If I/You Could Turn Back the Hands of Time...

[AKA2D '91]

Is there something that you regret doing or saying? or not doing or not saying? If you could turn back the hands of time would you?

I regret not getting my degrees IN THE BEGINNING (undergrad and grad) in Special Education. I could have used those 3 years to certify in Special Ed. towards my doctorate degree. You all would be calling me Dr. AKA2d 91...lol, instead of AKA2d 91.

Oh well, I guess everything has happened for a reason...

[The Original Ape]

Originally posted by AKA2D '91:
Is there something that you regret doing or saying? or not doing or not saying? If you could turn back the hands of time would you?

I regret not getting my degrees IN THE BEGINNING (undergrad and grad) in Special Education. I could have used those 3 years to certify in Special Ed. towards my doctorate degree. You all would be calling me Dr. AKA2d 91...lol, instead of AKA2d 91.

Oh well, I guess everything has happened for a reason...

I regret not taking my parents' advice about everything-from learning(instead of bringing home good grades)to women. Their advice pertaining to learning math, and applying it really haunts me. It would have changed my life dramatically had I done so.

[12dn94dst]

I regret not getting my bachelors in computer science. When I was 12, I wanted to be a computer systems analyst, but somehow "decided" to major in business management...a lot of good it's doing me. Now, I'm back in school trying to make up for "lost" time.

[Ideal08]

If I had it to do all over again, I would have saved myself for marriage. That would have saved me a lot of unnecessary hurt and pain. I regret that more than anything I've ever done in my life. I wish I could turn back the hands of time.....

[Diamon]

I regret not listening to my mother who CONSTANTLY told me I had the personality and patience of a teacher(she is a public school librarian, she would know). If only I had listened to her, I would not be at this job which I loathe right now....I would not just be registering for the NTE years after I have completed college. Ahhh, a parent's wisdom.

[ManndingoNUPE]

So many regrets so I can't list them all. First I regret not being more focused on my grades in Undergrad, and not listening to my advisor who saw the potential in me that I am only now seeing in myself.

I regret not listening to my parents, who are two of the smartest people on this planet. I regret not going right after UG to start on a masters and having to wait 7 years to start on it.

I regret waisting the time of this wonderful young lady, when i knew that I really didn't want to be with her but I sorta kept her hangning on for almost a year. She is a wonderfull woman, and deserved to be happy.

I regret the first couple of years after UG that I waisted.

I am going to stop, cuase I got toooooo many regrets.

MN

[The Original Ape]

Originally posted by AKA2D '91:
Is there something that you regret doing or saying? or not doing or not saying? If you could turn back the hands of time would you?

I regret not getting my degrees IN THE BEGINNING (undergrad and grad) in Special Education. I could have used those 3 years to certify in Special Ed. towards my doctorate degree. You all would be calling me Dr. AKA2d 91...lol, instead of AKA2d 91.

Oh well, I guess everything has happened for a reason...

Dayum Goodie! This is a good one! You got me all sad and sh**t

[Miss. Mocha]

One of biggest regrets is that I didn't listen to my mother when she told me not to get all those %^#%#%$#%&^* credit cards!

Who knew that I would stop working, and those interest rates would pile up quicker than a car accident on a hair-pin curve.

I also regret not getting my degree when I was away at college the first and/or second time. Now, here I am with a six year old and a husband trying to get what I could have had and trying to be what I could have started being AT LEAST eight years ago.


Miss. Mocha

[Ideal08]

Originally posted by The Original Ape:
This is a good one! You got me all sad and sh**t

At least I'm not alone!

[spankee]

I regret...

that I stopped taking piano lessons

that I stopped playing tennis (I was good!)

not listening to my parents (about everything)

waiting till age 20 to get serious about school

I think the important thing is that we learn from these regrets. That way we can pass the insight on to our children and watch them ignore it the way we did

[Professor]

I regret choosing to major in education. I should have gone into social work.

I regret having serious relationships at a very age.

I regret playing things safe like not moving across country.

I regret how cruel I have been to some people in my past.

I regret that my grandparents are not living to share in my success.

I regret that I dislike my brother and that we are not close.

I regret that my secret love and sorority sister can't be involved.

[meeks]

Hmmm lets see:

i regret playing around with the shopping cart while my mom was in the dressing room. (my baby sister fell out of it)(and i got my $$% beat when we got home)


I regret not getting together with my boyfriend earlier.

leaving east carolina U. and coming back to school up here.

cutting my butt length hair in sixth grade



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The truly educated never graduate!

[loviest95]

I regret not going to a smaller universtiy the 1st time around. I started my undergrad career at a school with 40,000 students.

I also regret wasting so much time my 1st 2 years playing around

[Bobby Earl]

Originally posted by ManndingoNUPE:
So many regrets so I can't list them all. First I regret not being more focused on my grades in Undergrad, and not listening to my advisor who saw the potential in me that I am only now seeing in myself.

I regret not listening to my parents, who are two of the smartest people on this planet. I regret not going right after UG to start on a masters and having to wait 7 years to start on it.

I regret waisting the time of this wonderful young lady, when i knew that I really didn't want to be with her but I sorta kept her hangning on for almost a year. She is a wonderfull woman, and deserved to be happy.

I regret the first couple of years after UG that I waisted.

I am going to stop, cuase I got toooooo many regrets.

MN

Nupe,
I know you wanted to add "I wished I was Light-skinned to the list" , but I must say, you are taking it all in stride. You make me proud to be your brother.

No seriously, I think my biggest regret was not finishing school the first time. It's amazing how when you are young (17-23), you have no clue that some small decisions kan have such a big impact on your life. Then before you know it, you are almost 26 and wondering where and how it all went by. That's why I try to spend as much of my time talking to younger individuals, hoping that they want make mistakes similiar to the ones that I made. But 9 times out of 10, you can't save people, they are gonna do what they choose... just like I did.

If I wasn't light skinned, I probably wouldn't have been able to bounce back ...



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[HopefulProspective]

I regret not taking my grades in college as seriously as I should have. My grades were OK, but I know that I could have done 100% better.

I regret not sacrificing and going straight to graduate school after UG. I thought since I was pregnant that I needed to go straight to work. But My son is 5 now, and my husband and I are having number 2 in a few months. I look back on it and think, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THROUGH!!!

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