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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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    Yonik Gomez is in his first semester at KCC for his general education classes and he intends on graduating with a degree in radiology technology. "I always wanted to get into the medical field," says Yonik, but since his wife already lives the stressful life of a nurse, he'd rather "get a job that'll be relaxing." Yonik is from New York but was stationed in Kaneohe in 2012 during his time in the military. He's glad that he finished his five-year contract in the military and is now hoping to get his degree. In his spare time he likes to cook, work, and draw "anything that's in front of [him]."

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