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<blockquote data-quote="nofearfactor" data-source="post: 1362379" data-attributes="member: 1535"><p>I have always regretted not graduating from college with a 4 year degree. Right after highschool I went to a prestigious southern California art institute and got my certificate,then went straight to work apprenticing in a tattoo shop after which I went right into owning a couple of shops with my then girlfriend and later wife who was also an artist at the shop we worked at. I took some community college courses in the bay area majoring in journalism,music comp, and drama tech but dropped out after the first 2 years and didnt have enough credits for an associate. I went to a San Francisco mortuary school for half a course, but didnt finish. I even went to The Culinary Institute of America in Napa for a few courses.</p><p></p><p>I didnt have the best or worst highschool grades even though my SAT and ACT scores were pretty decent. In highschool I was always art,music,journalism,and theatre/drama inclined. And a jock. All through highschool I was doing art and journalism for school publications and commercially,teaching classical guitar at my instructors school,and working in reperatory theatres on the weekends. I didnt play in the school band because I was in athletics pretty heavy. I was involved in boxing and martial arts competitively. And I skipped school alot to spend time partying at the beach with the party crowd,surfing,skateboarding.</p><p></p><p>I didnt take any math or science courses beyond the bare basics it took to graduate as things were a little different in the late 80s and it was easier to graduate then without much math or science. I hated high level math. I flunked out of Algebra 1 in the 8th grade,took it again in the 9th grade and barely passed. I then waited clear til my junior year to take business math to get the two math credits required back then to graduate. Science I took biology and geometry and got by. Im a whiz with numbers and a great money manager though. I did alot of pool hustling when I was younger and gambling,and Ive managed alot of the bands Ive been in, and I became a business owner. But now that my kids are teens I cant even help them with their math homework. I look like a moron. Thankfully my wife is a college graduate and a math wizard and can help them. </p><p></p><p>I mainly want to go back to school because Im getting older and my music career is getting close to just being too dumb to keep doing it as it is a lot of work for not alot of money playing the kind of niche music we play. I have my own businesses so I have income and I am able to drop out of life for a couple of years and go back to school. </p><p></p><p>Another reason I want to do it is I get alot of guff for it from my family. Every one in my family is really motivated and educated. My older brother is a professor of sociology at Berkley with a PHD,my 2 older sisters are school teachers,all of my half and step sibs have degrees,my retired bank CEO mother has several degrees,my stepdad is a retired county school superintendant and principal with several degrees,a niece just graduated and is a marine biologist,a nephew just finished pharmacology school,and my own daughter graduated college early and is now training to be a hospital administrator. Even my younger brother who is a successful auto body/paint shop owner got in trouble and ended up in prison managed to get a degree in business when he got out of prison. </p><p></p><p>Then theres me with the lowly art school certificate.</p><p></p><p>How hard would it be for me to go to back to college after so many years? I just cant imagine sitting in classes with kids. I would feel like an idiot. Is it a pipedream at my age? I dont know for sure what I would study but I have a few ideas. Would I have to take the SAT or ACT again to even get in a school? If I had to take any math courses beyond business type math I would just be sunk. Science I can handle,I love science. But high level math I just dont get,I have a mental block that just wont let me understand it. Ive tried to understand it while my wife has helped my kids and its just a foreign language to me.</p><p></p><p>Any info from people my age who have been there or are there now would be greatly appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nofearfactor, post: 1362379, member: 1535"] I have always regretted not graduating from college with a 4 year degree. Right after highschool I went to a prestigious southern California art institute and got my certificate,then went straight to work apprenticing in a tattoo shop after which I went right into owning a couple of shops with my then girlfriend and later wife who was also an artist at the shop we worked at. I took some community college courses in the bay area majoring in journalism,music comp, and drama tech but dropped out after the first 2 years and didnt have enough credits for an associate. I went to a San Francisco mortuary school for half a course, but didnt finish. I even went to The Culinary Institute of America in Napa for a few courses. I didnt have the best or worst highschool grades even though my SAT and ACT scores were pretty decent. In highschool I was always art,music,journalism,and theatre/drama inclined. And a jock. All through highschool I was doing art and journalism for school publications and commercially,teaching classical guitar at my instructors school,and working in reperatory theatres on the weekends. I didnt play in the school band because I was in athletics pretty heavy. I was involved in boxing and martial arts competitively. And I skipped school alot to spend time partying at the beach with the party crowd,surfing,skateboarding. I didnt take any math or science courses beyond the bare basics it took to graduate as things were a little different in the late 80s and it was easier to graduate then without much math or science. I hated high level math. I flunked out of Algebra 1 in the 8th grade,took it again in the 9th grade and barely passed. I then waited clear til my junior year to take business math to get the two math credits required back then to graduate. Science I took biology and geometry and got by. Im a whiz with numbers and a great money manager though. I did alot of pool hustling when I was younger and gambling,and Ive managed alot of the bands Ive been in, and I became a business owner. But now that my kids are teens I cant even help them with their math homework. I look like a moron. Thankfully my wife is a college graduate and a math wizard and can help them. I mainly want to go back to school because Im getting older and my music career is getting close to just being too dumb to keep doing it as it is a lot of work for not alot of money playing the kind of niche music we play. I have my own businesses so I have income and I am able to drop out of life for a couple of years and go back to school. Another reason I want to do it is I get alot of guff for it from my family. Every one in my family is really motivated and educated. My older brother is a professor of sociology at Berkley with a PHD,my 2 older sisters are school teachers,all of my half and step sibs have degrees,my retired bank CEO mother has several degrees,my stepdad is a retired county school superintendant and principal with several degrees,a niece just graduated and is a marine biologist,a nephew just finished pharmacology school,and my own daughter graduated college early and is now training to be a hospital administrator. Even my younger brother who is a successful auto body/paint shop owner got in trouble and ended up in prison managed to get a degree in business when he got out of prison. Then theres me with the lowly art school certificate. How hard would it be for me to go to back to college after so many years? I just cant imagine sitting in classes with kids. I would feel like an idiot. Is it a pipedream at my age? I dont know for sure what I would study but I have a few ideas. Would I have to take the SAT or ACT again to even get in a school? If I had to take any math courses beyond business type math I would just be sunk. Science I can handle,I love science. But high level math I just dont get,I have a mental block that just wont let me understand it. Ive tried to understand it while my wife has helped my kids and its just a foreign language to me. Any info from people my age who have been there or are there now would be greatly appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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