re: People over 40 going back to school

Better than wasting away at fricking disneyland

I'm gonna start taking classes of stuff that I've been doing in my career for the last 20 years and absolutely DESTROYING the curve.

It's my new hobby. I consider it making the next generation stronger by not allowing them to skate by and water down their grades.

I went back to school at 36 to get my masters, got a decent raise with it

This is on the same level as making fun of a fat guy in the gym.

Hey there Pecker,
How about I serve my country. Even while serving my country, I get a degree.

Then I go to war.

When I get home and start to transition to the civilian world, I find my education is lacking. So I go to med school. But Im SO old!!!!!
If you have a problem with that, well, you can eat my shite.

Would you rather them be 45 and get YOUR tax dollars for doing absolutely nothing.

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What are you doing?

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Good place to meet young women I'd imagine.

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I am 38 and have been back in school taking night classes and online classes for the last 4 years.

I am a project manager in Houston for Oil/Gas contractor. I have worked my way up through my current company and have been a supervisor over much younger and inexperienced people that have college degrees.

The simple reason to get a degree is because with all my years of experience, to move up to the next step or to pursue work at a different company, you must have a 4 year degree. It can be in basket weaving, it doesn't matter. People just want the piece of paper. As long as you demonstrate your value and experience the degree simply gets you in the door.

Plus, you are a douche

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My Dad was a Civil Engineer who worked his way up the ladder with an oil company from designing gas stations to where about age 50 he had to go take some business courses so he could perform better as Purchasing Manager over the entire corporation (cuz ya know, those engineering students get just loads of business courses and all). Yep, from site surveying, layout, blueprinting to 3 doors down from the CEO and involved in marketing, sales, supply, break-even analysis. Kinda needed a bit more than his slide rule.

I went from Banking/Finance to medical when the writing was on the wall on the housing bubble. Went from processing 1500 mortgages a month to sell to Fannie/Freddie at one of the big mortgage clearing houses to being the "aw hell, that guy's busting the curve" in pre clinical courses with the kids. I actually was halfway to Petroleum Engineering when the market went bust my 1st time in college too (Fall '82/Spring '83 oil went from $32/barrel to $14.75/barrel) so you could say I went to college 3 times.

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this is my only problem wiTh these people.

they always have something irrelevant and unintelligent to add

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same! good on these people for bettering themselves, but they drove everyone else in class nuts. You could bank on the 45 year old mom of 4 adding 20 irrelevant comments to each class discussion which started out "as a mom".....

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Did you ever think

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You should look in the mirror and repeat this.


Oh, and welcome back. Post some animal stuff.