November 30, 2011  College and Parenthood  I'd like to say, just
for the record, that being a parent at the same time as being a
student is hard.  Really, REALLY hard.  No matter how much I
complain about the falling standards in academia, the fact
remains that being a student takes time.  And time is the one
thing that parenthood completely takes away from you.  M asked
me what I wanted for Channukah or Christmas.  I told him I
wanted a week,  Somewhere right around... now.  A week where I
could work on my final projects and presentations, a week where
I could catch up on all the reading I've missed over the
semester, a week where I could just sort of not be a mom for a
bit.  Which is, of course, impossible.  You never get to stop
being a mom.  You never actually WANT to stop being a mom.  Just
as I know M never wants to stop being a dad, even for a minute,
Do you understand a word of this? M definitely has it harder
than me.  He's working full time, he's in twice as many classes,
and his classes are just p