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    I finally bit the bullet and am starting Uni

    After a few too many years of being stuck in stupid jobs with stupid bosses, I have just applied to uni. I'm going to be studying Bachelor of Arts (Librarianships & Corporate Information Management).

    It's a 3 year course and will be all online. Which means no panic attacks at the thought of having to be in a classroom. And it is all government funded and will only be paying back the loan once I start earning over the threshold.

    Hard to believe that I'm going back to study at the age of 32.

    Now to find a 1-2 day a week job to top up my student allowance/benefits.

    Please tell me I'm not totally bonkers.
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    *cheers for you*
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    • #3
      Congrats on going to uni! I went back at 35 so no, you're not bonkers

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      • #4
        Good Job!!Congratz.. I went back when I was around 30 for the same reasons.. Never regretted it..
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        • #5
          I agree you're not bonkers...at least no more than other undergrads I've known.
          Good that the partying potheads are long gone--you'll be able to get some serious studying done.
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          • #6


            No, you're not 'bonkers'; I went back at 39, now I'm in IT on my 5th year at my school job thanks to my degree Good Luck!

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            • #7
              No more bonkers than the rest of us. I'm 42 and I'm even considering it.
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              • #8
                You are not bonkers for bettering yourself!

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                • #9
                  Thanks everyone for the encouragement. I've had a few people call me an idiot for doing it. Most of my immediate circle are supportive though.

                  And the people who haven't been nice are being put on a low info diet because they can take a long walk off a short pier.
                  A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read. - Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

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                  • #10
                    Quoth Blue Ginger View Post
                    I've had a few people call me an idiot for doing it. *snip* And the people who haven't been nice are being put on a low info diet because they can take a long walk off a short pier.
                    Quite right too. Sounds like someone's jealous that you're willing and able to put the effort in that they couldn't/wouldn't with the potential to end up in a better place than them financially.
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                    • #11


                      I went back at 30 for journalism ... and when that industry imploded, I returned again (to a two-year college program), three years ago, at age 56, for a little piece of paper that assures potential employers I can do office work.

                      And if I didn't have piffly little things like rent and internet and gas to worry about, I'd be back in uni even now.

                      So no, you are absolutely not bonkers. I think greek_jester is right: those people calling you an idiot are jealous ... because they'd like to do the same, but can't get up the nerve to do so.
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                      • #12
                        I hope it isn't like the business degree program at the yokel UofU that popped up in the CS ad stream: No Exams! No Tests! No Papers!
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                          Quoth dalesys View Post
                          I hope it isn't like the business degree program at the yokel UofU that popped up in the CS ad stream: No Exams! No Tests! No Papers!
                          No, it's an online degree through a group of uni's that have basically all joined together so they don't have to run half full classes. Most of my classes are through one uni, with a couple through 2 other uni's. All 3 are big names and funnily enough they are all located in different states.
                          A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read. - Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

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                          • #14
                            Quoth dalesys View Post
                            INo Exams! No Tests! No Papers!
                            Now that's my type of school

                            On a serious note I don't know how u would expect to get a job with out exp or looking into things I would feel


                            With that being said OP that's great I am only 28 this year but went back and not can not finish I would love to but I need time to devote to school and well I am the only supporter of my family and my son is special needs to it is hard for me to get back into school at the moment however congrats on going back !

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                            • #15
                              Congratulations on going back!!!! Having just graduated this Christmas after going back in my early 30s, I applaud your willingness to go back.

                              Don't know if your school (or country if your outside the USA) has this accreditation, but if your going into anything associated with a business degree see if the school has an AACSB accreditation. It's an extremely high honor for a school to get that and it's beyond a schools normal accreditation.

                              Best of luck and I have faith you will come through with 98% of your sanity remaining!!!
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