[humanser] : Academic/Professional Update and Request for Advice

[Merry Schoch]

Hello Sarah,

You sound so empowered in this message.  What a wonderful feeling!!
Attending a training center at this point in your life sounds like a great
decision.  I am so happy you will not lose your spot in the grad program.  

With warm regards,
Merry 

-----Original Message-----
From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sarah Meyer
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 9:33 AM
To: humanser at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [humanser] : Academic/Professional Update and Request for
Advice

Hi All,
Thank you so very much to each of you for providing feedback, guidance, and
suggestions.  I love hearing different people's experiences and learning
from you all!
Melissa and Carmella, you especially brought up some great points, and each
of you have helped me to really think critically through this decision.
I did find out that I can defer my start date in my grad program for up to
two years, which was an amazing thing to find out!! I really do think I need
and could benefit from the full training  program at one of the Centers, and
it looks like I won't have to give up my spot in the grad program to do so!
I am in the process of speaking with the directors and other staff at each
of the centers to learn about what makes each program unique so I can decide
which one will best meet my needs, and I am gathering supporting
documentation for when I present my request to my VR counselor this Monday.
This may be a battle but it also may not; either way it is refreshing for me
to be figuring out what I need and to know that I may be able to access the
resources and support to get those needs met.  It is empowering to be making
a decision not based on others' opinions of my skills but based on my own
awareness and gut feeling of what I need to do to be the best version of
myself.  Do I think I could go to grad school and do well this fall? Yes.
Do I think I could do more than just "get by" and actually be 10 times more
confident and effective/efficient while doing so? Absolutely.  And there's
no time like the present to make that a reality, especially while I'm not
married and don't have family obligations to think about.

Thanks all, and happy Saturday!

Sarah

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