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78 come up. There's no way I could have learned certain things without having become a mother. It's often frustrating but also an enriching experience," said Anna . "I'm not getting a 4.0 in school. If I were alone and not working, I'd have it. Time is my biggest problem-not enough of it," she said . Anna's two main problems with bringing her baby to campus is trying to find a private place to nurse John and using the righthanded desks. Anna is left-handed and finds it very difficult to hold John and write at the same time. One professor submitted a passing grade for John at the end of the term . John attended classes every day and, according to the professor, " that's more than most college students do ." As a result of choosing to attend college and work , Anna's life hasn't been all rosy . "Nobody gives me pep talks when I feel low. I need someone to help keep me going. It would be easier to stay home and collect welfare but it doesn 't seem like the right thing to do," she said . "I try to teach the values a man could teach, not from a male or female point of view, but on a person-to-person level ." / Anna and her children take time out to watch PSU Basketball for a change in their busy routine . Anna admits she often asks herself what is she doing. "My bosses at the University of Oregon medical school , Dr. Ben Seigel and his wife, Dr. Jane Seigel , have given me more moral support than anyone else. They are both very intelligent people. They take the time to talk to me while I'm working in the lab. Mrs. Seigel watches my son Mark for an hour in the morning before he goes to school. They are both wonderful people," she said. Anna says there isn 't much bounce in her step anymore. With all the responsibilities of motherhood, Anna's free time is cut to a minimum. After rising at dawn every morning, she dresses and feeds five sleepy children . She loads everyone into the car and heads into the 7 a.m. morning traffic. She leaves the small children at a babysitter's, drives Mark to her bosses' house , and comes to PSU for classes. She jumps back into the car and picks Mark up from his school and takes him to the sitter's, and is back in time for her noon class. After classes, Anna goes to work.