and ordered my books. Amazingly at the same time this Dream was becoming a reality we found out that our Dream of adding another baby to our family was finally a reality.
And then—14-8-14…..
So today, as I sit down at the computer, and click on the Blackboard website with Regent, it is with mixed emotions that I read the word
“Congratulations!”
I worked hard from 2015 through now on the degree in TESOL. I did classwork from 4 different countries and in the middle of huge transition in change.
Now I will watch the emails and then watch the mailbox waiting for the diploma to arrive.
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