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      Dual
      Role
      For
      Many
      Single
      Parents
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Today
      in
      our
      society
      it
      has
      become
      compulsory
      to
      get
     
     
      a
      degree
      in
      order
      to
      geta
      job.
      We
      now
      see
      our
      uni-
     
     
      versity
      population
      growing
      by
      leaps
      and
      bounds
      and
     
     
      the
      statistics
      if
      that
      population
      changing.
      No
      more
      are
     
     
      the
      students
      roaming
      the
      grounds
      all
      under
      the
      tender
     
     
      age
      of
      25
      but
      more
      and
      more
      are
      they
      people
      of
      ‘‘ma-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ture’’
      status
      and
      many
      of
      these
      have
      already
      started
      a
     
     
      family.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      speak
      of
      the
      many
      single
      parent
      students,
      both
      male
     
     
      and
      female,
      that
      bravely
      register
      on
      a
      beautiful
      fall
     
     
      day
      for
      the
      event
      of
      their
      lives.
      This
      is
      not
      the
      usual
     
     
      jitters
      of
      a
      new
      experience
      for
      the
      motivation
      for
     
     
      these
      students
      is
      far
      different.
      Whether
      you
      achieve
     
     
      your
      goal
      does
      not
      just
      determine
      your
      future
      but
      the
     
     
      future
      if
      your
      children.
      Without
      this
      degree
      (pres-
     
     
      ently
      that
      is
      becoming
      degrees)
      the
      chance
      of
      gainful
     
     
      employment
      is
      next
      to
      nil,
      the
      opportunity
      to
      climb
     
    
   
   
    
     
      out
      of
      the
      poverty
      level,
      to
      get
      off
      the
      welfare
      roll,
     
     
      never
      happens.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      For
      the
      next
      four,
      and
      sometimes
      more,
      years
      children
     
     
      and
      parent
      will
      sacrifice
      much.
      Time
      for
      each
      other
     
     
      and
      time
      for
      themselves
      is
      an
      issue
      that
      the
      little
      ones
     
     
      never
      understand.
      Many
      nights
      are
      spent
      reading
     
     
      Anthropology
      101
      aloud
      with
      a
      two
      year
      old
      on
      your
     
     
      lap.
      There
      is
      no
      time
      for
      sitting
      in
      a
      library
      to
      re-
     
     
      search
      a
      paper,
      instead
      all
      the
      books
      are
      carted
      home.
     
     
      After
      the
      French
      homework
      of
      your
      son,
      the
      math
      of
     
     
      your
      daughter,
      the
      bedtime
      stories
      and
      after
      the
      last
     
     
      one
      is
      tucked
      into
      bed,
      you
      read,
      research,
      do
      home-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      work,
      and
      study.
      This,
      as
      you
      can
      imagine,
      is
      not
     
     
      before
      the
      hour
      of
      ten
      p.m.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      money
      issue
      if
      a
      big
      one.
      Government
      Student
     
     
      Loans
      have
      not
      kept
      up
      with
      inflation
      and
      taxes.
     
     
      Children
      wear
      a
      lot
      of
      hand-me-downs
      and
      mom
     
     
      shops
      at
      froggies
      a
      lot.
      We
      are
      lucky
      in
      Prince
     
     
      Edward
      Island
      as
      the
      Department
      of
      Health
      and
      Wel-
     
     
      fare
      allows,
      with
      permission
      and
      after
      one
      year
      on
      the
     
     
      System,
      a
      person
      to
      attend
      post-secondary
      institution.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      X-PRESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      i
      Campus
      Women
     
    
   
   
    
     
      November
      7
      199]
      oa
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      They
      pay
      for
      the
      basic
      minimum
      requirements
      of
     
     
      living
      and
      student
      loans
      pays
      the
      tuition
      and
      books.
     
     
      Without
      this,
      many
      women
      could
      never
      afford
      to
      gC
     
     
      school.
      In
      many
      provinces
      it
      is
      an
      either/or
      situatio
     
     
      Many
      women
      though
      are
      not
      on
      welfare,
      they
      live
      a
     
     
      home
      with
      their
      parents
      and
      their
      child
      and
      this
      elit
     
     
      nates
      student
      loans
      to
      a
      great
      degree.
      Others
      set
      uy
     
     
      their
      own
      household,
      working
      long
      hours
      to
      meet
      t
     
     
      difference
      that
      loans
      do
      not
      cover.
      The
      single
      pare
     
     
      working
      to
      put
      themselves
      through
      school
      cannot
     
     
      study
      those
      extra
      hours
      to
      achieve
      the
      high
      marks
     
     
      necessary
      to
      win
      a
      scholarship.
      They
      can’t
      meeta
     
    
   
   
    
     
      class
      with
      others
      for
      class
      projects
      or
      just
      socializ
     
     
      after
      class.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      very
      big
      part
      of
      being
      successful
      at
      University
      i
     
     
      socializing.
      Whether
      you
      are
      with
      your
      classmates
     
     
      your
      friends,
      a
      professor
      in
      the
      lounge
      or
      getting
     
     
      involved
      in
      extra-curricular
      activities
      on
      campus,
      |
     
     
      student
      needs
      to
      know
      people
      on
      campus
      to
      pass.
     
     
      homework
      or
      notes
      you
      missed,
      the
      upcoming
      tes!
     
     
      study
      for,
      the
      idea
      exchange,
      all
      these
      and
      morea
     
     
      large
      part
      of
      getting
      through
      the
      maze.
      Speaking:
     
     
      missed
      work,
      the
      single
      parent
      is
      guaranteed
      tom
     
     
      classes
      throughout
      a
      semester.
      Children
      get
      sick,
     
     
      become
      involved
      in
      accidents
      at
      their
      schoolandl
     
     
      Christmas
      concerts,
      all
      of
      which
      need
      to
      be
      atten
     
     
      to
      by
      the
      one
      and
      only
      parent.
      7
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      life
      of
      a
      single
      parent
      takes
      in
      three
      shifts,
      t
     
     
      working
      one,
      the
      one
      forclasses,
      and
      the
      one
      for
     
     
      family.
      It
      was
      once
      stated
      to
      me
      by
      a
      professior
     
     
      that
      I
      could
      not
      expect
      to
      raise
      ‘*
      good
      Kids”
      sin
     
     
      was
      a
      single
      mom.
      WellI
      have
      proved
      them
      wr
     
     
      but
      I
      must
      say
      not
      with
      any
      great
      deal
      of
      help
      fr
     
     
      the
      system
      as
      it
      is
      setup.
      University
      is
      geared
      |
     
     
      single,
      young,
      and
      moneyed
      student.
      There
      are
     
     
      family
      events
      on
      campus,
      the
      day
      care
      isin
      sad
      e
     
     
      and
      there
      are
      few
      awards
      for
      those
      in
      real
      need
      ‘
     
     
      moms,
      there
      isno
      woman’s
      centre
      forthe
      prob’
     
     
      that
      arise
      needing
      another
      women
      to
      listen.
      Th®!
     
     
      very
      little
      campus
      housing
      for
      families,
      Idop’
     
     
      MAPUS
      for
      the
      inroads
      they
      have
      made
      with
      fill
     
     
      events
      and
      a
      telephone
      for
      emergencies
      butmels