The Ripple Effect - you can be a nontraditional student, and make a MUCH bigger ripple.

About making a living - plus thoughts about the Ripple Effect.

So... is your job just something to pay the bills? If you are lucky, your job pays the bills, is interesting enough, and lets you have enough time to pursue things you REALLY want to do, which might not pay much, if anything.

But it can get to a person - the feeling that there is something more out there - something you could do if you just had the knowledge to do it. The question becomes, what makes life worthwhile? Will you say that you really have spent your life doing something valuable? I know I have asked myself this. I wonder, am I helping others, am I doing a job that is important, no matter what it is?

It's hard to say what influence people have in their lives. People who have seen the famous movie "It's a Wonderful Life" may have their eyes opened to the Ripple Effect their lives can have on the people around them.

Sometimes you don't even know what a GREAT effect you have in your life. Some people make their livings pointing this out to people. What they say to people can be, You CAN make a difference. 

So... are you going back to school? You can be a nontraditional student anytime. It does not matter how old you are.

Going back to school can show you other ways of living, other ways of making your life have meaning.

Sometimes doing something you love every day will make an even BIGGER ripple out to the lives around you, and to the world.

Because you will care so much more about what you are doing.

Do you need to go back to school to do what you REALLY want to do with your life, and make a bigger ripple? You might. I know I think about it.

Betsyanne

More recent postings here:

Nontraditional Students - they are diverse, but they have gumption.

The Nontraditional Student Blog Site of the Day: The ProfEval site

Another Blog Site of the Day: The Mike Grasso Nontraditional Student Site

And, of course, the BEST of luck on your nontraditional student journey!
 
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The Nontrad site  

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Get connected, nontrads. Here are some of my other blogs and sites:  The Nontraditional Student website, The Nontraditional Student Facebook page, The Moon and the Willow Tree (a Betsyanne blog), The Find Scholarships and Grants blog, From the Garden Spot (another Betsyanne blog), and The Teacher Tree website  (I will hopefully be working more on this one later this year).  

And you can join the Nontraditional Student Mailing List too. It's published every so often.

Nontraditional Students are Making a Difference - for others, and for themselves.

I saw an article today that was so inspiring.

It was about older students who wanted to make a difference.  The article went on to list fields that older people could make a difference WITH.

When I run across this article again, I will list it here. This article gave me a great idea. To me, it's a no-brainer.

I agree with that article. Many nontraditional students DO want to make a difference.

Many of us grew up with Earth Day, wanting justice for everyone, and having great dreams. Some of us went on to have children and take that "money" job to make sure there was food on the table, so that our families could survive.

We put aside our dreams of making a difference. And sometimes that is what the real world seems to make us do. But sometimes we forget that we have a choice.

Some people just did what they thought they had to do. But in the back of some people's minds was their original dream. They never quite let it go. They wanted to help the environment, make the world a better place, or make a real difference in other people's lives, work for world peace, or change the world in a good way.

What's great is, you can still do that! And many nontraditional students ARE deciding they can make a difference.

People are living longer today. People who are older don't have to have just one career. They don't have to give up on their dream of making a difference.

Here are some fields that older people can go into, that DO make a difference in the world.

Social Work
Psychology
Art
Nursing
Medical Work
Environmental Science
Computing
Communication
Foreign Language
Teaching
Police work
Firefighting
And so many more fields.

And let's not forget the Peace Corps, Scouting, S.C.O.R.E., and many other volunteer groups too.

Are YOU going back to school to make a difference? Or maybe you making a difference right now.

Did you do that in the past?

If you are not going for your dream of making a difference, why not?

Share your dreams of making a difference. I will start the conversation by talking a bit about MY dreams of making a difference.

Betsyanne
Current (art) and former (teaching) nontraditional student.

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