Where did January go?

[the_wanderer]

Hmm, more than a month since my last post. Where did that time go?

*I've really started to enjoy Pedal People. Like, I love doing the work, if I were to go so far as assign that emotion to a part-time livelihood
*The past 2 weeks have done PP 4 days a week - my back and shoulders (especially shoulders) have been complaining. 2 of those days are

Comments

[whetherwoman]

I don't know of any colleges that offer courses/degrees in the things you mentioned while you live on campus, but I know of several that will give you college credit and a degree for learning about such things through apprenticeships etc.

[whetherwoman]

Come to think of it, what do you want to learn about those subjects that you think would be better learned in college than on your own?

[the_wanderer]

'cause I can get scholarships from college, silly!

And I'm yearning for a social community that I know college can give me access to - having lots of 28-35 year old friends is great for their maturity, life experiences, and knowledge, but not so great for my dating/finding a life-partner potentiality.

And from what incomplete research I have done, 4 year colleges will grant more financial aid than a technical/vocational school will.

I earn about $10,000 a year, so....

[whetherwoman]

In that case, you probably want to start your search with colleges that offer lots of aid to all their students, not colleges that have courses in that. Then you can narrow down from there which of those colleges let you design your own degree/classes. I suggest fastweb.com for scholarship search, and princetonreview.com for more general college info.

And there are many, many ways to find a dating/life partner that are much, much, much easier than college. Especially if you're looking for someone who has experience doing things like cooking, paying bills on time, and drinking responsibly. (Please note, not saying there aren't people who have experience in those things hanging out at colleges, but I defy anyone to suggest that such people are the majority.)

[the_wanderer]

Cool, any other college resources you'd recommend?

Let me revise that statement about social community: "I'm yearning for the type of residential social community I know I could put together for myself at a college, and I'm mature enough to know my needs and wise enough to choose responsible friends."

True, I agree that the majority of people at a college will not have much experience paying bills on time or drinking responsibly, but I am more keen to make friendships with individuals, rather than befriend a demographic.

I am also wanting to step out of the "work, hobbies, un-wind" spectrum and have some focused learning in their - but no matter where, I would still want to include my (likely off-campus) employment, gardening/food preserving, homebrewing and bicycling habits in my life.