knowing that it won't be long before that thanksgiving break and then after the break it'll be near the end of the semester!

Honestly -- I'm on autopilot...no thinking involved. UGH!

Knowing that I have to pay nearly $52 a class, because of out-of-state tuition! Other than that, I'm with Lacks...I'm on autopilot!

I used to have that problem with classes also...especially since I have to wait outside for the bus because I live off-campus. I never want to leave my warm comfy bed but I know that what is waiting for me will change my future and what I think about the world. I have 17 credits, 6 classes (three library science classes, math class, American Sign Language 3, and Psychology), I work part-time (25 to 30 hours a week), am part of a bowling league on campus, on the campus travel bowling team, and have a boyfriend that lives 2 hours away. My family isn't around for support because they are 3 and a half hours away but trust me...your friends will help encourage you. The support of my friends has really helped me accomplish what I need to get done for school...also making lists or using post-it notes! :)

I go to a small school so if I don't go to class I have a lot of explaining to do & I don't want to try & explain myself, so I go to class! but I know it is hard, I totally agree!

The cost factor is a big part of it. Living in Michigan, the cold is unavoidable. I guess the most important thing to remember is that this is your career you are training for. It isn't like high school when you could skip all you want and it didn't really matter. I am a social work major and I guess that I don't want to risk missing something vital! Also, your teachers are a lot more understanding if you HAVE to miss, when you have been there everyday otherwise!

I go to a very small school and any proffessor would notice right away if someone was abscent. If I missed a day there would be a rush of calls and email from classmates and professors wondering if I am ok/dead yet. I keep going to avoid the hassel of not going. = )

I get asked this question alot, especially since I am on Social Security, and could very easily just lay around at home and do nothing all day.

What motivates me, is knowing SS only pays less then $800 a month, and unless I want to struggle financially the rest of my life, I have to get my butt up, no matter if I have crohns disease or not, and going blind or not, I HAVE to get up, or I risk being in this financial rutt the rest of my life. Its what motivates me get up, even when its things I don't necessarily have to do.

in your case, think about it this way, unless you want to live with mommy and daddy the rest of your life, I'd be going to school everyday, because otherwise, you'll be living like that the rest of your life, and 15-20 years down the road when your still working at the same place you are now, not making any more money then then when you started, then you'll wish you had gotten up. =P