While this\u00a0is not a step-by-step guide on how to become a marine biologist,\u00a0it is definitely a story full of grit, achievement and success.<\/span><\/p>\n For those that choose an alternative approach to learning, it is usually because they need to continue working, or time doesn\u2019t allow them to be present in a classroom for a set time, regularly. Kristy needed to keep her employment in retail, but she was determined to forge a career in the area of marine biology.<\/span><\/p>\n Once you have figured out your reason for doing something, don\u2019t delay. Successful people all live with a sense of urgency. This is one of the most impressive things about Kristy\u2019s story. As soon as she decided to go to university in September, she started this online course and worked against her own personal deadlines.<\/span><\/p>\n One thing that students like most about Stonebridge courses\u00a0is\u00a0that they can do it at their own pace. For some it may be finishing sooner than expected, for others, it is taking the necessary time off studying for other commitments and being able to return without any pressures.<\/span><\/p>\n We all need a purpose. That purpose drives us. This is the \u2018why\u2019 in what we do and is the key to success in business and everything we do. Kristy\u2019s prize, she told us, was doing the course of her dreams.<\/span><\/p>\n What did Kristy find out while doing her Access to Higher Education course?<\/span><\/p>\n “I can do anything when I set my mind to it.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Even when life got hard to balance, with work commitments and with tougher parts of the course,\u00a0Kristy focused on going to university to study marine biology. She knew that studying after long shifts would all be worth it in the end. The end justifies the means.<\/span><\/p>\n The Access to Higher Education Diploma\u00a0– Biochemical Pathway<\/a><\/strong> is designed to include hard science concepts. Kristy was learning notions such as cell biology, atomic structure, chemical bonding and structure, organic compounds as well as concepts of anatomy, genetics and the periodic table.<\/span><\/p>\n The ability to work hard is not a tap you can turn on and off. Like most of our distance learning students, Kristy was extremely motivated because of her goals. She had come back to studying because she wanted a career in biology. It is truly amazing what we can do when we are in pursuit of our passions.<\/span><\/p>\n Despite the long shifts and study sessions, Kristy knew that the intense balancing act was only temporary. She has now been able to leave her job in retail to focus solely on her course in marine biology.<\/span><\/p>\n One thing to remember is that pushing yourself at certain points in your life can lead to a better life later on. Working towards a goal means that kind of hard work is a temporary phase that will bring in long-term rewards.<\/span><\/p>\nWhy distance learning?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nDon\u2019t delay<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nWhen the going gets tough, push through<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nFocus on the why<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
Remember what you like about it<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nIn the<\/span> end\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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