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| anyone return to post secondary school as an adult?how did it go?
Posted: 10/7/2006 3:12:13 PM | | Yes...I began my postsecondary education at age 29...enjoyed it so much that I continued for 8 years, and this past year (after a 10 year hiatus) returned to attend a year of teachers college in the States..its never too late..indeed; I think its better the older you get!! | |
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| anyone return to post secondary school as an adult?how did it go?
Posted: 10/7/2006 3:14:26 PM | | I returned to school. I go to Sir Sanford Fleming in Lindsay. Im taking the general arts and science- natural resources studies.Eventually I hope to become a conservation officer. I have 3 jerkoffs in my class that enjoy making my life a living hell. Like I dont deal with enough being single with four kids lol. Hopefully the end is worth it all. | |
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| anyone return to post secondary school as an adult?how did it go?
Posted: 10/7/2006 4:19:07 PM | I went back to school at 28, I am currently in my senior year at Kings College at the University of Western Ontario. I am sooooo happy I am close to graduating. It is difficult to go back to school after working and having money to being so broke it's not funny. But, I am considering taking my masters degree part-time after I'm done my undergraduate degree - I think it was the best decision I ever made. If you are pushing 30 or even pushing 40, it is never too late! Just by getting this degree, I am giving myself the chance to double the salary I made the last year I worked full-time and it can only go up from there. If anyone isn't sure, try doing it part-time for a year or so, I did part-time back when I was 26 and 27 and then got the nerve to go full-time and get 'er done.  | |
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| anyone return to post secondary school as an adult?how did it go?
Posted: 10/7/2006 8:07:14 PM | I went back to finish my grade 12 and loved every minute of it.........every day was challenging yet satisfying because not only was i conquering unfinished business but i was working towards a better life for myself & my daughter.......
because of this education i am now in one of the best jobs i've ever had and will never regret the effort made | |
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| anyone return to post secondary school as an adult?how did it go?
Posted: 10/7/2006 9:42:52 PM | | I started an Executive MBA when I was 43 and was in the program from 1997 to 1999. It was an excellent experience, albeit an awful lot of hard work. Met some great people with whom I still have a friendship today. Worth every penny of the tuition, but do it for the learning experience, not with an expectation that it will necessarily get you a better job. | |
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| anyone return to post secondary school as an adult?how did it go?
Posted: 9/8/2007 4:30:01 PM | It is great to read of all the great experiences everyone had at attending post secondary school as an adult. I went to Conestoga College for upgrading at age 42 and was there for two and one half years. I did the GED three times and kept failing math so really it did me no good I just cannot do the math of today it is too hard. But I am glad for all of you that are having a good experience with this.   | |
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| anyone return to post secondary school as an adult?how did it go?
Posted: 9/8/2007 4:42:40 PM | I wonder, would being 24 count?
I graduated OAC and that was the end of my education for a few years to figure it out what I wanted.
So now I'm going to school here in the military, wich isn't really going to be different than my military training to date. However, in the spring semester I will be put into a civvillian college in Chilliwack BC and I'm sure that will be different being military and into a civillian situation with all the kids fresh out of highschool!
Highschool isnt enough for a good job anymore, I was not happy at all working the jobs Iw as offered before this! | |
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| anyone return to post secondary school as an adult?how did it go?
Posted: 9/8/2007 6:42:11 PM | I went back to university in 1982 (age 36) (both part and full time as circumstances demanded) and graduated in 1988 with B.A.(Dbl Hons). It was fine and I showed a lot of people how to use the computers. Waste of my time as far as employment was concerned.
Went to Conestoga College in 1986 (age 40) for an accelerated and compressed electronics program. Two yeras compressed into one. Math teacher wanted me to go and take a degree in math. Although I enjoyed the learning and being unofficial second instructor, it was a waste of my time as far as employment was concerned. | |
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Posted: 9/10/2007 8:35:27 AM | Went to Seneca College (King Campus) from 1997/1998 to 1999/2000. Also finished my Gr 12 that year just to see if I could. I did. Graduated with honours. Held a full time job at the campus when not in class. Being the oldest of my platoon section gave me the opportunity to share my own knowledge with others who were younger and I learned even more from them. It was an opportunity that I would take again if offered the choice in a heartbeat. It was hard being 7 hours from my girls...but every weekend except for exam weeks...I went home to them. Was it worth it?? At the age of 37...YES!!!!!!!!!!
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| anyone return to post secondary school as an adult?how did it go?
Posted: 9/10/2007 9:50:10 AM | I made a return to school and got my computer tech/admin certification in April, plus I ended up taking other subjects that I didn't even need to take, I took them just because I wanted to. Animation, Web design, Digital video/audio production and advanced College English.
At first it felt strange, but after a week, I was all into it, studying, researching etc, it actually seemed easier than when I was younger. It's amazing what life can do to you through the power of observation, I think that's what helped me in school and kept me "tuned" into the frequency of learning. | |
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| anyone return to post secondary school as an adult?how did it go?
Posted: 9/10/2007 10:08:11 AM | I went for my post-secondary in my early thirties - if I would have known how much fun and simple it was, I would have done it years before that. I am now an "education junkie", that is, I am constantly enrolled in one thing or another.
Go for it!
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| anyone return to post secondary school as an adult?how did it go?
Posted: 9/10/2007 11:22:33 AM | I went to college at age 23 and got my diploma in travel and tourism. I also went to the same school Kobie did for a while taking Microsoft and Web Design, that was last year. I am currently awaiting funding approval (which I should get in the next few weeks) to join the apprenticeship program at George Brown's Culinary Arts program. I'll resume classes in Jauary if all goes well. I am now 28 years old.
I look at education as a life long pursuit and I shall continue to take courses and classes for various subjects/interests/hobbies for as long as I still have a brain in my head. I figure if you don't use it- you lose it. 
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| anyone return to post secondary school as an adult?how did it go?
Posted: 9/10/2007 6:47:06 PM | After working for many years, I was downsized in 1997 at the age of 37. I was unable to find a good job or job that I enjoyed, so I enrolled at Sheridan college and completed a two year Computer Programmer Diploma. As well, I took several several tech writing courses at George Brown. After graduationg in 1999, I obtained a job as a tech writer. for the next four years.
What is my view on going back to school as an adult? I enjoyed the break from the "daily grind of work". I enjoyed learning new skills and acquiring new knowledge. And I obtained a job that I really enjoy.
So if you are motivated and willing to sacrafice a paycheck every two weeks, I suggest you enroll in a program of study that you love--and one that will provide you with a good job once you graduate. | |
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| anyone return to post secondary school as an adult?how did it go?
Posted: 9/10/2007 9:28:29 PM | | I left my Bachelor's degree to work full time, only to go back and complete it long after the fact. A few years after the B.Sc. I returned for my Masters. At times it may be a bit of a pain to do if you’re also working. If you’re asking about it then odds are you should just do it though. It’s really only difficult to get back into the routine for the first little bit. | |
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| anyone return to post secondary school as an adult?how did it go?
Posted: 9/11/2007 6:40:58 AM | I was in my early 30's when I first attended university, working part time and a single parent to my one child. The kids in my courses were very kind to me, perhaps because I didn't suffer from Middle Aged Woman Who Won't Shut Up syndrome. You know the type; she applies her own life experience to the topics and discussion. One such lady in our Women Studies course was simply shocked, SHOCKED I tell you when she learned that women haven't always had the right to vote. That seminar was spent giving her one on one catch up information while I watched the money I'd paid for my own education get wasted. Not to mention the extra reading I'd need to find out what was supposed to have been covered in class.
I would emplore other mature students to refrain from such behaviour :)
It seems that each time I enroll at university a full time career opportunity presents itself so continuing my degree has been an on again off again experience. I call it my "hobby". Shorter programs and certifications have served me well both in my ability to complete the programs and providing me with credentials in my field.
I've also found that shorter programs with a specific accreditation bode well for mature students. Even when there are younger and newer students in the class, the goal of the course is more focussed and specific, as opposed to a B.A. or Masters program, eliminating an undue amount of speculation and side trips on the subject matter.
I'm just five credits from a BA which I will probably earn when I'm in my 80's :) | |
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| anyone return to post secondary school as an adult?how did it go?
Posted: 9/18/2007 10:06:07 AM | Late Aug, 2001-I recall it well.
I was way too cool for school back in the day. Spent the 70's all over the US, running toward or away from something then undefined. I just thought I liked sex&drugs&rock&roll too much, but, in retrospect it was of course a bit more complicated than that. I was always well-read(sounds pretentious, but it's true. I've always been an avid reader of everything-fiction&non-heavy to light, newpapers, magazines, whatever). In my late 20s I stumbled into a career which didn't require much more than being literate, & it paid well, great benefits(another year& a half & I'm on to the next chapter of my life, but that's a subject for another forum). Marriage, raising kids, joining the middle class& generally living life ensued.
My ex returned to school in her mid 30's, & I got off watching her&supporting her endeavors. One summer day I went to work& the Fall schedule for my local community college was there. I'm in the midst of a lifelong love affair with movies, & have often sought out the source of a movie-book, story,play, hstorical event(myth vs reality&vice versa fascinates me), comic book, whatever. I've also read a lot about film&filmakers, & have a nice library of DVD's & books about film. I spontaneously registered for a film course, &, even more spontaneously registered for English 101. the film course was in the daytime, & I was one of only afew oldsters on campus. I found the atmosphere to be vibrant-something I had obviously missed in my younger days. English was in the evening, & was a good mix of all ages. My birthday is in Sept, & a fellow student & I found we shared the same birthday, 31 years apart! we both cut class the same night for a Dylan concert.
Our first writing assignment was an essay on the best or worst job we had ever had. I forget what the 2nd assignment was-another essay. But, on the following Tues we were to come in with a current event subject , of our choice, on which we were going to write a 10 pager, MLA format. that Tues was 9/11, 2001....
I've gone back for several semesters, mostly evenings, though the film courses are always daytime, with no real goal in mind. I've taken some fine film courses, several English&Literature courses, & a couple Sociology(I refer to it as the psychology of society) courses. And a history course. It's gone well, overall. I've gotten along well with the professors&students &, as in all of life, have learned how to dodge the difficult ones.
I'm glad I found that schedule laying around that day.... | |
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| anyone return to post secondary school as an adult?how did it go?
Posted: 9/18/2007 12:53:48 PM | | I went back to school for nursing at age 41....many tough nights of essays and presentations and clinical homework but well worth the challenge.....economically it was tough as a single parent but I held to it and now I have a job that I absolutley enjoy going to everyday...I would recommend going back to school to anyone at any age, not only for the higher pay cheques but for the satisfaction that you can do it....you are never too old. | |
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| anyone return to post secondary school as an adult?how did it go?
Posted: 9/18/2007 1:58:40 PM | Over half of my class is mature students. I love them, we have a lot of group projects and I find the mature students amazing to work with. I also gained a new "mom" one of the women in my class invites me over for supper and likes to check up on me its really nice since my family was 4 hours away.
I think being a mature student you have an advantage, because you are well more mature. I had no clue how to deal with the stress at times. | |
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