BC English professor overcomes fears to earn degrees, find career

Tabatha Rhodes

T如果塔巴莎·罗德斯（Tabatha Rhodes）等待它，他将出现自己的学位，这是他的最佳时机。至少，这就是她告诉自己的。

起初，复杂的怀孕促使Tabatha停止上课。然后，她度过了一个忙碌，全职妈妈的时间，一个学期又变成了数年的时间。时间前进并带来了离婚，不久之后，一份全职工作。没有带来的是一个闪烁的警报标志，说是时候重返大学了。

That is, until she decided to make time to focus on her future by changing it today.

她的首要任务是制定一项计划，该计划始于重返Brazosport学院以获得她的副学士学位。

塔巴莎说：“我离开学校后，我的计划很快就会回来，但是应该是一两个学期变成六年的时间。”“这从来都不是合适的时间。当时我有一份工作，但这不是我想走的职业道路。我知道我唯一可以做其他事情的方法 - 并且要拥有我真正想要的职业 - 是回到学校。

“I couldn’t keep putting it off,” she added. “Now was the right time.”

十年后，塔巴莎（Tabatha）很感激她为大学腾出时间。她不仅获得了三个学位，而且还是Brazosport学院的英语教授。更好的是，这是她充满热情的职业。

“This has been my goal since 2010 and it’s so surreal to me,” Tabatha said. “When I walked into the classroom for the first time it hit me that I had actually done it. For me, going back to school was a life-altering decision.”

Although returning to college has made a huge difference in her life, Tabatha understands how easy it is to settle into a routine once out of the academic environment.

她说：“除非您制定计划和开始日期，否则您会总是说‘明年我会做的。’“我发现的是，如果您现在正在考虑，现在应该做。不要推迟。”

Tabatha’s success story could end right here, but it doesn’t.

After earning an associate degree from Brazosport College and a bachelor’s degree from University of Houston-Clear Lake, she wanted to take her momentum into graduate school. Unfortunately, there was a problem.

“I wanted to go back to UH-Clear Lake, but I couldn’t financially do the drive anymore,” she said. “It was just too costly and I was away from my kids too much. I realized that I just couldn’t do it. I thought about quitting because, again, the time wasn’t right. But I was determined and I found another option.”

Tabatha的解决方案是通过新罕布什尔州南部大学在线攻读硕士学位。尽管在线学习使她感到恐惧，但这是她处境的唯一可行选择。

她说：“当我第一次打开教学大纲并仔细阅读时，我认为我无法做到，但是我保证自己可以做任何我想做的事情。我开始组织一个计划，不再固执，并意识到我的学业可以以不同的方式进行。”

Surprisingly, Tabatha not only excelled online, she also enjoyed it.

塔巴莎说：“参加在线课是我一生中最好的教育经历之一。”“我发现我喜欢在线学习。有时，您需要尝试新事物才能成长为学生和一个人。”

Having been in similar situations, Tabatha can easily relate with the trepidation many students are feeling this year. However, she’s the first person to tell her students to keep moving forward and not to let adversity get them down.

“You have these expectations of what things are supposed to look like when you go to college,” she said. “Sometimes it just can’t look like how you want it be, and that’s OK.

“But don’t be afraid of online classes,” she added. “You might be surprised and you might like them. Online classes taught me how to be a better student — how to be more organized, how to do research and how to take better notes. It was all on me.”

今天,Tabatha不仅是解决enjoying her career at Brazosport College, she’s also preparing to begin work toward a doctorate degree. She is exactly where she wants to be at this point in her life, and she attributes it to her decision 10 years ago to stop putting off her education.

“Education really does matter and it’s always going to be a good option,” Tabatha said. “You can’t keep waiting for the right time, because sometimes the right time is now. Some people thought I was a little crazy when I decided to go back to school, but it was a life-changing decision for me.”

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