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

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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  • Ken ImamuraKen Imamura
    Ken Imamura, a 43-year-old veteran currently living in Kapahulu, is currently in KCC for his core requirement classes. After finishing his core classes he would like to apply to Hawaiʻi Pacific University, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, or KCC's nursing school in order to pursue his dream of becoming a nurse and hopefully move onto becoming a nurse anesthetist. "I love it here, you can't beat the weather. You can't beat the temperature of the water," Imamura said. "You try go back to California and the water is cold." Imamura strives to be the cool uncle by taking his niece to the beach and local activities.

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