Re: college in one's 40s (was: Re: Finding new support for SIAI Research Fell...

From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Fri Nov 08 2002 - 06:40:05 MST


In a message dated 11/8/2002 2:16:25 AM Central Standard Time,
amara@amara.com writes: I completed my PhD at age 40. One of my friends in
the States finished his PhD at age 43. I have a colleague in Germany /
Netherlands who will be finishing his at age 44. All of us started our
programs while in our late 30s/early 40s

       I turned 68 on last October 26. I have an MBA from 1972 but have gone
back to school to work on a CPA.
       As a working Industrial Engineer I noticed that the hardest labor for
people is to learn something new. That seems to be true at any age.
       But as true as I believe that to be, when we are motivated to learn
then learning doesn't seem to be hard and that also seems to be true at any
age.
Ron h.



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