I recently found myself at a dining table full of accomplished acquaintances, and the conversation wandered to the subject of alma maters.
"Where did you go to college, Michelle?"
I hesitated before answering: "I didn't finish college." Among the highly educated crowd round the table, there were a couple of seconds where I felt like I'd showed up at prom wearing sweats and a bandanna.
The conversation drifted to other topics, but a woman sitting next to me noted my momentary discomfort. "Why don't you go back to school and finish your degree?"
Many adults head back to school including job training, preparation for a new career, or personal enrichment. I have been dancing with the question of returning to college for most of my adult life.
I left a state university at the end of my sophomore year, unsure how to proceed after I was told there was not a space for me in the major area into which I'd hoped to transfer. I came home in search of Plan B. That plan included an unexpected ...
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