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| catscharm74 |
Posted - May 15 2007 : 11:48:11 AM
makes me wonder, who here went to college or who is thinking of going? What was your major or what would you like to take? What did you like? Dislikes? Favorite memories?
Me first-
I am receiving my Associate of Arts in August. I got the general stuff out of the way at a lower cost junior college. I am off to Texas State in August to get my Bachelor's in Health Information Management. Just a big word for a licensed medical records technician, but the field is growing and the more college the more $$ down the road. I would like to get my Masters in Health Administration and something frivilous, like women's studies or religion. I have really enjoyed being a student, though at times I get frustrated with the younger crowd. They sometimes just do enough work to get by and I throw myself in full force. But, I can understand the work easier now that I am older and more worldly...
Cheers,
Heather |
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| Celticheart |
Posted - May 28 2007 : 3:24:07 PM
I'm an RN but grad of a diploma school in the 1970's....a three year, hospital based program with college classes also. I worked nights for 11 years in a very small, rural hospital while my kids were small. Then I worked for 10 years in OR and I've worked in a Urologist's office for the past 11 years. I've never had the desire to go back to school for my BSN. If I went back to school it would be for a degree in horticulture or something like that, I think.
Nursing's been good to me. The $$$ is decent and I can get a job just about anywhere. If I were to go back to work in a hospital, it would be in surgery. I love it!
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| nashbabe |
Posted - May 28 2007 : 08:33:29 AM
BotanicalBath, my sis is an RN. With her bum knee, though, she is on disability right now. Hoping she gets back to work soon...for her sake. It is hard to get in nursing schools as the profs are apparently retiring and not enough of them to take their place. But you are right, you can work anywhere, PT or full, I wish I had a degree like that right now although I think I would be a crappy nurse.
My degree is in music and business, and yep, I did use it in the record biz, once upon a time I wore high heels and suits and had an office with gold and platinum records on the wall and a love seat...*L*. My hubby would always quote that song, "she's got her an office, gold records on the wall...just leave a message, maybe she'll call." Yeah, I deserve that. *L*
The other really versatile degree is accounting because it seems that one can get PT work really easily too, I have a friend who uses it to her advantage. But I always thought accounting was too much like keeping track of other people's lives rather than having my own. So I guess I am not suited to that either...darn!
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| Bee Haven Maven |
Posted - May 17 2007 : 04:22:41 AM
I graduated with a degree in Nursing in 1978 (whew!) and worked as an RN for 27 years in Orthopedics...with a brief hiatus to have babies and was home during their pre-school years. Now, my hubby has given me the opportunity to stay home and do all those wonderful things I used to wish I had time for...like have a farm! Yeah!!!! I loved Nursing...best job in the world. But I am glad to have the time for other interests now.
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| theoanne |
Posted - May 16 2007 : 7:14:18 PM
No degree here. I did go to Practical Nursing school and have loved my job for 33 yrs now. It pays well enough and as someone said they always need nurses. Nurses also have lots of options for work schedules which worked well when my kids were little. I went to college for a year and then one year of LPN school. A nurse is alwhat I wanted to be ever since I was 5! To me it was not as important to be making alot of money as it was to enjoy my job. I've never wanted to go back to school for any other job, but I enjoy taking "frivolous" classes in art or pottery or quilting, etc. I consider this education as it is something I can use for not only my enjoyment and ,but for gifts for others to enjoy.
TEDDIE
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| BotanicalBath |
Posted - May 16 2007 : 6:56:30 PM
Physics... Pretty useless.
But hopefully this fall I will be going back to nursing school. Because you can always get a job, even part time with signing bonuses and benefits. Since there is a 3 - 4 yr wait to get in I may get everything I need to get out of the way... like computer classes (we didnt have those back then) and everything that is too old to transfer (these credits are 23 yrs old!). If i still have a little time to wait, go to culinary school... what could be more fun.
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| sewgirlie |
Posted - May 16 2007 : 5:47:56 PM
I have my Bachelor's in English, a Masters in Secondary Education and another Masters in School Administration. I only had an Associates when I got married and never thought I would finish any other degree!! I always wanted to be a teacher though, so when my first husband got sick with cancer, my parents encouraged me to go back and finish college so that I could support myself and the two kids I had by then (they were babies at the time) in case he could not work anymore of if he were to die at a young age. It was so hard, but I did finish and I got a job when my youngest was 5. That year was the only year my home district gave full day kindergarten, so I was so lucky not to have to get day care! My husband passed away within a year of my finishing college, so I was so thankful that I finished and had a job. It was not full-time at first, so there were no benefits (that is a horror in this country!) but the pay was good and my children's regular pediatrician worked at the local clinic and would see us there for free. He actually insisted that we go to his office instead once he realized what had happened to us.
So, even if life is good and you have a happy life, there is no substitution for the peace of mind that comes from knowing that you can hold your own if you have to. One class at a time is all it takes! :) |
| kitchensqueen |
Posted - May 16 2007 : 4:58:16 PM
Great Books schools focus on significant texts (usually classics) and are discussion-oriented. For example, at my school classes have a maximum size of 12 and are spent in a group discussion of the text at hand. I've read everything from Aristotle to Weber-- hundreds of books over the course of my education. Two excellent websites regarding Great Books are of course my alma mater at www.shimer.edu and the Great Books Foundation at www.greatbooks.org.
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| nitere |
Posted - May 15 2007 : 8:01:14 PM
i have a bachelor of arts in english with a concentration in advanced composition and rhetoric and a minor in biology. i know, odd combo. i majored in biology for my first three years and then switched to english. biology seemed the obvious minor  . i mostly miss just getting to sit in class and learn. i would love to attend some more classes, without the tests, of course. if i had it to do over, i would choose costume design.
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| kitchensqueen |
Posted - May 15 2007 : 5:41:00 PM
Choosing a tiny-sized Great Books school was the only option that really made sense to me. All of my profs and classmates are my family-- I will be a part of them for the rest of my life. That level of intensity can have drawbacks-- it took me seven years to finish because I had to take several breaks from it-- but I really believe learning how to think and not what to think is the key to attaining higher learning and wisdom.
It was great. I miss it already.
I won't be upset if I never get around to the Phd. I'm planning for it, but if having kids and starting the farm take center stage I'll be glad for that as well.
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| catscharm74 |
Posted - May 15 2007 : 5:36:48 PM
You go Lisa...That is awesome!! I look forward to hearing about you graduate!!
Cheers,
Heather |
| MariaAZ |
Posted - May 15 2007 : 4:54:08 PM
I graduated in 1985 with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Agricultural Business. I knew even back then I wanted to be a farm girl :) Haven't gotten there yet, but it'll happen.
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| blueroses |
Posted - May 15 2007 : 4:28:24 PM
I studied Political Science and will be getting an Associate of Science degree. When I started all this I was looking down the road and wanting to get my Bachelor's and then takes LSATs and apply to law school. I really wanted to work in the area of Elder Law. But - I'm 50 now and I really need to take time to think. I'd like to stay in my current field and take some fun adult ed classes for now.
And I agree, Heather, some of the younger students don't ask questions and act all hip and cool. I figure, I'm paying for all my classes out of my pocket and I will ask all the questions I need to so that I understand.
I do think that now that we are a bit older, we seem to take it a lot more seriously too.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
| catscharm74 |
Posted - May 15 2007 : 4:25:07 PM
Amanda- I just read about the Great Books Schools. How was it? It sounds very interesting. That is awesome. Let us know when you start graduate school. I will be right there with ya, for encouragement.
Cheers,
Heather |
| kitchensqueen |
Posted - May 15 2007 : 2:49:01 PM
I just finished and now I'm thinking about grad school! I must be insane. I'll likely take two years off (although I'll be apprenticing, so sort of like school anyway) and then I'll probably go for a PhD in sustainable agriculture.
The degree I just finished was a Bachelor of Science in Social Science & Theory. I went to a Great Books school, so I loved the discussion in class-- no lectures! I also loved most of the books (original sources) that we read, though not all. The volume of work was insane, and the thing I hated the most was writing papers.
I have no idea why I'm already thinking about going back. :-)
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