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St. Martins is very expensive. Has some prestige, but expensive :~)

I think if you want to take some classes that interest you at SPSCC, it'd tell you whether you really want to go back to school. Heh... there may even be some teachers there I still recognize. And Community Colleges have a big 'back to school' adult population, it's not all kids, it's a mix. SPS does have a good nursing program I think, if that would be interesting to you.

If you really decided you wanted to get a 4 year degree, there's extension campuses for both WSU and UW in Dupont and Tacoma you could look into that would be a lot more affordable than St. Martins... Just depends on the degree programs they're offering at the extensions. I took some classes at Dupont for electives one summer that were actually part of their Law and Justice program. That was fun.... a lot of guys that want to be cops in a Law class.

St. Martins is very expensive. Has some prestige, but expensive :~)

Yeah, I figgered. And I'm not sure they really have all *that* many majors offered.

Nursing type stuff is tempting, because no matter how much I'm around it, medical related things fascinate me. It's the one benefit to my current job. On the other hand, I don't think I have the people skillz to really be a nurse or medical assistant.

There's lab work, I guess. But it's not as interesting as the patient side of things. For better or worse, people are fascinating. And frustrating. And a lot of other things besides. But not dull, anyway.

But a few classes in just *anything* should tell me if I'm at all ready or willing to make a go of something more in-depth, I suppose.

And Community Colleges have a big 'back to school' adult population, it's not all kids, it's a mix.

Clare's first three classes at the Community College were like that. She enjoyed being in classes with the older folks. It gave her a good perspective on the importance of furthering your education, because these folks were sacrificing family time to do it.

It wasn't until the Fall Semester, when she took two morning classes that she was back in a classroom with kids mostly her age. She said it felt kinda strange because it had been 5 years since she'd been to school with her 'peers'.