by Laura McMullen, U.S. News & World Report
“It really came down to time management around my family and quality time with them,” says Bridge Baldwin. She was already spending more than 40 hours per week on campus for work, Baldwin says, and she didn’t want to spend any more time away from her two children and husband. Instead of attending class on campus for three hours around dinner time, Baldwin says she now studies early in the morning before her kids awake, and late at night after they go to bed. Baldwin has just been promoted in her job at Champlain College because of her nearing degree completion. She says, too, that she has more “drive” to learn than ever before, thanks to fighting negative thoughts. “As an adult learner, I think there can be a lot of things in life that tell you can’t: not enough time, not enough money, not enough confidence,” says Baldwin. “But you get that confidence as you learn.” She adds that, “you start to become part of this community of adult learners that is really engaging and motivating.”
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