Comments on: 7 Days to Know if You’re at Your Turning Point – Day 7: Mindy’s Story http://www.evelynkalinosky.com/blog/7-days-to-know-if-youre-at-your-turning-point-day-7-mindys-story/ Evelyn Kalinosky, LLC Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:32:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: shelley http://www.evelynkalinosky.com/blog/7-days-to-know-if-youre-at-your-turning-point-day-7-mindys-story/comment-page-1/#comment-297 shelley Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:02:08 +0000 http://www.evelynkalinosky.com/?p=1647#comment-297 What an inspiring and empowering story- I was especially moved by the last sentence. Bravo! When a woman I met this past week told me she didn't have to worry about financial matters because her husband was a banker, I said a silent prayer (I didn't know her well enough to say much more to her than I knew many women who once felt that way but no longer did, whether after a divorce or other circumstance). What an inspiring and empowering story- I was especially moved by the last sentence. Bravo! When a woman I met this past week told me she didn’t have to worry about financial matters because her husband was a banker, I said a silent prayer (I didn’t know her well enough to say much more to her than I knew many women who once felt that way but no longer did, whether after a divorce or other circumstance).

]]> By: Heidi Caswell http://www.evelynkalinosky.com/blog/7-days-to-know-if-youre-at-your-turning-point-day-7-mindys-story/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Heidi Caswell Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:14:46 +0000 http://www.evelynkalinosky.com/?p=1647#comment-296 I was a brat in college, more years back than I care to count. After my first year I made a commitment to myself take the courses which interested me, from the professors I liked, with no regard for whether they fit my major or not. I had a chemistry class which I could not stay awake in (and I like science) and often skipped. Amazing I passed. Another guy was teaching his first year a political science class. First day of class he said how college was too easy for him, and he wanted to make sure it wasn't too easy for us. I survived the class, but the guy was too full of himself, but not so great at teaching. I remembered one of my favorite teachers in high school flunking his student teacher. The guy was smart, did things by the book, but didn't connect with the students. Heck if I was paying for my classes, then I had the right to choose what I took and who I learned from. After that I'd listen to my teacher that first day, and If it wasn't someone I wanted to learn from, I dropped the class. When I found teachers I really liked I took more of their courses. If a class interested me I took that one, not following the recommended schedule. I enjoyed my time in college. I was a brat in college, more years back than I care to count. After my first year I made a commitment to myself take the courses which interested me, from the professors I liked, with no regard for whether they fit my major or not. I had a chemistry class which I could not stay awake in (and I like science) and often skipped. Amazing I passed. Another guy was teaching his first year a political science class. First day of class he said how college was too easy for him, and he wanted to make sure it wasn’t too easy for us. I survived the class, but the guy was too full of himself, but not so great at teaching.

I remembered one of my favorite teachers in high school flunking his student teacher. The guy was smart, did things by the book, but didn’t connect with the students. Heck if I was paying for my classes, then I had the right to choose what I took and who I learned from.

After that I’d listen to my teacher that first day, and If it wasn’t someone I wanted to learn from, I dropped the class. When I found teachers I really liked I took more of their courses. If a class interested me I took that one, not following the recommended schedule. I enjoyed my time in college.

]]> By: Evelyn http://www.evelynkalinosky.com/blog/7-days-to-know-if-youre-at-your-turning-point-day-7-mindys-story/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Evelyn Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:39:59 +0000 http://www.evelynkalinosky.com/?p=1647#comment-295 Eileen, Thanks for sharing that turning point with us. And good for you that you didn't let your age be the reason you didn't go back to school! I went through something similar - only it wasn't for my masters, it was my bachelors degree (something I'd always regretted not finishing before I got married and had kids). I was 38 when I went back to college - older than a # of my professors, but like you it was a life-changing experience! Eileen, Thanks for sharing that turning point with us. And good for you that you didn’t let your age be the reason you didn’t go back to school! I went through something similar – only it wasn’t for my masters, it was my bachelors degree (something I’d always regretted not finishing before I got married and had kids). I was 38 when I went back to college – older than a # of my professors, but like you it was a life-changing experience!

]]> By: Eileen Williams http://www.evelynkalinosky.com/blog/7-days-to-know-if-youre-at-your-turning-point-day-7-mindys-story/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Eileen Williams Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:08:58 +0000 http://www.evelynkalinosky.com/?p=1647#comment-294 Great story with an inspiring message! I remember a special turning point in my life--I was contemplating going back to school to get a Master's degree. I'd been out of college for several years and moaned to a friend that I'd be in my forties by the time I graduated. Her wise and wonderful reply was: "You'll be in your forties anyway, why not go after something you want?" So, I went back to school and it changed my life! Great story with an inspiring message! I remember a special turning point in my life–I was contemplating going back to school to get a Master’s degree. I’d been out of college for several years and moaned to a friend that I’d be in my forties by the time I graduated. Her wise and wonderful reply was: “You’ll be in your forties anyway, why not go after something you want?” So, I went back to school and it changed my life!

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