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    "Mature" students

    Any of you guys/girls in the more elevated age range had any experience of being a university student when any previous schooling is but a distant memory
    Old age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill

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    I did uni papers some 30 + years after I had left school.
    Getting in to the habit of study, especally when I had never had it, was not easy. It took heaps of planning and committment and was not easy...but I survived and achieved what I had set out to do.
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    My last go at university was in 1973
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    Well, how about that

    here I am taking a break from studying Linguistics (and going on KB as one does when procrastinating) and I see a thread about "mature'' students

    as Yungatart says...committment, planning (avoid procrastinating) and keep the goal in mind...that helps when you're asking "why am I doing this ?!, work was easy in comparison"

    and being older we know all about delayed gratification - TUI!

    It's my first semester of 4 years full-time study but it will be worth it even though the adjustment from work to study was more difficult than I anticipated.

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    Piece of wees. Much easier to do it as an adult than a man-child. Less distractions, like skrits and beer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim2 View Post
    Less distractions, like skrits and beer.
    what?! beer and short skrits?! where???


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    The bride and her sister both started a three year uni course at 43 years of young and they weren't the oldest by any means. Both failed miserably but that's not the point.

    No seriously, very little formal education and they both passed with distinction. Well worth the effort if your so inclined.
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    I did some extramural papers last year, as long as you set aside study time you will be fine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim2 View Post
    Piece of wees. Much easier to do it as an adult than a man-child. Less distractions, like skrits and beer.
    Ditto. I was eating up 6-7 courses a semester instead of the 4 expected of a full time student... was so much easier when you've seen the beauty of the 'real world' and all the gheyness that comes with it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by phantom View Post
    My last go at university was in 1973

    Well you'll probably be head and shoulders above the current crop in terms of being able to write your ideas clearly while also using acceptable spelling and grammar.

    Go for it. Preparation is the key. Read absolutely everything there is about the courses you're interested in, and make the most of the Uni's facilities and staff. Phone/email/visit the staff of the department, once you're a bit further down the track, just to make sure you know exactly what to expect in terms of work/study hours, and the nature of assignments etc.
    Good luck.

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    You will be fine, especially with some real-world experience behind you. The main drawback will be all of the "treaty of waitangi" bullshit that has festered into the courses.
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    .. and another kbism is made.. skrits!! where all dem short skrits at?

    As for being a mature student, as a teacher, I'm always learning new things from those strange life-form units in my learning space ... 'tis a weird and wonderful yet vexing thing it be!

    Now ...for those short skrits ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by phantom View Post
    Any of you guys/girls in the more elevated age range had any experience of being a university student when any previous schooling is but a distant memory
    I finished my Masters in Fire Engineering (MEFE) in 2006 at the age of 38 (read the thesis http://digital-library.canterbury.ac...060816.222125/
    I also did a part time MBA in 1997.

    With a massive student loan, savings, cheap living and a lot of help from my family, I took 2 years off to relive my student days. It was bloody good.

    Adult students generally do very well as they are extremely motivated and don't usually piss all their time away... i treated it as a 7 day/week job. A freind did a Bbus part time after a long time out of school. It takes a bit to get into the routine. Doing study part time is very hard, and a lot of people can't keep it up, or the family and time stress is to much - hence my full time decision, having done part time study in the past.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FilthyLuka View Post
    what?! beer and short skrits?! where???

    Yeah it was beer and short skrits that stuffed me up the first time. Spent many a happy hour at the Bush Inn ( aka Kiddy Corner ) when I should have been studying
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    Memory might not be as flash as it was....

    See if you can look into some study tools like mindmapping (google "mind map") etc, or a short lesson on how to reference stuff properly.

    The Uni might actually provide some tutorials for these sorts of things....if you can't find any info then ask them.

    Enjoy - you're doing it because you want to, not because you there's nothing better to do....

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