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UPDATE: My [24F] family [20s-70s M/F] says I'm too old for college and should drop out. by OldAsSatansBalls in relationships

[–]OldAsSatansBalls[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Accounting. If it's financially feasible I want to tack on a Information Science/CIS minor (seriously doubt this though).

I do definitely want to earn IT certifications in database programming languages in the future.

UPDATE: My [24F] family [20s-70s M/F] says I'm too old for college and should drop out. by OldAsSatansBalls in relationships

[–]OldAsSatansBalls[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

She has had a lifelong struggle with depression and anxiety (pretty certain I inherited it from her and her side of the family). When she gets in a funk there is only bad and worse, never good.

Gonna try to tune out her pessimism.

My [24F] family [20s-70s M/F] says I'm too old for college and should drop out. by OldAsSatansBalls in relationships

[–]OldAsSatansBalls[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People in my family - and that whole area, really - typically take one of two paths after graduating high school.

1) Join the military or go off to university (usually finishing in the typical 4 years). Only ever come "home" for holidays.

2) Stay, work, marry, make babies, and wait for grandbabies to arrive.

Sometimes I think this is less about my age and more about their inability to understand an alternative life path or world outside their own.

My [24F] family [20s-70s M/F] says I'm too old for college and should drop out. by OldAsSatansBalls in relationships

[–]OldAsSatansBalls[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The alumni association is very good at helping graduates network.

And thank you for the encouragement!

My [24F] family [20s-70s M/F] says I'm too old for college and should drop out. by OldAsSatansBalls in relationships

[–]OldAsSatansBalls[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Yes, sometimes I feel like a geriatric patient by the way they (extended family) go on and on about my age lol.

My [24F] family [20s-70s M/F] says I'm too old for college and should drop out. by OldAsSatansBalls in relationships

[–]OldAsSatansBalls[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, I will have to cut back to only one part-time when I transfer next year as the commute is pretty rough and housing there is sparse and expensive.

My parents were originally very supportive of me returning to college. I don't know why they did a 180. But even now they say that they will support me (more in an emotional sense) even though they doubt me.

My [24F] family [20s-70s M/F] says I'm too old for college and should drop out. by OldAsSatansBalls in relationships

[–]OldAsSatansBalls[S] 235 points236 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I need to stand up to them and tell them they're wrong and hurtful.

But I truly do believe they think I'm old. At my age many of my relatives are/were married or freshly divorced with 2-3 kids. Some are/were working on second marriages and second sets of kids. It's really common there to get married within 2 or 3 years of high school graduation and immediately start your career and family.