I was talking to my cousin that attends Clark Atlanta University and she was telling me about the great number of female students that leave school because they get pregnant. How common is this at other HBCUs? Are there any that are pregnant but decide to continue with school? It just seems to me that being pregnant would be all the more reason to stay in school so that you could make a life for your child as well as yourself.
It's probably hard as hell to go to class late in the pregnancy and then probably even harder to perform well in class. And then when the child comes out it's hard to do. So when a girl gets pregnant in college they tend to get abortions (jeez!!) or they leave school and return later.
Spelman has a dare care for students with kids but I mean you don't put a new born baby in a daycare center.
I'm sure it happens all over.
I GOT PREGNANT IN COLLEGE, BUT I WAS ALREADY HALF-WAY THROUGH WITH SCHOOL. I HAD JUST PRESENTED MY SENIOR PAPER AND TAKEN MY EXIT EXAM, AND I PASSED BOTH, BUT I WAS NERVOUS AS HELL BECAUSE IF I WOULD NOT HAVE PASSED MY EXIT EXAM OR FAILED MY SENIOR PAPER I WOULD HAVE HAD AN ****. I GUESS GOD HAD OTHER PLANS FOR ME!!!!
it is possible to have a kid and go to school...it all depends on the person and if the baby's daddy is in the picture...
most girls i've seen just took a sememster or a year off, then come back to school....
mad props go out to all y'all females who making through a situation like this....
i don't know what i would do if i got pregnant way before finishing school....
but this aint just a HBCU thang...it happens everywhere else too. I see it happen all the time. My friend is goin to Ohio State this fall wit a 2 yr old, majoring in Pre-Med! I got love and mad respect for her!
There are ALOT of pregnant chicks at my school. And they still be going to classes in their last trimester...Trucking up FAMUs hills in that Florida heat. If you ask me they need to start making maternity desks or sumthing, cause all the girls in my classes that have been knocked up, theyre stomachs are to big for them to sit in a desk, so they just end up sitting in a chair and writing in their laps.
it is possible to have a kid and go to school...it all depends on the person and if the baby's daddy is in the picture...
most girls i've seen just took a sememster or a year off, then come back to school....
mad props go out to all y'all females who making through a situation like this....
i don't know what i would do if i got pregnant way before finishing school....
i had a cousin who got pregnant she was just about to finish up at FAMU...she ended up marrying her baby father while she was pregnant and he played a big role with her...she was still going to school and working at Fed Ex while she was pregnant ...and she took the baby to class with her...the baby dad would come get the baby once he got off from work and alot of times family came down to watch and keep the baby this was 3 years ago...so its possible..but anyone who can do it and still stay strong i ain't got nothing but pure respect for you
