I Love Being a Student!

[Sipadan]

I've taken a little flak for being a 32 year old student, even in the bastion of liberal open-mindednes that is YD. While I find comments about 'avoiding the real world' and beans on toast difficult to bear , it's times like these that make up for it

[Scuttler]

You're easily pleased

[hogen-deifar]

Originally Posted by Scuttler

You're easily pleased

Here speaketh the man who claims he only gets his marital rights on his birthday!?!?!

[Jacq]

I started my teacher training course when I was 36 - finished with my degree
4 years later :-) Fun times but with a husband and family to look after it was a
shade fraught at times - but a great crowd of people who I still socialise or
work with :-)

Are there any or were older students around here???

Enjoy Sipadan - BTW what are you studying?

Jackie

[Scuttler]

Originally Posted by hogen-deifar

Here speaketh the man who claims he only gets his marital rights on his birthday!?!?!

Ahh.....well....beggars can't be choosers

[Buoyant Babe]

I was an older student (28-32 years old for my first course), but not full time. Working full time, plus overtime to pay my course fees, attending college two evenings a week 6-9pm, going to the library at weekends and not driving at the time was a real PITA but the BESTEST thing I have ever done . I wasn't ready for it straight from school and wouldn't have chosen the direction I eventually did, so I'm glad I waited.

[Druid]

I completed a 2 year HND when I was 30, and my teaching degree (2 year BEd) when I was 36.

I have actually spent 8 years as a student in higher education, all paid for by the taxpayer

[scanner]

Hello this is my first post on YD. I'm 35 and in the final year of a radiography degree, having done maths at uni when I first left school and had no idea what I wanted to do! It's hard work but worth it, but I can't party as hard as the youngsters!

[fishyheid]

Started my second first degree this week. I am one of the oldest at 36 but since my degree will only be two years long, I will be practicing by the time the wee shites in my year are looking for a traineeship (and the burds are all hot).

Did I mention the £30 per year for the use of two sets of sports facilities (and a little more for the dive club) one of these is only 5 mins drive from my house (and the burds are all hot).

Was mildly entertaining on day one, when one of the kids asked if I was staying in halls. I pointed out that I had a house, he thought I lived with my parents. Narrow minds are always fun to manipulate

[Richard Mason]

Originally Posted by Buoyant Babe

I was an older student (28-32 years old for my first course), but not full time. Working full time, plus overtime to pay my course fees, attending college two evenings a week 6-9pm, going to the library at weekends and not driving at the time was a real PITA but the BESTEST thing I have ever done . I wasn't ready for it straight from school and wouldn't have chosen the direction I eventually did, so I'm glad I waited.

Yes, academic life was pretty hard for women in the 1970s.