AIBU/very selfish to be considering a Masters?

[TheIrregularChoice]

I am seriously considering applying to do a Masters degree in September 2018. This is my situation:
I work FT as a primary school teacher, but I work in a naice little private school with small classes, so full time teaching there isn’t exactly the same as teaching full time in a big inner city school with 30+ in the class, iyswim. I also have two children of my own. My older DD is in reception at my school and the younger DD will be starting in the school nursery class (full time) in September. I can do a M.Ed part time across three years at a local FE college. It’ll cost around £3000, so much cheaper than going to a “proper” university to study, and the degree is awarded by a very esteemed red brick university.
My reasons for wanting to do this are entirely selfish: I loved studying at university and I miss it and want to do it again. I want a Masters degree. I do already have two postgraduate awards (a certificate and a diploma), but I want the full Masters. Holding the full M.Ed is unlikely to increase my earning potential.
I can afford to do it, financially speaking.
Am I bonkers to think that I could work full time, study for three years, and still give enough time to my children and my marriage?

Apologies for the essay post! I didn’t want to potentially drip feed!

Presumably you could start and intercalate if it's too much?

Go for it OP,
I did a degree and then my MA and PHD and held down a f/t job and looked after my 2 dds.
It was hard ,of course it was but your mindset is a lot to do with it GOOD LUCK!

Seems an ideal situation to be honest, why not do it if you think you can make time? Few of us get the opportunity for this kind of continuing personal development, I’d go for it

My mum did exactly this after my dad left, deputy head at a primary school and two young kids. Definitely not selfish and she's very proud of her MA! I'd say go for it OP, you are allowed to do things for yourself!

Seems an ideal situation to be honest,
There’s probably never going to be a better, more logical time to do it.
It really is just the time. I quite often feel like a crap mum/wife already, because my job occupies so much time. If I had study to do as well, would I feel even worse? I don’t know.

Well you should definitely go for it in that case.

I work in education too and have recently started a distance learning MSc. It's hard work, is costing me a fortune and I'm juggling family time. There were a few weeks before Christmas when I had an essay due and found myself needing to get up and study at 4am every morning before work. Very hard.

It's worth it though, and I totally identify with what you say about loving studying. Just having unrestricted access to the university library has been the biggest excitement for me. My course is likely to take me 4 years and like you will probably make no difference to my earning potential. But still a fantastic opportunity to take...

I would definitely do it. I am also a FT primary teacher in a naice school and I'm currently in final months of a doctorate in education. I have 2 children, while I didn't have them when I did my MA it is manageable.
You'll more than likely have an evening session at uni once a week or every other week (4:30-7ish) so you'll need to think about pick ups/after school and you might have the odd weekend where you'll be in uni.
Assignments will be due after a holiday, so getting those written aren't a problem as long as you've got childcare in the hols.
Good luck!

It will be hard work but worth it at the end. I did an MBA when my DS was 3 months which lasted 2.5 years and worked full time. You'll need a lot of family support. It's definitely opened up a lot more opportunities since I graduated and I changed jobs a few months after finishing with a great response rate on my cv.

Thank you, everyone. It’s particularly good to hear from others who’ve done it.
The college has an open evening for university level courses in early March, so I’ll go along to that and then make my decision.

I’m in a similar position OP., so I am watching with interest. In your situation I would say go for it. (It’s easier to advise someone else than for me to sign up myself! ).

Good luck to you. I did an ma distance learning - for me, not for financial gain (got me nothing extra) and it was hard, but I did enjoy it. Hope you do too.