Old Folks Going Back to School?

[Dr. Jones]

Good thread. Nice to see how supportive us numbnuts can be about all things that are life .. except when it comes to Jazz players from foreign countries. Our foreign fans are kinda ****ed up .. but funny.

 

[UGLI baby]

GameFace, congrats on being the 2nd Valley Owl to attend College!

Jkjk good luck brother man.

 

[Hartsock]

In my experience with older people in college is that they take forever to accomplish anything, they try realllllyyyyy hard trying to get everything perfect, and they generally do very well. But being in a group with them sucks because they take everything so seriously, they wont just do the work and get an A. They have to make everything really time consuming and complicated.

 

[CONAN]

I'm 37 and still taking classes. But it kinds of comes with the territory as a teacher.

 

[candrew]

My mother went back to get her masters while I was an undergrad.....at the same ****ing college!

Luckily I never ran into her at Keggers.

 

[Dr. Jones]

My mother went back to get her masters while I was an undergrad.....at the same ****ing college!

Luckily I never ran into her at Keggers.

That could have made for some potentially very entertaining reading on JazzFanz, right about now, though.

 

[Gameface]

You guys are really making me feel better about this! Thanks.

 

[Zulu]

Just wear a sign that says I brew my own beer!!

 

[Gameface]

Just wear a sign that says I brew my own beer!!

I'll probably just have some T-shirts made. A sign could get cumbersome.

 

[franklin]

So, I'm headed to college. I'm 35 and spent 5 years out of HS being a constantly stoned bum, then spent 6 years in the U.S. Navy, then spent 6 years working as an electronics technician for Intel/Micron. Now I'm headed back to school. It's odd, but I loved the first two years I spent in the Navy which was all training. I never went through a program where I was not top of my class and carrying an overall score of 95% or better.

Anyway, I'm nervous. I'm going to be sitting in classes with 19 year olds. I'm an awkward type shy guy in the first place. I'm going to feel silly and I just know right off the bat at least a few teachers are going to go around the room and have all of us introduce ourselves. I think the hardest part is going to be getting over my anxiety.

I'm taking advantage of the "post 9-11 GI Bill" which pays 100% of in-state tuition at public schools and up to the highest rate that any in-state public school charges if you go to a private school, as well as the BAH (basic allowance for housing) for the zip code the school is in ($1122/month in my case) and a book stipend. So with a part-time job at McDonalds and my GI Bill I'll be able to stay in my house while I get a degree. It's pretty ****ing awesome. I want a carrer in writing even though my military training and work at IM Flash Technologies has prepared me for an easy transition to becoming an engineer. My passion late in high school was writing. I took the "accuplacer" test at SLCC and got perfect scores (120 is a perfect score, right?) in English and sentence structure and will start with English 2010. Yet I barely made the cut for 1010 math.

Envious.

 

[NAOS]

I'm 37 and still taking classes. But it kinds of comes with the territory as a teacher.

I had no idea you were a teacher. Lawd have mercy.

GF:
My campus is notorious for having nothing but traditional matriculating students, but even here things are changing. Increasingly, I'm getting students in their late-20s, etc. I don't think you'll feel out of place at a community college, even if one or two of your classes are dominated by fresh faces.

Congrats on going back. Good luck.

 

[BabyPeterzz]

In my experience with older people in college is that they take forever to accomplish anything, they try realllllyyyyy hard trying to get everything perfect, and they generally do very well. But being in a group with them sucks because they take everything so seriously, they wont just do the work and get an A. They have to make everything really time consuming and complicated.

This was me for sure. **** you (not you necessarily btw) little turds not pulling your weight. Thank goodness I had this mentality, tho. Upon graduation, my job outlook was bleak. It was my serious approach and hard work that landed me my dream job. Now, a lot of those young kids I was in groups with are still working outside the field at their old jobs or unemployed.

Gameface, this is awesome. You're going to love it. Take it seriously and work your *** off. If you do it will pay off. My advice? Try to find something you're passionate about and go for it. Take lots of classes and experiment. Don't settle, work hard, and have fun.