drabley Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Finally have the opportunity to do what should have been done a decade ago; finish my degree. I'll be doing most of my course work online, but there will be the occasional course that must be taken in the traditional brick and mortar / ass in seat manner. I find this a bit daunting; I have not been in a classroom environment since 1999. Are there any other adults on here that have resumed their education later in life? Do you have any insight as to being in a learning environment with individuals 10+ years your junior? I welcome learning of your experiences. Thanks in advance. Bradley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcstrange87 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goraiders Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I thought you were a lawyer, was that wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 where are you taking your classes from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drabley Posted June 28, 2010 Author Share Posted June 28, 2010 I thought you were a lawyer, was that wrong? Yes. My ex-wife is a lawyer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesomexloveus Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Bradley Robinson, Esquire DOES have a nice ring to it, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitenglish1208 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 While i can't speak to being in a class with people 10 years my junior, i have been in classes with people way older than me (I'm in school now) and there was really no issue, they participated Just as anyone else did. It was an italian class so it wasn't very stressful or anything, but yeah it was no big deal, might be diffent depending on what you're studying. Best of luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drabley Posted June 28, 2010 Author Share Posted June 28, 2010 where are you taking your classes from? LSU / UNO. The bulk will be UNO with LSU filling in specific subjects that are not offered online by UNO at this time or in instances where the course offered at UNO does not coincide with my schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drabley Posted June 28, 2010 Author Share Posted June 28, 2010 Bradley Robinson, Esquire DOES have a nice ring to it, though. I prefer Sir Bradley Robinson, myself. Now I just need to figure out how to get knighted... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthemjfan23 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 i didn't know they were holding classes! congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariawithoneeye Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I take classes with much older people and younger people. The mix is fine and everyone gets along Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesupervillain Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I'm planning on going back in the next couple years so I can say I at least started again before I hit 30. When I was in college the first time, I had quite a few people around 10 years older than me in my classes, and if anything, they were the most liked people in the program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drabley Posted June 28, 2010 Author Share Posted June 28, 2010 i didn't know they were holding classes! congratulations. It's a highly sought after degree and they only have openings for a handful of elite level students per year. Generally, they don't accept people of my ilk; the adult learners seeking to rectify a past fuck up in life; but they made an exception for me on account of my sheer fucking brilliance. But... It's the University of New Orleans, Dan. Good one, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drabley Posted June 28, 2010 Author Share Posted June 28, 2010 I'm planning on going back in the next couple years so I can say I at least started again before I hit 30. I'm 31. Thanks for that. Better late than never. My 20s were my mulligan in life. Ready to do shit proper this time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesupervillain Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 No slight intended... just a personal goal is all. I'm gonna be 27 and I've been mentally preparing myself to go back for a while now. I just need to get my finances straight and I think that will take me a couple more years, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burntwolf Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 i started my Master's last semester after 12 years out of school. was a bit tough to get back into the mindset of being a student again. starting to get back into it tho.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankmurphy Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 I started college at 24, that was 2 years ago and I won't graduate for a long time. If I could just go to school and not work it would be cake, but life's never that easy. Nothing like working full-time to put yourself through school while your 19 year old classmates don't even bother showing up. That said, going to college makes me feel pretty damn good about myself (I was a huge fuck-up in high school and had to repeat 11th grade). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex13 Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 I'm 31. Thanks for that. Better late than never. My 20s were my mulligan in life. Ready to do shit proper this time around. I'm 31 and I graduated from my first degree last year. There's no shame in having taken so long. I've flunked out a lot. Being a single dad and working has not been the best environment to pass in engineering. Being dumb didn't help either. I finished, I passed my FE, and I'm employed. It's a good feeling and comforting to know I won't have to scrape by again. All I can say is get a degree in something useful--pass on the Spanish art history degree. In my opinion, once you're this far along it probably doesn't even matter where you earn your degree from so long as you learn a skill set requiring a degree for a future job. Everything else can be learned from a book. Make the money wasted on higher education count! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circlingvultures Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 Alex, I haven't seen you post in a long, long time. I'm glad to hear things are going well. I think about going back to school sometimes. I mean, I know I should, I'm just overwhelmed by it. I'm also now 30. My clock, is a tickin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex13 Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Alex, I haven't seen you post in a long, long time. I'm glad to hear things are going well. I think about going back to school sometimes. I mean, I know I should, I'm just overwhelmed by it. I'm also now 30. My clock, is a tickin'. Work's been 100mph since the gulf oil spill. It'll only get more busy once marshland impact is more prevalent. I still try to visit the board at least once a day I can relate with the overwhelming feeling and it is a huge sacrifice. In my case it has been nothing but positive--I couldn't be happier with being miserable a couple years to get that stupid piece of paper. And as far as having to be in class with young kids--it's not so bad. The only socializing I did was for projects and it was kinda fun to reminisce in all their stupid decisions that I made over and over again at their ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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