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cookderosa · #2 (**permalink**) 08-29-2008, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Cameron16

So what was everyone's final "straw that broke the camel's back". Or to put it another way, what finally cemented you're decision to finish or start that next level to the degree that you wanted?

I know mine was when I was working in a Primary Care clinic as an RN and realized that I was basically doing what the Physician's assistant was doing for less money and less prestige.

So, what was it?

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Ohhh good question.

For me, it was a series of three quick events that all happened at just the right time.
My husband was unexpectedly out of work. It took him MONTHS of applying for jobs that he was more than qualified for, but the road block was that he didn't have a bachelor's degree, and the landscape of our industry was changing.
Second, my friend gave me a book called Accelerated Distance Learning by Brad Voeller. (highly suggest) That got me thinking that there were alternative ways to earn credit, some of them very fast.
Finally, my husband's new employer offered tuition reimbursement- so I worked up a plan that I called "2 for 1" which was both of us earning a bachelor degree at the same time for the price of one!