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76 ANNA AND JOHN Being a student and mother is a full-time job, but Anna Crow finds it doesn't keep her from obtaining her goal, a college degree. Anna Crow is proof women can have a home and children, work and go to school full-time . Anna , a 28-year-old biology major at PSU , surprised many students and professors fall term by giving birth to a baby boy on a Friday and returning to classes Monday morning with her new son , John. She didn 't miss a class. " I have a really strong feeling of rightness and wrongness. I felt the right thing for me to do was to stay in college. Why should having a baby stop me from continuing my educa– tion? " she asked . She admits she had to make plenty of compromises when she decided to have both a career and a family. But she adds, " My children come first ." After dropping out of the Honor's Program at Seattle Uni– versity to get married , Anna and her husband went to Europe. They had children and eventually were divorced. Anna's four children are Mark, 6, twins Michael and Jeanette, 3, and baby John , 5 months. " I tried to get a job without a college degree. Ifinall y quit one dreary dead-end job and enrolled in classes. " There is hope in my life for the first time in seven years now that I' m in college again . Plus I am happier with myself and my personal life too," she said. Anna has been bringing her son John with her to classes. He hasn 't been a problem for Anna or her teachers. " He's at the right age now. He's easy to handle and is quiet. I don 't change him in class and I don 't feel comfortable about nursing him in front of other students, so I usually use a bottle. There are students who bring their older children to class who are disruptive and noisy. These parents are inconsiderate of other students' rights and feelings. If John does make sounds Igo out in the hall for a while," she said . " All of my professors have been very understanding,"