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14 Jan 2009, 6:35 am

Vulcan:

I had plenty of problems in school and almost didn't finish my B.A. degree, but I asked for help from my college's counseling center and they helped me find courses and programs that worked for me.

These might seem like platitudes, but here are a couple of things I learned:

1. When I stopped comparing myself to others, but instead looked at the progress I was making, my attitude towards school (and myself) improved.

2. I doesn't matter how old you are when you start a degree program, and it is OK to take longer than others to complete it. Ultimately you are improving your mind and no one can take that away from you.

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15 Jan 2009, 5:34 pm

Zonder wrote:
Vulcan:

I had plenty of problems in school and almost didn't finish my B.A. degree, but I asked for help from my college's counseling center and they helped me find courses and programs that worked for me.

These might seem like platitudes, but here are a couple of things I learned:

1. When I stopped comparing myself to others, but instead looked at the progress I was making, my attitude towards school (and myself) improved.

2. I doesn't matter how old you are when you start a degree program, and it is OK to take longer than others to complete it. Ultimately you are improving your mind and no one can take that away from you.

Z


i could not have said it myself....but i do admit that i still feel shame because of my age and my issues making me somewhat slower at certain things then allot of others.. but i try and as long as i do try i know that one day the shame will go away...

what did you do a BA in if i may ask?

i will see about what i can do when and if i get a diagnose for ASD...otherwise it would be rather fruitless...



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15 Jan 2009, 7:13 pm

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what did you do a BA in if i may ask?


I have a BA degree in museum studies. Several years later I went back to school. I was 33 when I finally finished my thesis and earned a MA. I have no regrets and no bad feelings that it took that long - and you should be proud of yourself for continuing your education.

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18 Jan 2009, 7:04 am

Zonder wrote:
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what did you do a BA in if i may ask?


I have a BA degree in museum studies. Several years later I went back to school. I was 33 when I finally finished my thesis and earned a MA. I have no regrets and no bad feelings that it took that long - and you should be proud of yourself for continuing your education.

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thank you :)

i hope to do a MA one day too and perhaps even more.. who knows..? i am blessed when it comes to economy and all that so i should take advantage of that...

Museum studies, is that anywhere near archeology?



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18 Jan 2009, 8:23 am

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Museum studies, is that anywhere near archeology?


It's kind of related to archaeology - but it is more how to administer a museum as well as research and organize exhibitions, etc.

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18 Jan 2009, 4:14 pm

I can entirely empathize with your situation. As you mentioned, it's not the intellectual challenge of completing a degree that's the problem (because, let's be honest, a monkey could do it). I've been plagued with all sorts of difficulties since I started, from nearly being drugged to death by idiot psychiatrists to dealing with ignorant faculty and counselling departments, to living in the zoo that is residence for a year. I also developed a pathological intolerance to criticism to the point that it takes me an hour to scratch out a few sentences for an essay. I've had two courses outstanding on my degree for four years now (heh, if you had told me at 18 I would be in this absurd situation a decade later, I would have laughed in your face, but here we are) and am taking yet another crack at them this winter. The various psychologists have still not made a dent in that reaction to evaluation, however, so we'll see.

I thought Norway was a petro-economy, I'm surprised it's still doing well.


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Many are aware of their student population on the autism spectrum and they can really help a person make it through the tough times.


I've yet to experience it at 3 universities.


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18 Jan 2009, 4:18 pm

ignisfatuus wrote:
I can entirely empathize with your situation. see.

I thought Norway was a petro-economy, I'm surprised it's still doing well.



thank you, i hope you get done with your stuff too, its not easy to have things put on hold...

Hmm, why wouldn't Norway be doing well? we made allot of money since 2003...and for the most part we are still making money, these days i guess we are buying up all the cheap stocks out there...but to be honest i dont follow this much...



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18 Jan 2009, 4:31 pm

Hmm, well resource based economies have taken a real kick in the nuts lately (Russia and Canada come to mind) Our currency's (Canada's that is) rapid increase of worth last year was due in no small part to the Alberta oil sands. When oil tanked with the economic crisis, our dollar went down the drain as well. I think Norway was a lot smarter in how it invested it's oil profits though.


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19 Jan 2009, 8:31 am

ignisfatuus wrote:
Hmm, well resource based economies have taken a real kick in the nuts lately (Russia and Canada come to mind) Our currency's (Canada's that is) rapid increase of worth last year was due in no small part to the Alberta oil sands. When oil tanked with the economic crisis, our dollar went down the drain as well. I think Norway was a lot smarter in how it invested it's oil profits though.


Norwegians (atleast the ones working in the oil industry and financial) have a good reputation for making good profit ect...which i am happy about since i live here....

i am confident though that this little issue will start to get better in a year or two...but it takes a while for the waves to hit all around the world...



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19 Jan 2009, 9:28 am

i can relate to you.my years in university still is exhausting where i am trying to balace my life which is really hard thing to do.but yet i didnt leave education.
when one feels down he sees everything black and white.
i dont think you should quit.try your best to keep up.university is the last years you get to have some fun without much responisibility.so enjoy this carefree time.
and again quiting is not an option.if you can get a university degree it proves you are elligible for jobs too.so dont feel bad.