Good for you it is a choice you will not regret! I have not posted on this site in a very long time
but I left 8 years ago as a newly single parent with two young daughters (ages 1 and 5).
since then I have graduated received both my associate and bachelor's degrees and after
taking two years off I am now half way through my graduate degree. I have a much better job
making 3X the money that I did before my degree (with just a bachelor's) and more importantlyI am doing what I love.
The whole education (or lack of) thing is just a scam to keep people uniformed and without power.
If the WTO was really thinking about the spreading the truth it would make much more sense economically to earn more and work less in a respected career where you could reach out to the middle class as a colleague instead of a window washer.
I think of all the people that were left behind in my old congregation and how they have accomplished nothing. They must think about but still they stay- it is never too late. This is especially sad to me when I think of the young people including my nieces and nephews that had so much potential and now work menial or labor type jobs, not that this is a disgrace if it is what you really want to do but so many of these kids had no options or support and simply went with the “theocratic way”
Your choice takes strength but you will gain more than just earning power and a diploma you will be able to think more critically and view life through new lenses.
