I'm have my associates and am now working on my BA in early childhood education. I close my daycare at 3:45 daily and have class this semester Monday and Wednesday nights from 5-10:30 for 8 weeks. I usually just take one class a semester but this semester I'm taking 2 because I plan to take the July/August term off. I'm taking night classes using the TEACH grant at an offsite campus for Upper Iowa University. The terms are 8 weeks in length so the classes are 5 1/2 hours one day a week. I'm not gonna lie, being in class that long is exhausting but the terms go really fast. Since I have to be in class at 5 twice a week I have to close earlier than I used to and that has hurt business as all of my current clients that leave before 3:45 are aging out or moving out of town. I will only have 2 children enrolled for the summer so far, luckily that's what I need to make to help with the bills but I'm used to having 6-8 children so it's going to be weird.

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