Any returning students here?

[scraparcs]

Okay, I confess, I'm just getting started back in school after about five years off and it's a bit scary. I'm doing just fine, but I don't have nearly the attention span I had back when first going to college. Also, the very long days are quite a bit longer than back then!

Anyone else recently return to college after a break? What were your thoughts?

 

[Shannonkish]

lel.. you will do just fine!

 

[scraparcs]

I'm sure I will, aside from my total inability to focus!

I just wonder if anyone else is out there.

 

[spinningwheelgirl]

I have returned back to school after being out for a year. I know that is not the same as 5, but I am doing an accelerated program at a community college which is quite different compared to University. I do find the days very long. In University I did may 15 hours of class a week, while now I do about 30. You may be find it hard also because adults learn different than students who have never been away from school.

 

[scraparcs]

Ah, whew!

I've found very much also that anything I learn anymore, I have to tie it in with experience. Before it was all just theory. Now it's the confluence of theory and experience where I learn best.

Still can't concentrate.

 

[Mrs. Luther073082]

Okay, I confess, I'm just getting started back in school after about five years off and it's a bit scary. I'm doing just fine, but I don't have nearly the attention span I had back when first going to college. Also, the very long days are quite a bit longer than back then!

Anyone else recently return to college after a break? What were your thoughts?

I moved out with a boyfriend when I was 17 (wasn't a Christian back then) and went back to my parents' home when I was 19. I got into college at age 20. Then my family moved and I had to find a new school and I had some medical problems, so I had to take a short break. I take online classes as well as on campus ones, so my days don't seem very long at all. Online classes usually have a LOT more work than the ones on campus, but I like the flexibility of taking classes online.