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Sorry, I had to leave town.
If you could go back in time, knowing all that you know now, would you have gone to a different college? If so, where? why? and what would you have studied there?
I have always wanted to know, I have always gotten bits and pieces 'bout this.
If you could go back in time, knowing all that you know now, would you have gone to a different college? If so, where? why? and what would you have studied there?
I have always wanted to know, I have always gotten bits and pieces 'bout this.
BiBunny
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Sorry, I had to leave town.
If you could go back in time, knowing all that you know now, would you have gone to a different college? If so, where? why? and what would you have studied there?
I have always wanted to know, I have always gotten bits and pieces 'bout this.
Yeah, I'd have gone somewhere else. I wouldn't have let myself be bullied by a stupid high school guidance counselor. I was the first person in my family ever to attend college (minus my mother's short stint at the local community college back in the 70s), so there really wasn't anyone to help me.
I ended up not going where the guidance counselor wanted me to go, but I let her and my family and my own fears influence me.
If I could go back and do it all over, I'd have entered Middle Tennessee State University's Equine Science program. I let a bunch of people basically tell me "you're too smart for that," and "you'll never make any money that way."
Well, guess what. I'm 25 years old with a B.S. in psychology and most of an M.A. in English, and I'm doing phone sex.
I couldn't have been on MTSU's Equestrian Team because my chosen discipline isn't included. But, oh, I could've lived right in the middle of Walking Horse country. I could've worked for one of those farms while I was getting that degree. I could've learned so much and done what I've wanted to do all my life, which is run a horse farm and train and breed horses. And run a tack shop and a horse rescue on the side.
Oh, well. It's not in the cards, I guess. But I do have my regrets.
Yeah, I'd have gone somewhere else. I wouldn't have let myself be bullied by a stupid high school guidance counselor. I was the first person in my family ever to attend college (minus my mother's short stint at the local community college back in the 70s), so there really wasn't anyone to help me.
I ended up not going where the guidance counselor wanted me to go, but I let her and my family and my own fears influence me.
If I could go back and do it all over, I'd have entered Middle Tennessee State University's Equine Science program. I let a bunch of people basically tell me "you're too smart for that," and "you'll never make any money that way."
Well, guess what. I'm 25 years old with a B.S. in psychology and most of an M.A. in English, and I'm doing phone sex.
I couldn't have been on MTSU's Equestrian Team because my chosen discipline isn't included. But, oh, I could've lived right in the middle of Walking Horse country. I could've worked for one of those farms while I was getting that degree. I could've learned so much and done what I've wanted to do all my life, which is run a horse farm and train and breed horses. And run a tack shop and a horse rescue on the side.
Oh, well. It's not in the cards, I guess. But I do have my regrets.
Is it possible to enter that program now? Or do they prefer their students to be a specific age?
graceanne
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Kinda what I was wondering.
BiBunny
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Well...it requires money, which is something I don't have in abundance at the moment. Out-of-state tuition is insane. And I'd imagine I've already used most of what one person is allowed as far as financial aid goes. Plus, I don't want to be an undergrad again, LOL.
I saw on the site that they're working on having an M.S. in Equine Science approved by whoever it is who accredits universities in the state of Tennessee. Maybe once that happens, and I have some money (and lose 100 pounds).
I don't know, though. Maybe that time has passed.
I saw on the site that they're working on having an M.S. in Equine Science approved by whoever it is who accredits universities in the state of Tennessee. Maybe once that happens, and I have some money (and lose 100 pounds).
I don't know, though. Maybe that time has passed.
graceanne
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Move to that county in June, and then you'll be a citizen by the time that you have to pay tuition.
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Bunny, you're 25. Time is just getting started. Take whatever time you need to figure out what you want in this life, and find a way pursue it. It's within your grasp.
My mother was a college professor at a state university. Her favorite students were the adults who came back at various stages in their lives. They knew what they wanted and why they were there.
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*facepalm*
You are TWENTY-FIVE. I'm thirty-six and wouldn't bat an eye at the thought of going back to school if I had the sort of desire and vision you have. Hell, I was thinking about going back to get my Masters before the bottom fell out of the economy, and I didn't have a clue what sort of degree I wanted.
Most people do not have vision. Most of those who do choose not to follow it. Those that do are the only ones that will ever even have a chance to realise their potential.
We have had this conversation before, you and I.
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QFT, and adding:
I'm fifty-freakin'-nine pushing sixty this year, and if I wanted to do something as badly as you want (and need) to do something with horses, I'd be signing my greying ass up.
I know it's scary - hell, it was scary when I went back to college in 1985 at the age of 36 to get my degree to teach. I was damn near old enough to be some of my classmates' dad. But I took 15-18 semester hours of core courses - that was all I had left! - every semester, including summer, for five straight semesters, held a 3.7GPA, and worked "part-time" 30-50 hours a week. During my internship semester, I had a three- to seven-month old baby in the house who had colic and ear infections, and still worked at least 30 hours a week. It was hard, hellish hard, but I wanted it as badly as you want to work with horses, so I did it. You can, too. You should.
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As another 25 year old, I can say that I have absolutely no qualms about going back to finish college once Brooklyn is weaned.
What's the life expectancy these days? Like 120? Sweetie, you've got nearly a century ahead of you to do whatever the hell you want, time has seriously not passed for you.
What's the life expectancy these days? Like 120? Sweetie, you've got nearly a century ahead of you to do whatever the hell you want, time has seriously not passed for you.
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This is a good point. You are likely to live a long damned time. Why live it doing something you don't love?
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I appreciate everyone's support. You're all very kind!
Yep, it's definitely something I've thought about. In addition to my normal fears, I have a bunch of injuries/health issues that would probably make it much more difficult as well.
My scleroderma is not in remission anymore. It's slowly eating into the connective tissues in my right hip. And it hurts! Who knows? It may stop tomorrow, and it may not. I may not be able to walk in five years. Stupid disease.
But the wheels have been turning since I saw the possibility of a master's degree in Equine Science. Maybe, maybe if I can get my collective shit together and can stay in one piece for the next few years, I could give it a shot.
Also, it appears that the folks here have more faith in me than I do! 
You're all very kind!Yep, it's definitely something I've thought about. In addition to my normal fears, I have a bunch of injuries/health issues that would probably make it much more difficult as well.
My scleroderma is not in remission anymore. It's slowly eating into the connective tissues in my right hip. And it hurts! Who knows? It may stop tomorrow, and it may not. I may not be able to walk in five years. Stupid disease.
But the wheels have been turning since I saw the possibility of a master's degree in Equine Science. Maybe, maybe if I can get my collective shit together and can stay in one piece for the next few years, I could give it a shot.
Also, it appears that the folks here have more faith in me than I do!
Also, it appears that the folks here have more faith in me than I do!
That, if I remember right, is one of those tricky little signs that indicate you've got a keeper. Or two, in your case.
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Yep. I have to finish it first, though.
See, the problem is, at this shithole of a school, there aren't enough professors to go around. Instead of offering a wide variety of undergraduate classes and graduate classes, they've had to combine them. So any given class can be comprised of grads and undergrads.
I took a ton of these classes as an undergrad, stupidly not realizing the implications.
If you've already taken a class as an undergrad, you can't take it again as a grad student. They don't offer many grad classes per semester, anyway (3 or 4, usually), and I'm already 3/4ths of the way through my program, which means I've taken a BUNCH of classes already.
They didn't offer anything I could take this summer. They aren't offering anything this fall, either.
I have way too many credits to transfer. I only need THREE MORE CLASSES to be finished with the damned thing. So I'm in this lovely state of limbo at the moment while I wait for them to get their shit together.
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I dreamed, all night last night, that I was working on a horse farm.
I blame you, BB.
*Giggle* That is fantastic!
I mean...oops, sorry, gracie!
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LOL
It was a kinda vague dream. What I know about horses could be written on the head of a pin. But I woke up TIRED!
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Yeah, but the horses were happy you took such good care of them.
Try not to have *nightmares* tonight.
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Yeah, but the horses were happy you took such good care of them.
Try not to have *nightmares* tonight.
Oh, I wouldn't call that a nightmare. I didn't fall off anything. All my nightmares involve falling. Or dentists.
It was just an exhausting dream. I woke up already tired. It's like those dreams where you spend the whole time running after or from something and never getting anywhere.
graceanne
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Must be a horse thing.
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Must be.
