How long did it take you?

[Lindagerr]

I have seen newcomers talk about how old there courses are and how long it is taking them to finish. I would like to let them know it is never too late and some of us have taken decades. Just so they know once they start those things don't matter.

I walked into my first college course in September 1972 ( yes I'm an old bag). I attended a total of 3 CC's over the years and had 43 credits when I applied to TESC in Oct. 2006. I earned my AA in 2008 and my BA in 2010. So my road to degree took almost 4 decades. I had 3 children 2 marriages and lots of jobs in those years but at least I finally did it.

I have not done a whole lot with my degree, although it does allow me to substitute in SC where I spend my winters. The reason I have not used it more is because my circumstances changed and I don't need to work.

If I had it to do over again I would have tried to do it faster, but hind sight is 20/20. Even at my age and considering I don't use it much I am glad I finally did it and recommend earning that paper even if it is only so you can look at it once in a while and say I really finally did it.

So tell us how long it took you, you don't have to give the years you attended, but I think seeing how long it took some of us and that we still were able to do it might encourage some of the newbies that they CAN do it too.