Moms with college degrees

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I studied History of Art, with an emphasis on medieval art. I know that this lead me to the Church.

My first two trips to Rome were before I was a Catholic. I saw all the monuments and masterpieces and I “knew” what I was looking at: why it was important, what it meant, etc.

I just went a couple of weeks ago, my first trip since my conversion. This time, I related to the churches in a very personal way. But, I seem to have forgotten all the art history. I mean, I’d be in front of some fresco, saying, “I wrote a paper about this. It’s really important. Um… I don’t remember what was so important about it. It sure is purty.”

But, this trip was so much more meaningful! I have never really used my degree and I don’t even work, now. I do think it served its purpose, however, as it brought me into the Church.
 
I have a nursing degree, and an associate of arts in music. Both have been handy with kids, especially the nursing. You know how kids are always getting sick or hurt! I work part time now after being at home for a couple years, and I love the flexibility the nursing provides–you can pretty much set your own schedule, as long as you show up for a full shift when you say you will.
 
I have a B.A in Music (vocal performance). I sing in our church choir and cantor, somtimes I sing at weddings.

My children benefit because I can help them with their piano lessons (reading music, rhythms, theory etc). They are also not afraid to sing in church or in front of other people.

There is much joy in our home because of our shared love for music.
 
Degree in Elem Ed. Taught for a year after graduation/ marriage then had kids. Homeschooled for 16 years. Home teach part time for the county. Will be full time at a private school from April to June taking over for a teacher having a baby. Expect to be working f/t in the fall.

An education is helpful whether you are in the work force or a SAHM.
 
I have a B.A. in political science (minored in communications). My experience is mostly in the journalism and publishing areas. 🙂
 
I have a BS in Electrical Engineering from UT Austin :). I didn’t really have a passion for it, but I was good at maths and sciences in grade school and my parents were always saying I should be an engineer…so it just stuck and that is what I pursued. Plus I already lived in Austin so it was convenient for the education at UT. I am currently working for an industrial distributor, not a certified “engineer” job but I do definitley use my technical skills on the job. I don’t have to design anything or actually engineer any products but I work with electrical project orders where my technical background help me understand what the customers are talking to me about when they have problems.

I hope to be staying at home soon with my son and our daughter (coming in July!) and I definitley feel that my degree will help me teach them in everyday life. Although I won’t be teaching them about many of the mathematic theories I learned about, the basica knowledge is helpful. I can explain how electricity works and most of the things in our home and I can also explain many physics concepts to show them how the world around us works. As for the math, that will definitley help me as I plan to homeschool and am able to take them all the way through high school calculus! And if I need refreshers I still have ALL my books from college! Just getting a degree period has helped me become more patient and determined. It has helped to mold me as far as self discipline goes and following deadlines and becoming more organized. So sure it has helped me and it always will, even after I quit working! I also like the thought of being able to go back to work after my kids are grown if I need to for extra savings for retirement, and I won’t need to “start” an education at that point.
 
SMHW said:
Moms with college degrees:

I’m curious what your degree is in. Is it scientific or technical? Is it more liberal arts? Is it a social science degree?
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BoS in Economics
Do you put your degree to use while you are raising your families, either at home or through outside work?
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Not really, I finished college with the intent I would continue to work at my current job (which allows me much freedom as a single parent - with a much lower income) then enter the field of my degree upon her being older so I can build retirement etc. Since getting married, and with the new bundle on the way, we’ve decided that as long as we still live in our community I will continue to work at my current position. (Office Manager)
My bachelor’s degree is in mathematics. I worked as a software engineer before I was married and part of the time while my children were young. Since I still really can’t do arithmetic (I preferred the proofs and the theory) to save my life my degree wasn’t of much value in helping with homework until my children reached algrebra.

But now that my oldest daughter is in college and is studying various great philosophers (including mathematicians) and my husband is also working towards a bachelors in math we have some wonderful existential conversations about logic and number theory and how that relates to God and theology
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Lots of education majors here! My degree is in political science, and short of helping with social studies homework (or home teaching it) it doesn’t really help with parenting. 😉 I sure would love to audit some more polysci classes though!
 
I have a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering. Other than explaining how the airplanes my son points to stay up in the sky, it is of very little value as a SAHM! I worked for 5.5 years and will probably go back to work after all of our kids (however many that may be) are in school, although I’m not really motivated to go back as an engineer. I think I might like teaching hs math/physics, but would have to go back to school for a degree, not to mention it doesn’t pay nearly as well as engineering. 🤷
 
Belle10 said:
I have a B.A. in political science (minored in communications). My experience is mostly in the journalism and publishing areas. 🙂
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I’m just the opposite of you. I have a B.S in Public Relations and a minor in Political Science.

I only worked for a year and a half before staying home. I’ll admit that I just wanted to get married and am in the dying breed of MRS. majors:p Although I am glad I have a degree and I definately don’t feel it was a waste of time.
 
My degree is in Sociology. After college I worked in the Criminal Justice and Social Work field for 20 years. While I am sure some of it came into use, for the most part, these fields require “on the job training” you learn as you go and they put us through MANY hours of continuing education.

Just a side note, I think that colleges need to require more English and writing classes.
 
Wow. Hats off to all of you. There are some very impressive educaitonal backgrounds around here! I commend you also for the grace to know your priorities.

My Bachelor degrees are in Human Genetics and Business Administration, and my Masters is in Business Administration, as well. I have a few weeks to decide on a PhD program for Business Quantitative Methods (business stats). My pride says yes, but something else is telling me no.

I work with Oracle as a business intelligence developer and system administrator. I love my job.

It was always my goal to stay home and be a wife and mother, but life didn’t work that way. I stayed home with my son and had started homeschooling him when life threw me one ball out of left field after another. So I work full time, go to school full time (which isn’t much in grad school), take care of my son (who now attends a Catholic school), and I am separated from my husband.

In other words…don’t take any advice from me unless you need help with PL/SQL code. 😉
 
I have a BA in Communications with an emphasis on Radio/TV. I currently work part time for a production studio doing editing and part time with an organic grocery store to help pay the bills.

I love having the degree but jobs in editing are extremely hard to get, especially being a woman. I am currently looking at getting a Masters in Film so I can teach.
 
Thank you all for sharing. (And please continue!) I am really enjoying hearing what everyone has to say.

(And ConfimaMe, I just might have some SQL questions at some time!)
 
Masters of Arts in Economics here. My job is quite related to my degree. I plan on taking a year of maternity leave in June when my son is born, and then who knows what will happen in life. I might try to go back to another job when my maternity leave is over, or stay at the same one, and then hopefully get pregnant again with just enough work so I can take another year of maternity leave and see how many times I can repeat this cycle. Hehe.

I love the social sciences - I did a double degree undergrad in Economics and Political Science. I worked for an elected member of legislative assembly for a year after I graduated and then with the Federal Government for 4 years before moving onto my current job at the Department of Energy.

Sometimes I think it would be super cool to be a teacher of any social sciences related subject.
 
My undergraduate degree is in Biology and I taught high school for a couple of years. I married, and that was the biggest mistake of my life.
After the divorce, I went and got a degree in library science, but since it isn’t from a program accredited by the ALA, I am only a library assistant in our university library but I’d rather be an assistant. “Real” librarians have to write so much academia babble and do a lot of tedious committe work that I end up doing most of the librarian’s work:D . Anyway, I also teach children’s literature in the education program which I love.

I am an autodidicat at heart and never let a day go by that I don’t try and learn something.
 
i’m not a mom YET, but i’ll be graduating in may with a bachelors of science in recreational therapy. once we are married (july) we will be completely open to the possibility of children although not actively trying (or so he thinks hehehehe, just kidding). we both want me to stay at home with the kids atleast until they are all in school. maybe when they’re in school i’ll try to work part time. i hope to go back to using my degree when they’re grown, and of course it is there for back up in case anything should happen to future hubby.
 
I have a Bachelor’s of Science, major in History, minor in French. (The Naval Academy doesn’t give out BA’s, and they require so much chemistry, naval architecture, physics, etc. that everyone said it would’ve just about been a general science degree anywhere else.)

I am currently a SAHM/homeschooler with a kindergartener and preschooler and almost-one-year-old.

With such a bizarre range of required subjects at the Academy, I’ve learned a little bit of just about everything… which is what I enjoy, anyways. Being an officer (at least in the U.S. Navy, which, of course, has to do it differently!) meant doing a half-dozen different jobs, usually unrelated to each other, that were all running simultaneously.

Both of which help tremendously now that my days consist of supervising kids practicing their shapes and letters in workbooks, while feeding/entertaining the baby, loading the laundry, scheduling post-adoption follow-up visits, balancing the checkbook, talking to roofing contractors, planning dinner, etc. I’m may teach them French, and I have all sorts of great stories and experiences to use to relate world history/events (especially if we’re watching something on aircraft carriers on the Military Channel!).

I think we’ve lost sight of the purpose of education: to educate the person. It all helps somehow, even when it isn’t obvious; that’s why we teach math to English majors and history to engineers. Education is not supposed to be just job training.

The early feminists (who were solidly pro-life, before anyone gets the wrong idea) argued that women should be allowed to enroll in college not just because some of them would become doctors and professionals, but precisely because most of them would become mothers. (and home economics was not a subject back then, either)
 
I have a couple of them, an undergraduate degree in mathematics, a master’s degree in mathematics (focusing on applied mathematics) and a Ph.D. in engineering.
I was actually pregnant with my son while I was defending my dissertation, and later on, working in academics and research worked out really well (I was actually able to bring the little guy to work with me for the first 15 months).
Now, I’m expecting again!
 
Literature in English, with an emphasis on mid-20th century authors of the American South.

HOWEVER, I am a network tech certified through Microsoft and CompTIA, when I work.
 
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