Why I Decided to Continue My Education There are three simple, and fairly common, reasons for why I decided to return to school to continue my education: Higher paying jobs, being a good role model for my children and personal satisfaction. Higher Paying Jobs: I relocated to California from North Carolina about 4 and ½ years ago. What was I thinking? The cost of living here is outrageous, the jobs don't pay that well …showed first 75 words of 931 total…

…showed last 75 words of 931 total…actually follow through and achieve my dream of getting my bachelor's degree, then my master's degree, and who knows after that. The sky is the limit. I truly believe that school is contagious and addicting. And once I'm done proving to those friends and family that it can be done, I will be reading their essays on why they decided to go back to school. I'm almost positive their reasons will be similar to mine.