scantilyclad
almost nekkid
- Joined
- Jul 31, 2007
- Messages
- 2,106
- MBTI Type
- INFP
- Enneagram
- 4w5
- Instinctual Variant
- so/sp
I'm going to be starting college this fall, thanks to some financial aid, and i'm very excited. I'm proud to finally be doing something with my life; however i am having a lot of trouble trying to figure out how to work and go to school, without putting my child in day care. Day care is far too expensive for me to afford, even with my job. Day care costs 7 dollars an hour on average, so that would basically mean that i would be earning only about 1.50 an hour, if daycare is factored in.
I figure there are a few things i can do, but i can't seem to make a practical decision.
I can:
1. Quit my job, so that i would have more flexibility to go to school. The con to this is obviously the fact that i won't have any spending money, or money to help pay bills when money is sparse.
2. Try to get my employer to give me even more flexible hours. I feel like i am already asking too much of them, so i'm not sure if i am comfortable asking them to make my schedule even more flexible, so that i can attend school.
3. Move somewhere with family close by, so that i can have child care from someone i know well, who will charge me little if any money. This is not very practical because most of my family lives in Arkansas, or small Texas towns where i would have to drive 50 miles to go to school, thus draining my funds for gas.
4. Put off school until it is more convenient. I've already been doing this for a few years, so i guess it wouldn't hurt to do it for a few more.
I'm not really sure what to do. It would really help a lot if my school offered a daycare program or online classes, but they don't, so i am asking for advice from people who might be experienced in this area of expertise.
Thank you guys.
I figure there are a few things i can do, but i can't seem to make a practical decision.
I can:
1. Quit my job, so that i would have more flexibility to go to school. The con to this is obviously the fact that i won't have any spending money, or money to help pay bills when money is sparse.
2. Try to get my employer to give me even more flexible hours. I feel like i am already asking too much of them, so i'm not sure if i am comfortable asking them to make my schedule even more flexible, so that i can attend school.
3. Move somewhere with family close by, so that i can have child care from someone i know well, who will charge me little if any money. This is not very practical because most of my family lives in Arkansas, or small Texas towns where i would have to drive 50 miles to go to school, thus draining my funds for gas.
4. Put off school until it is more convenient. I've already been doing this for a few years, so i guess it wouldn't hurt to do it for a few more.
I'm not really sure what to do. It would really help a lot if my school offered a daycare program or online classes, but they don't, so i am asking for advice from people who might be experienced in this area of expertise.
Thank you guys.