I iz sik n trd of sein' youz gang bangerz...

Sorry I got defensive guys. I am in a fowl mood tonight.

 

No need to apologize.

 

Hell, if me being unemployed will get me into college for cheap/free, I'm jumping right the fuck on that bandwagon and I won't let a soul make me feel bad because of it. I busted my ass in high school and got fucking squat for it, so damn straight I'm gonna piggyback on the handouts if I can. It'd be really cool to be able to get a job that pays more than $8 an hour when I was just laid off from a job making $15 an hour.

 

I'm gonna give college a shot. I've been pissing away my years of late and really need to secure a better future for myself.

 

Maelstrom

I imagine there are a dozen or so threads that asked the same question. I didn't look. I would usually. I couldn't be bothered.:devil:

Isadoran

I don't think you are ever to old to learn, but you do need the means to do it.
A person in their 30's presumably has a certain amount of financial commitments.
Also, isn't it difficult to get financial help once you pass the age of around 24?
The older people, I think, that go back are ones that are financially able to do so.
I'd love to go study/retrain etc.
It's currently impossible to get any assistance - unless you are unemployed for 12 months, and don't mind living on 10 pound a week.

*chuckle* If you do let us know. Hints and tips might help me, too.

 

actually it's easier, at least in the US. that's about the age that the government stops taking your parents' incomes into consideration when determining your financial need, and since most people in their mid 20s are making less than their parents, they are generally more able to get grants or at least subsidized loans.

pretty much any adult in the US is able to get federal student loans, unless they got caught smoking weed at some point while receiving federal student loans in the past.

 

I'minmyunderwear

You are right. Remind me never to listen to the staff at the job centre again.
https://www.gov.uk/student-finance/who-qualifies

It looks pretty straight forward, actually.

 

I started college at 17 and did a year and a half before I got married. (stupid mistake) When I was 40 I started a job at a university and one of the benefits was to be able to take one to two classes a semester (I took two a semester for most of the time and went to summer school for a few years while working full time). I took that challenge and finished my degree at 47.

It is never too late to go back to school. If I had had to pay for the courses I would not have been able to attend.

 

Perhaps PR is frightened to dive back in like myself. I think I might have convinced myself for too long it wasn't possible. I think you need a clear head and a good reason.

 

the marriage or the starting college when you did?

 

Yeah, it has been costly for me and it is not easy. My daughter has managed to remain debt free while going to college and I do not know how she does it. She saves up a load of money and never shops like most girls. I wish I had her willpower. She also starves herself and comes here on the weekends to raid the refrigerator.

 

Well, I looked into it after I'minmyunderwear reminded me the Internet is a fountain of knowledge, and knows a lot more than I do, apparently.
The course I want to do starts in September. The government do provide student loans - of around 3-9 thousand pound - that do not have to be repaid until you earn atleast 21 thousand pound a year.
Now I just have to see if one can be fitted to the other.

The course is part time so I could possibly continue working nights.

It certainly isn't free, and I think you do need some help from others.

 

Why do you prefer working nights, Odon?

 

I don't prefer it or not prefer it.
I just generally work nights.
It's not a preference/choice.
I'm just used to it now.
It hasn't done me any favours, that's for sure.

 

The marriage. It only lasted three years. He walked away with a college degree and I walked away with student loans to pay off and no college degree.