Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I hear alot of working adults especially ones who have kids, say that the only way they can go back to school is by doing online classes . I just wonder how, in the 90s and before (when online classes weren't an option), did people who have children or even adults who didnt have children but had to still hold down a full time job find a way to go back to school so that they could change careers and/or better their life if they werent making enough money...
Back in the 1930s, my father took the train from Beaver Falls, PA to Pittsburgh a couple nights a week to attend classes at Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon University). It took a long time. He got his degree 12 years after graduating high school, but I don't know when he started at CIT. He managed to save up enough money to do the last 1 1/2 years full time. He had a full time job in a steel milll at the time.
I hear alot of working adults especially ones who have kids, say that the only way they can go back to school is by doing online classes . I just wonder how, in the 90s and before (when online classes weren't an option), did people who have children or even adults who didnt have children but had to still hold down a full time job find a way to go back to school so that they could change careers and/or better their life if they werent making enough money...
Weekend classes, evening classes and if the school was close enough lunchtime classes.
My manager also worked with me when the only class available was during the workday..extra hours on other days.
There was a thing called a 'correspondence class' You bought the book, and wrote out your homework by hand on paper, and mailed it in. You included a stamped envelope so the teacher could send it back to you after grading.
My mom did this in the 70s.
After she'd taken all the relevant correspondence classes, she rented a room in the town where the university was located and lived there on weekdays, commuting home 8 hours RT on weekends.
Yes, this led to a divorce, and both parents are happier now. And they are still close friends.
Many MBA programs still do it. Some only do night classes, and other do a day track and an "executive" track
I agree. I don't think it's unusual now for people to work full time and take classes at night or just a couple of days a week. My daughter just got her masters last year and I think all of her friends worked one or two jobs. Frankly, it's too expensive for a lot of people NOT to work and do post-grad. You have to decide what's important and go for it. I know several adults that went back to college many years after HS for their BS or post grad. Some did a couple of on-line classes but most were at night or just once or twice a week.
I earned my MBA going nights. Took about three years. I hated it, 7-10 PM. First night of class I'd ask everyone in the class if we could go 6-9 and about half the time we agreed to do it.
Man, I'm burnt out by 9. Sitting in class, dying. They could be showing porn movies and I wouldn't care. I just want to go home.
My first degree was done at nights while working 40+ hours during the day and iIt sucked, I didn't get to see my wife or daughter much but it did allow me to better myself. My last two degree were done mostly online and it was much better.
This thread title tickles me. I remember listening to a talk show on NPR once about "Urban Legends". Someone called in and asked how urban legends were spread before the internet. The host replied, "we used smoke signals". Amazingly, we managed before the internet. Now don't get me wrong, I love the internet, but life did go one prior to its advent.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
