<p>Wow, maybe there is hope for my son.</p>
<p>There is always hope, missypie! I did my BS in fits and starts over 22 years but I finished it.</p>
<p>I LOVE this line: </p>
<p>“You’re going to be 50 anyway, so you might as well keep going.” </p>
<p>Isn’t that the truth?</p>
<p>My dad took 22 years of more or less continuous (some part-time, some full-time) enrollment to get his bachelor’s… I think he took maybe 4 quarters “off” in all during those 22 years, not counting summers (although he ended up taking plenty of summer classes as well). I always tell my friends that story when they feel bad about taking 5 years. to get their degree! 
He is now a successful, happy, and respected (knock on wood) engineer, too. Over that time, he want from being an 18 year-old freshman to having two kids, a wife, and full-time job in his field, which both paid for his tuition and gave him a bit of leg up when he did finish (not to mention pay our bills!). He wouldn’t recommend that route, though.</p>
<p>I am always impressed by people who get their bachelors degrees while going part time. It takes a great deal of perseverance.</p>
<p>My boss’s husband, father of five, will receive his masters degree next week after taking one class per semester for six years while working full-time.</p>