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You’re Too Old to Learn…Not!
Now is your time to learn what you want.
I remember when I finished nursing school and worked as an RN. I told people that I would never take classes again. Ever. I was done with exams and lectures. Well, I think that lasted almost a year before I was looking at courses that I could take.
Courses
I took courses most of my life, but they were on my time and for personal interest. Sometimes they were athletic classes. Other times they were academic classes. And oftentimes, they were just classes that piqued my interest.
This was a time when I worked and had a husband and three young sons, so my time was very limited; somehow I found an hour each week to save for myself. I would indulge in my interests at the time. I didn’t have to ace the course, but could learn as much as I wanted.
The first course I took was in 100 level psychology. I still remember some elements of that course to this day. I took first-year English for fun. As I was “slightly” older than the average student, I was able to read the Olde English of Chaucer, Shakespeare, and others, and felt I could better appreciate it than when I read it in high school.
One of my best friends took a first-year statistics course. Are you kidding me? She took it when she didn’t have to. She…
