No College ( attempted follow-up )

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Sometimes I cry or want to cry,reading article/seeing pictures of " Today's College Students..."...Or , an article in the San Jose Mercury News yeaterday about " Baby boomers returning to college "...Of course , I DO NOT HAVE A " REAL " DEGREE ( OR EXPERIENCES TO REMEMBER , REALLY ) IN THE FIRST PLACE , therefore ,it's hardly that kind of ( generally meant ) " return " for me



Which will , now , NEVER HAPPEN ANYWAY ! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! Sob .

Do you want to go to college? if so, why not do it sometime in the future? I've read stories about 80 year old grandmothers deciding to go to college, just to do it. it's never too late.

I didn't go myself, but I'm fine with that.

Never say never. I studied political science while in college, which never worked out for me in everyday life. I wanted to change my major to Law and be a lawyer, but that went out the window when my kids were born. These days,with newspapers dying left and right, I'm thinking of going back to college to learn something new. Now that my kids are grown and I've turned 40, I've been toying with the idea of getting a degree in English Lit, since writing has become my primary obsession. My father went back to college at the age of 48 and got a Master's in Sociology. My mom went back to college in her mid-thirties and completed several degrees by her mid-fifties. Like someone else here said, there's an 80+ yearold woman whojust got her degree. You're never too old to learn something new. All you have to is WANT to.

Yeah, those aren't just stories. My 80 year old grandpa graduated summa c.um laude with a psychology degree.

Yeah, those aren't just stories. My 80 year old grandpa graduated summa c.um laude with a psychology degree.[/quote]

Did he start working as a psychologist afterwards? I just can't comprehend going to college that late in life accumulating more debt ie: college loans just to get a degree if you're too old to work.

I went back after getting an associate's degree and working full-time for a few years.

hmm ... I keep insisting that we're really genetically inherent scholars, and now I'm being challenged to live up to it.

My only problem is finding a course (free) that interests me; nowadays it would almost have to be a philosophy course. Part of the difficulty is finding a course in a facility that's geographically close enough to be practical at the present time. As I'm retired, I certainly have time on my hands, and have been feeling very restless.

I can see that I'm going to have to do something eventually; I went to tech school in 1981/83 but didn't get my AS in Electronic Technology degree, and I'm no longer interested in the purely electronic tech side of things anymore.

And, I'm not sure I would care whether any further education had anything to do with a degree; I never did before!

Definitely since the realization of belonging to our nature and it's characteristics I have had a sense of some kind of significant re-connection that I need to make with the world of education.

...This was meant to be an addition to a long-running thread of mine , instead , I suppose I pushed the wrong button and made it a new thread .
However , I forgot to check the " Notify me " box .
I HAVE HAD NO RESPONSE , NO HELP , when I have tried to go back to college ! !! !! !! !! !!
I'm not even speaking of money here . ( Let's make that I Don't Mean Money - IDMM . )
The " College-Industrial Complex " people have , simply , thrown my applications in the circular file/" DELETE " , metaphorically or literally , people repeat perky inanities that have NO RELEVANCE TO MY SITUATION ( " Call the wonderful college admissions officer . They'll help you . " NO , THEY , WON'T ! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! )
As far as money/position GOES , incidentally , I have very little - and , do not , either , own a computer , either .

...Just to click upon the " Notify me " now...........