I’d jump. As a matter of fact, I’m trying to make the jump this year. I made the mistake when I was younger of thinking that I was the working class hero, and I passed on the chance to get a bachelors. I want to have a plan by the end of this semester to finish my degree and be ready for graduate work.
On edit: UncleRojelio, that sounds interesting! I am also in Austin, though I haven’t given much thought to attending UT.
I’m not sure do I have to get good grades? I’m not willing to put in the time studying or doing homework. I like the fact that when my day ends I don’t have to do any more. I didn’t get to have much fun in college the first time around, having no spare money and no spare time between football and track, so I think I could use a couple of years to party and enjoy myself.
On the other hand I’m looking at changing careers here in about 4 years and I’ll take you up on the offer then for either an MBA or JD.
I would love to have the mind to go back. Academics is one of the things that I did well. But my brain doesn’t function the way it used to and the medication interferes with my concentration.
I would probably change direction almost daily. I have almost enough hours for my degree in psychology now. Finishing that is mostly a matter of the thesis. But today I wanted to get into art restoration. It’s impossible to get into the program that I would want. Tomorrow I would want to go abroad. The day after that, I would sleep all day. The days of that level of learning are behind me.
Sometimes I take classes (lectures with no homework) at Vanderbilt that are designed for retired folks like me. Great fun!
I loved my post-secondary experience, and, not to brag, but I kicked ass in my classes.
I just made the mistake afterwards of not staying in my chosen field because I was young and thought that because one sweet job fell in my lap, others would too, so I moved on. :smack: And now, 15 years later, I am so out of touch with the technical aspects of that initial career that it is impossible for me to go back into that field without basically doing the whole training over again.
I am one of those people who was born to be a student - I love to learn, and I have a knack for writing papers that get great grades, and I don’t choke on exams. It’s the application of the knowledge to real life that STILL has my stumped.
So, if it’s not already obvious, my answer would be HELL YES!!!