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Re:Amazon to pay full college tuition for its front-line emp... by ronnier on Thursday September 09, 2021 @11:39AM (#28470892)
I worked 40 hours a week and full time undergrad and grad school. You work, go to school when you aren't working and when you aren't doing either of those, you sit in the library and study.
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Re:Amazon to pay full college tuition for its front-line emp... by TrueGeek on Thursday September 09, 2021 @11:46AM (#28470960)
My wife is currently finishing her masters while working 40 hours a week and still being a mom. It's very stressful, but she's killing it. One of the harder parts (aside from the long nights) was finding an internship that was flexible with her schedule.
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Re:Amazon to pay full college tuition for its front-line emp... by munificent on Thursday September 09, 2021 @12:03PM (#28471199)
> finishing her masters while working 40 hours a week and still being a mom.

I can imagine doing any two of those, with some difficulty. Doing all three is insane. Is her bloodstream, like, 30% caffeine?

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Re:Amazon to pay full college tuition for its front-line emp... by hellbannedguy on Thursday September 09, 2021 @12:25PM (#28471443)
I guarantee she's not delivering packages for Amazon.

I once heard they were suspose to deliver 500 packages a day.

I hope to a higher power I got that wrong.

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Re:Amazon to pay full college tuition for its front-line emp... by q1w2 on Thursday September 09, 2021 @12:48PM (#28471753)
> I once heard they were suspose to deliver 500 packages a day.

That number is obviously wrong. Question your sources.

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Re:Amazon to pay full college tuition for its front-line emp... by shados on Thursday September 09, 2021 @11:58AM (#28471124)
I would absolutely die with half of those responsibilities. Kudo to your partner.
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Re:Amazon to pay full college tuition for its front-line emp... by CountDrewku on Thursday September 09, 2021 @01:06PM (#28471950)
It's completely doable. My mom went back to school at 40 and retired in her 60s with a Masters. Was it hard on her... yes. Most things worth doing take hard work.

A lot of people always find a way to blame their issues on something external. Oh it's too expensive! Oh there's not enough time! Oh someone should do it for me! Oh that person just got lucky!

Maybe some of that's true, but it doesn't really matter. Take the cards you're dealt and do something with them. Or.. you can just fold and keep blaming it on something else.

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Re:Amazon to pay full college tuition for its front-line emp... by mabbo on Thursday September 09, 2021 @11:46AM (#28470959)
When do you sleep?

I worked part-time while an undergrad and it was almost too much for me.

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Re:Amazon to pay full college tuition for its front-line emp... by dmoy on Thursday September 09, 2021 @11:50AM (#28471009)
You would generally do part time undergrad and full time work.
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Re:Amazon to pay full college tuition for its front-line emp... by ronnier on Thursday September 09, 2021 @03:19PM (#28473558)
From midnight to 7:30 am
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