tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post5745469719256060574..comments2024-03-26T09:40:00.710-06:00Comments on La Bloga: A Degree of Courage: Advice for Adults Returning to SchoolContributing Bloguistas:http://www.blogger.com/profile/13054190814722049711noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-78521830282185254992010-01-11T22:09:38.451-07:002010-01-11T22:09:38.451-07:00I am about to be 40 and have been out of college 1...I am about to be 40 and have been out of college 15 years. I left school as a senior. I am feeling so much anxiety and frustration about my writing skills and lack of preparation on how to begin to learn how to analyze articles... thank you very much for your words of support. I will begin the process to take writing classes to help unleash myself into academia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-18807299306438402752009-04-19T11:31:00.000-06:002009-04-19T11:31:00.000-06:00Wow, thanks Rudy. I love hearing about people who ...Wow, thanks Rudy. I love hearing about people who have done this work as well. I talked to a friend yesterday who is 45 and a retired police officer and says she is too old to go back to school. Pah! I know a woman who earned her B.A. at 70! I figure the only time I will truly feel old is when I stop striving to learn. (Or for those few minutes every morning when I creek my arthritic knees to standing! :)Ann Hagman Cardinalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00526247495323403304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-59013962930396953032009-04-19T05:57:00.000-06:002009-04-19T05:57:00.000-06:00Timely column, Ann.
"[F]ound myself at age 35 wit...Timely column, Ann.<br /><br />"[F]ound myself at age 35 with no degree."<br /><br />At age 35? Shit, at 51 I realized my employment possibilities were nil, and I knew the part-time work I had would be eliminated.<br /><br />So I went back: first one class, then two per semester. Took almost 4 years, so I got a BS <B>40 years after</B> graduating from high school.<br /><br />The upside was I've been and will be employed, at least for now. At a similar age, my wife went back, got her BA and went on to get her MA, this summer. She too will be employed.<br /><br />Yes, both of us were "old", empty-nesters, but I know an immigrant <I>mexicana</I> with 3 small daughters, who helped her husband run his business, while she accomplished the same. She's now employed.<br /><br />There's no guarantees--my son's got a BS and has been unemployed for a year--but going back to get a degree is a lot less challenging than trying to live on part-time or unemployment checks.<br />RudyGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com