Lets Do College

“I wish I had gone to college.”  “I would love to go to college, but its too late.”  “I am so old.”  

  Hey.   If you have ever dreamed about going to college – a long time ago –  but circumstances didn’t allow it, we should talk.  

(I hope couger is a general enough term to use now, with no derogatory meanings.  I want it to mean, prime of life.)  I am a proud, nontraditional student of West Liberty University.   A junior already.  Time goes so fast.   It was a big regret for me, valuing  education, but only having a high school diploma. 

Me

When I graduated from high school in the 60s, the tradition was for the boys to go on to college, if at all possible, but not the girls.   This was right before the hippy movement, with all that attitude change.  Anyway, I got married, had a child, and worked hard at home.  Great life; became an artist, sold fine art when possible, (not very often), and had art shows with friends. 

I finally realized; I was good at producting art, with no skills at selling it.    Computers and I do not get along very well.   My husband retired, the economy skidded, and I got a small job.  The company changed management and the whole staff was replaced with an in-house staff.  On unemployment, I found that they will help with two year of retraining, so I thought – YES – this is it.   It must be my time.  West Liberty State College; here I come. 

Financing

I had no idea it was so easy to file my FAFSA.  It was simple.  The money was sent to the college and what was not needed was refunded to me, even extra because of the unemployment help.  All of a sudden, I had to figure out what I wanted to be when I grow up (along with being an artist).   I said “computers.”  It became – Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Computer Information Systems.    After two years, I changed it to Marketing – to learn how to sell my art!

That was just the beginning of my adventure.   To Be Continued…