College is making me tired...

[logan37]

Awesome Ken and good for you. Keep up the good work. Maybe if you get all A's, you'll recieve a graduation gift...

I do feel your pain. I just finished(well almost finished, 2 classes short) my second degree this past summer. I'm 28 and it was tough going back to school at 27. I did it for a career change because my last job sucked and I have always dabbled with graphic design for fun. Are you in the same boat, with a career change? If so, what career are you working towards?

Best of luck and keep at it. It will all pay off in the end.

[basil]

Good for you - getting the degree and not being intimidated by the "traditional student" thinking that says your too old. I did mine like you, in my late 30s and early forties, at two classes at a time, and sometimes it was just insane. On the coffee thing, you're right - it's probably not having the same effect. I know, "coffee and its effects", right? WTF some might say, but when you've strapped yourself into the commitment and mentality required to finish something like this, these little things can be BFDs sometimes. Back to the coffee - you in all probability have reached (and have gone past) a point of diminishing return. When I would do this (and still do occasionally) I'm always amazed at how rested I feel about two weeks after just saying no to caffeine. The kicker is, is that if/when you have your next cup, it will be everything you had dreamed it would be and more. Seriously I would grab quads at S'bux and when I would go back to that after a coffee hiatus, holy shit.

Anyways, hang in there and best of luck!

[mrtr33]

Congrats.

I finished my second degree last May. The discipline was tough to begin with, but after a while, your driving force is the motivation to finish what you've started.

Good luck.

[Kenyth]

Thanks guys! It will feel really good getting that degree in 2010. My lack of a four year degree has been a sore spot my whole career. I'm not changing careers. I just need it to be able to move up. It also makes me much more competetive. Not a bad thing in our current economic climate.

[ggiese]

I felt your pain, bruddah - I did the working a full time job (shift work), raising 4 kids and going to Engineering school in the evening and on weekends (summer included). Did it a few classes at a time, but I was a total fool for listening to some peers that suggested I do Calculus III and Differential Equations at the same time... Literally was 3-4 hours of sleep a night, with work and school taking up the rest of the time.

Good luck to you - it will be over before you know it and it's a character builder!!!


...now I'm seriously thinking about taking advantage of the company's Tuition Reimbursement program to do the Business Admin BA degree...

[Lopaka]

Brother...feel your pain now. I'm talking two classes that are 5 hours each! Also, working full time as an instructor myself. However, the military is paying for my degree so I'm not complaining.

Like everyone else is saying, I just keep thinking, it will be all worth it when I get my degree done!

Lopaka

(P.S. Microeconomics SUCKS!)

[ggiese]

Brother...feel your pain now. I'm talking two classes that are 5 hours each! Also, working full time as an instructor myself. However, the military is paying for my degree so I'm not complaining.

Like everyone else is saying, I just keep thinking, it will be all worth it when I get my degree done!

Lopaka

(P.S. Microeconomics SUCKS!)

Macro is even worse - and have fun in accounting...

[Kenyth]

I felt your pain, bruddah - I did the working a full time job (shift work), raising 4 kids and going to Engineering school in the evening and on weekends (summer included). Did it a few classes at a time, but I was a total fool for listening to some peers that suggested I do Calculus III and Differential Equations at the same time... Literally was 3-4 hours of sleep a night, with work and school taking up the rest of the time.

Good luck to you - it will be over before you know it and it's a character builder!!!


...now I'm seriously thinking about taking advantage of the company's Tuition Reimbursement program to do the Business Admin BA degree...

Holy crap! That's pure masochism! I hear nothing but nightmares from people who get engineering degrees. Though my management degree doesn't require it, I'm thinking about taking some math as electives. It's not that I need it. I just never had to go further than the Algebra and Statistics classes. If I want to get a Masters in Management of Information Technology after this, I'll probably need some more math experience.

One thing that's always irritated me about general education requirements are the six credit hours of Arts. I mean really, what possible career advantage can fine arts give me? I guess it's good for being well rounded socially.

[ggiese]

Holy crap! That's pure masochism! I hear nothing but nightmares from people who get engineering degrees. Though my management degree doesn't require it, I'm thinking about taking some math as electives. It's not that I need it. I just never had to go further than the Algebra and Statistics classes. If I want to get a Masters in Management of Information Technology after this, I'll probably need some more math experience.

One thing that's always irritated me about general education requirements are the six credit hours of Arts. I mean really, what possible career advantage can fine arts give me? I guess it's good for being well rounded socially.

Nothing for you - but it keeps a starving artist from starving if they're teaching instead...

[mrtr33]

One thing that's always irritated me about general education requirements are the six credit hours of Arts. I mean really, what possible career advantage can fine arts give me? I guess it's good for being well rounded socially.

I felt the same way. But I also studied the crap out of my college catalogue. They offered classes as general ed that were more than your normal, boring education requirements. So I ended up taking History of the Theater, and History of the English Language. Much more exciting than Introduction to Poetry.

Calculus II kicked my tail. Never even considered III. I have always wanted to take Linear Algebra, and there was a class called Discrete Mathematics that I really enjoyed.

[WOXOF]

Hang in there man. I finished up my undergrad stuff while working nights. It sucks but is worth it. I'll be starting on my master's degree in the sping term, now with two kids and a real jobs to manage at the same time.

I felt your pain, bruddah - I did the working a full time job (shift work), raising 4 kids and going to Engineering school in the evening and on weekends (summer included). Did it a few classes at a time, but I was a total fool for listening to some peers that suggested I do Calculus III and Differential Equations at the same time... Literally was 3-4 hours of sleep a night, with work and school taking up the rest of the time.

Good luck to you - it will be over before you know it and it's a character builder!!!


...now I'm seriously thinking about taking advantage of the company's Tuition Reimbursement program to do the Business Admin BA degree...

That right there is why I changed my major from EE.

[BigMacFU]

Congrats Kenyth, keep on plugging away. As a professor, I always like to see hard working students who know the value of what they're doing.

[ggiese]

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[ggiese]

That right there is why I changed my major from EE.

Finite Math was made me not want to pursue a math major (DE was way than more than I wanted)...

Calc III was bad enough, but particle physics is what led me away from anything BUT mechanical engineering - first time in my life my eyes were in a constant glaze without the use of any kind of "medication"... I'll stay with Kinematics anytime!!!