YIKES! I am going back to school...again!

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tallgirl
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13 Sep 2005, 10:40 am

G-d give me strength.

After having earned a Paralegal degree, a B.A., and completing one year of law school, I have decided that I need a new twist on the old career choice.

As many of you know, I am a stay-at-home mom and have been struggling to figure out what I should do with myself, once my daughter goes off to school.

I have decided that since one of my gifts is language (music and public speaking being my other two), I am going to learn Spanish and become a legal interpreter/translator. Our state is in desperate need of Spanish interps. and it will let me be current in the legal realm and I will get paid well, and I can work as little or as much as I want to.

So, today, I have spent the morning beating my head, because I am waitlisted for my Spanish class and I am registered for an independent PE.

I am almost 30 years old and I will be sitting in classes with a bunch of 18 year olds. They are going to think I am ancient.

So, not only do I have social issues, now I am this ancient oak tree in a class full of saplings....I remember what I thought when I saw older people in my classes...

Here I am at 30 and I am biting my nails hoping I get into my class, having to fill out reams of paperwork, having to stand in line to buy my books and dealing with beauracratic BS.

The weird thing is I am attending the same university I did for undergrad. The major difference is that this time, I have a daughter who will be in the pre-school there.

I just never thought I would be doing this again.
Tallgirl.

BeeBee
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13 Sep 2005, 10:47 am

Good for you, Tallgirl! Go for it.

Your post made me smile. I also remember when I though 30 was sooooooooooo old. :lol:

I think this is wonderful news! Let us know how it goes.

BeeBee

vetivert
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13 Sep 2005, 10:56 am

i second what BeeBee said, tallgirl. i went back to college in my late 30s, and then early 40s. and, unless they tranquillise me, i'll probably be looking to find another qualification to do.

30? old? nah - it starts getting fun, about then

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tallgirl
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13 Sep 2005, 10:57 am

Yes, it is strange, because in a lot of ways I don't feel old. I feel like the 23 year old who attended college the first time. Many of my social and political views have changed. I used to be very conservative and rule-oriented, but now I am very liberal and much more compassionate.

I thought the older people in my classes, especially the 30 and older crowd, were so old and I thought, "what the hell are they doing here at that age?" Now, I get it. I got really nervous around them, b/c I looked at them as parental figures, like I had to watch my language around them and watch what I spoke about, like parties and such.

Oy, this is going to veddy veddy interesting.

Tallgirl.