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Would your Mom come to your house? Sometimes when I had early clinical I would pick my Mom up really early and she would watch my daughter at my house and also make sure my older three were fed and got to the bus safely. I also sometimes dropped my daughter off the night before so that I wouldn't have to leave so early in the a.m. It's so hard to juggle the kids and early clinicals! Good luck!!

If I'm being completely honest, texting in class SCREAMS disrespect. Any professor that I have ever had would not tolerate this. I have four kids and I leave my phone in my pocket on vibrate in case of an emergency. You need to tell your sister that just because you can't text her back, it does not mean that you are ignoring her. You're being respectful of your teacher. She should OBVIOUSLY understand this. How would you feel if you went to meet with your teacher about your concerns and she was texting while you were talking to her. It's just plain rude. I'm not trying to be mean, but this is kind of common sense info. If you really are serious about school, then you have to show that you are. In the end you'll only hurt yourself. Good Luck!

I think you have to do what makes sense financially. As far as "abuse of the system" goes, I think that may be a bit excessive. If you qualify for a pell grant then you are obviously lower income and you deserve it. You are trying to choose the path that will help you best support your family and self. I admire you for that. When you apply for aid in the program, you have to divulge how much school you have completed so far. If you give that info and they still approve you for a grant then I certainly don't see the harm with it! Good for you for making a better life for your family :-)

I can understand where you are coming from, but please think of the whole picture. I have four kids myself and when they were really little I started taking classes towards nursing school. It got to be too much guilt for me. My husband was supportive either way, but they were still so young and they needed so much of my attention. I felt as though I was taking so much away from them. That was back in 2006. I just applied for next fall instead and now my kids are older and will all be in school by the fall. I am not saying that this is the only way to go, but for me personally, I have absolutely no regrets. I think I would have missed too much when they needed me most if I had pursued this dream any sooner. Everyone's situation is different, but right now you have a stable career and that is so important! Maybe you could consider waiting? Maybe you could slowly take all of your pre-reqs and co-reqs now. That way you could still stay on track, but you will still be able to work and be there for your little ones. Plus, it will lighten your course load when you are in the actual nursing program. Maybe set a goal with your husband that you will both be happy with. Hang in there! If it is meant to be, it will be!! Enjoy those little ones while they're still little :-)

Does your professor let you drop your lowest grade? There is a website called www.khanacademy.com and it is wonderful!!! it is basically all youtube videos that this professor does on every bit of subject matter that you can think of! He just has a great way of explaining things and I have learned so much from him. I was able to do really well on the science portion of my TEAS V because of that site. Try not to be hard on yourself. It happens! Definitely make an appointment with your prof. after class. I bet he will be a lot more calm when things are one-on-one. Good Luck!!