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[alison_sky]

I haven't gotten my certificate for my class yet, so I e-mailed the teacher and asked what's up. He says that he has them ready, but because of the holidays he has yet to be able to catch the adjudicator to have him sign off on the certificates. He was working on it and would get them soon

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[naughty_tess]

Is it really worth it, in the end? Getting a college degree, but having to sell away the best years of your life after college to be able to pay for it?One thing I've learned: No. Because the same thing happened to me. A degree in English, a Master's in creative writing, and I can't even get a full-time administrative assisnant job, which I don't really want anyway because I hate that stuff. But I've been doing it PT for the past few years so I thought maybe I'd at least have a chance for that. Still nothing. Forget anything I've applied to that I've actually *wanted* to do. For all jobs it seems, there's always someone with just a little more experience than me who gets it. So here I am with an almost $70k school debt making $10k a year and living with my parents at 34. Why did I bother? I could have gotten a damn job right out of high school, for crying out loud. I'd probably be a CEO by now (not that I want to be, but I'd certainly be a lot more successful than I am now). And all the worry kills inspiration to write so

[naughty_tess]

I mean at 33. I will NOT be 34 until September!

[lt_wes_janson]

Well I'd love to give you some kind of answer to this, but the truth is that I wouldn't really know. I couldn't even hack community college.

[virusq]

I know that not finishing school has been a HUUUUUGE pain in the ass. :(

[welfelts]

Wow - that's a tough one to answer. Here is my two cents. After High School I moved out on my own. I'd been working part time since I was 12 so moving to full time work was no big stretch. I started to attend the local community college simply because I enjoyed learning and I could afford $30 a credit hour. I bought the books used when I could and scraped by. I never actually got my degree, I never graduated college. The job I took started me working with computers - a passion I had since I was young - and my experience grew from there. Now, some 12 years later, I still have no degree and I am a Director of IT making $50k+ a year. I've kept up with modern training and continually learn the new technology just to maintain my understanding of modern computers. It takes a lot of effort, but it is worth it

[analise]

Is it really worth it, in the end? Getting a college degree, but having to sell away the best years of your life after college to be able to pay for it?

I'd like to answer this, but you know already that I'm not in the same situation as you when it comes to paying back college loans.

But I just want you to know I'm here doing the supportive thing. And I'd totally spot you the cash if I could. :D