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A Midlifer’s Guide to College: Why Go Back to School?

A Midlifer’s Guide to College: Why Go Back to School?

by | Jan 22, 2025 | , , | 1 |

For over a year, I ran the idea of going back to school past friends. It would take me eight years if I went part-time. By the time I earned my BA I’d be 51 years old, I’d accrue years of debt and there’d be no guarantee on the other side of finding a job I loved that paid well. “You don’t need it,” they’d say. “You’re already in the industry.” 

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  • Yuli IwamotoYuli Iwamoto
    Yuli Iwamoto is a first-year student attending KCC. Majoring in Liberal Arts, the 24-year-old chose to move from Saitama, Japan to Hawaiʻi to learn about the hotel management industry. Iwamoto yearns to manage a hotel beauty salon of her own in the future and hopes to gain an understanding of massage management through KCC. Iwamoto admires the nice view that KCC has and enjoys the food that is served in the cafeteria. Looking to possibly transfer to UH Mānoa after completing her Associate of Arts, Iwamoto said she will continue to pursue a degree in hotel management.

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