This article is from the Baltimore Sun.
“On typical weekdays, college student Kerry Brandt rises before dawn to drive 42 miles from Baltimore to his technology support job in Prince George’s County. Monday through Wednesday, he stays in the office an extra four hours to do homework. He usually doesn’t get home until almost 11 p.m. and doesn’t get to bed until 1 a.m.
“On Sunday, he spends the morning in church and the afternoon in the library, writing college papers. And he has two daughters, one 10 years old and the other in college, and is blending that family with his fiancee and her three children.
“If the man gets a few free hours to watch football on Sunday night, he counts his lucky stars.
“College, in its traditional face-to-face form, might not work for Brandt. His schedule is simply too stuffed to accommodate fixed class times. Yet he desperately wanted to go back to school and complete a degree. A former Marine, he can’t abide a mission left unfinished and wanted to be a role model for his daughters.”
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