Older folks, how'd you balance school and work?

[mortuus est]

Well you should draw out a schedule how it works. Remember school is more important

the white man invented school

 

[O.iatlhawksfan]

Well the saying is yu have school,work, and a social life...one has to

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

the white man invented school

Its a white mans world. Wouldn't want to live in a black mans world anyway

 

[mortuus est]

Its a white mans world. Wouldn't want to live in a black mans world anyway

bu bu bu but we must go back to zion

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

bu bu bu but we must go back to zion

Naw we gotta get ourselves together first. Plus I'm a quarter white. I'm playing di fence

 

[New Jeruzalem Journalist]

Sacrifice was key for me when I switched careers and went back to school. Worked full-time evenings and weekends, averaging less than 6hrs of sleep, penny pinched, and even had to take out a personal loan to float me through, but it paid off tremendously in the end. Smartest move of my adult life.

Depending on how long you plan to be in school, a personal loan might benefit your situation. I despise debt and dont have any, but it would be a better option than taking a student loan to free up some time for studies.

 

[old_timer]

not sure this will help op, but for anyone who is reading-
for me, school+work would not have been possible if not for..

1. the full support of my company and management
they nominated me for the tuition reimbursement program
and had a vested interest in me being successful

2. the patience/support of my wife (rip)
leaning on her to do more when i was swamped
(plain speaking- my clothes for the next day were always clean, the grocery shopping always got done, etc)

3. exercise good communication skills
i told every one of those professors my situation straight up
and i told every would-be partner for class projects-
that i work full time, and am married, so no regular college kid bullshyt
we gotta run this shyt like clockwork (see point #4)
if anyone started fukking me up, i flat out snitched to the professor and asked for new partners

4. keep good time management skills
self evident

5. be a quick worker

Spoiler: let me explain..

first, i'm a trained speed reader (is that still a thing??)
second, every formal written text (reports, journal articiles, textbook, greek tragedies, whatever)- each has a certain predictable pattern
and i learned how to plow through them all with maximum retension
third, i was aggressive
i did my B.S. degree in 7 semesters (at the time it took 90% of my classmates 9+ semesters, probably more like 10+ semesters today)
when i did my coursework M.S. in the part/time track, i set a record for that university department AND for my company's program
the strategy is this..
the longer you hang around, the more shyt "changes" and the more requirements keep getting put on you
but when you bust it out quick, the goalposts don't have a chance to move so much
also, you always appear to be working so hard and be so busy- that the professors/TAs/department see you and feel you've "earned" it

 

[mortuus est]

Naw we gotta get ourselves together first. Plus I'm a quarter white. I'm playing di fence

yeah i feel you , bob marly said we have to move forward to afrika and not "back"wards