Have you considered going back to school yourself?

Parents Forum
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<p>I have five classes left (2 of which are electives) to finish my MBA through Webster University online. I work full time (love my job), my company pays for it, and the online classes are so flexible, which is what I need with two active teenagers and volunteer work to boot…with online classes I can work at 11 pm, or 6 am, or at lunch at work. It is NOT easy, and take a lot of time, so I am definitely earning my degree.</p>

<p>I will be 49 when I finish my last class, but 50 when I walk at graduation. That seems old, but I’m gonna be 50 anyway - might as well get another degree!! I say, if you can do it financially and can still have a good home/school/work? balance then go for it!!</p>

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<p>I have 3 friends (all women) who started and graduated from Theological school after they turned 40. Two are currently ordained ministers and quite happy with their mid-life career changes. (the 3rd opted not to become ordained, but is working in lay ministries).</p>

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<p>I <em>should</em> have a master’s degree considering the line of work I’m in, but unless an employer pays for it (not happening!), I’ll never recoup the tuition money. The best I can do now is to maneuver into progressively better jobs to upgrade my resume.</p>

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<p>I have, and am. I could do my thing part time while my D finishes up HS and we could be done together. I love my career and it has served me well for the entire time I’ve had kids. Work at home, make good $, extremely flexible hours. But once the birds have flown the nest, I think working alone in the house will make me bonkers and I might like to get a degree that I can use to do something else.</p>

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<p>Yes, but probably not in the way you are talking about.</p>

<p>I am in medicine as a career but have a MA in a humanities field. I am going to be ‘going back to school’ this fall and do some teaching in the humanities field at the local college. Will take a lot of prep but am excited about working another part of my brain.</p>

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<p>My mother went to school until she died at 65.</p>

<p>I plan to return, but not for any more degrees. Unfortunately I share the same situation as LasMa.</p>

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<p>I would love to go to the University of California Santa Cruz, enroll as a graduate student in Astronomy and Astrophysics and do research at the world famous Lick Observatory that is located at UCSC. I do not think the buget situation in California would be a serious problem since I doubt that graduate courses at UCSC, or any other public university in the state, are impacted in Astronomy and Astrophysics and rather than waiting lists their problem would usually be trying to find students who would be willing to take these kinds of classes.</p>