Okay okay, so I'll be turning forty-TWO (this coming Friday) but 'Freshman at forty-two' just doesn't have the same ring to it!! Anyway, it certainly is challenging to dive into 18 credit hours of college classes after not having been in school for almost 25 years.
And yes, it's different to be surrounded by people that are the same age
(or younger) than my oldest daughter...when I get home and I still have chapters to read and papers to write and projects to finish (or start!) and still have to get dinner on the table and get the young ones off to bed, sometimes, I admit, I think"what was I thinking?!"
But those moments really are fleeting and I have no regrets.
School, for me, at this point is SO different than when I was younger (you know it's the maturity factor!!)
Seriously, when I was 18, I did not only NOT appreciate what I was learning, I really didn't
want to be there (and most of the time I wasn't! )
I've talked to many people about returning to school, most are really supportive and encouraging. A lot of people say things like,"I admire you" and stuff like that. It's so nice to hear,because I'm not gonna lie, it's a difficult decision to take that plunge. When you are older, you know what
you're getting into and the sacrifices you will be making (and the money you'll be spending.)
Others I have talked to, the ones who did it "the right way" and got there education when they
were right out of high school have told me things like they didin't get all they could (or should've) from college because they were busy partying or just slacking off. I definitely notice that with a lot of the kids I go to school with now (not to infer that they are all goofing off) it's just they don't seem as participitory and a lot of them really don't seem to enjoy it! That's where we
differ for sure, I'm paying a lot of $$ to be there...I'm gonna enjoy it and suck all the knowledge I can from every instructor!! haha
If I had a point, I guess it would be that your never to old, and it's not too late to DO IT! (whatever IT may be for you ).
That's my blah, blah, blog for today!!
peace :)
Kristen
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I too can relate to you words of elderly wisdom. I sometimes find it strange that I am older than most of my professors. Yet I have come to realize while working towards my graduate degree (only 12 more units)that our education system has changed from the philosophical idea that knowledge can and will enlighten you, even help one to become closer to God; the system now encourages the ideas that education will get you a better paying job...so you too can be part of the money grubbing bourgeoisie. But enough of the soap box philosophy (Plato would be proud), thank you for speaking so openly and honestly about your aberrant experiences. Keep plugging away, before you know it you will be ordering your cap and gown and moving to a warmer climate.
Peace,
Bridgette
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