BACK TO SCHOOL AT 50

I want to share excerpts of this article with you. It is from MSN today, May 25, 2006. I too cherish the opportunities we have to change our lives.

“Youth,” observed Irish writer George Bernard Shaw, “is wasted on the young.” To that I’d add, so is education. If you’re thinking about returning to school and are worried about being too old, or questioning your study-skills stamina, lose that excuse right now. According a 2004 report from the National Center for Education Statistics, there were 3.2 million adults age 35 and over enrolled in degree-granting, postsecondary institutions…”

This is just the kind of information that www.FiftyandFurthermore.com applauds-Examples of the endless opportunities to re-right one’s life. We are interested in opportunities for those who’ve lived long enough to know what they want and who they are and are willing to meet new challenges. I was not familiar with the terms asynchronous (class work can be completed at a time convenient for you so long as you meet deadlines) and synchronous (there is a scheduled class time where you're required to sign on). What wise creative thinking. These present flexible options that can interface with family, grand kids, travel and your everyday life. This is a great example of what opportunities that are happening today and how our FiftyandFurthermores are continuing to changr from aging to Saging.