2 COURSES LEFT!!! 😅😅
Only got 2 classes left now, D099 and D080, until I’m officially DONE 🎉😭. How would yall approach these last two classes? Any suggestions or advice?
Little background about me real quick. After high school back in 2015, I really wanted to go away to college and get the full college experience and set myself up for a good career (not saying you can’t get a good career without college lol). But growing up, I always put other people before myself.
I was raised by a single mom with 2 younger siblings. My mom worked her ass off to provide for us, so a lot of my childhood and teenage years was me helping take care of my siblings and making sure they were good. I honestly never really had time to focus on myself or what I wanted.
Once I got to high school and got my first job, I thought I’d finally be able to buy stuff I wanted and kinda focus on myself a little… nah. I ended up helping pay bills and taking on more responsibilities. By 12th grade I was working full time while still in school. I got accepted into multiple colleges, but the only thing on my mind was helping take care of my family, so college never even felt like a real option.
I remember talking to one of my teachers about it because we were close, and she told me something like “sometimes you gotta put yourself first if you wanna get where you wanna be.” But at the time all I could think was there’s no way I could leave my mom struggling. My mom wasn’t a bad mother at all, but I don’t think me going to college was really her focus because she was more worried about surviving and paying bills. I kinda became the “man of the house” early and just accepted that role until I moved out at 18, I couldn't take it no more.
Fast forward, I kept working, met my wife, had kids, switched jobs a few times, got burned out, got my CDL, and now I drive buses. Me and my wife both eventually decided we wanted more for ourselves and our kids, so we both enrolled in school.
I honestly never thought I’d make it this far. It’s been hard as hell balancing work, kids, life, bills, and school, but now I’m down to my LAST TWO CLASSES. It’s weird because I feel imposter syndrome like I’m not actually capable of reaching this next stage in life. I doubt myself a lot and second guess myself constantly, probably because of how I grew up honestly. Something I’m still working on.
But yeah… sorry for typing my whole life story lls. I’m just happy as hell to finally be this close to finishing. Anybody that took D099 or D080 got any advice on the best way to pass them?