So, I'm going back to school.

[-Jrabbit]

Best of luck, Tubes.

[BlackCat]

If Oerdin can get a degree in geology, I can't see any problem that you can get one in astronomy

Edit: come to think about it, that was probably not the nicest thing to say

[Lorizael]

[Al B. Sure!]

Best of luck, Tubes.

Wrong guy. Lori.

[Lorizael]

I get no respect, no respect I tell ya.

[BlackCat]

Well, that was probably a bit mean to Oerdin, though, I consider you one of the more bright posters here, so he must take the heat this time.

The real question is wether you want to "flip burgers" and gaze at stars in your spare time or if you want to be paid for doing that. Probably not the best paid job, but who cares if you are doing something something you consider fun

[Al B. Sure!]

Just be careful what you tweet... don't want to get expelled.

[Jon Miller]

Well, that was probably a bit mean to Oerdin, though, I consider you one of the more bright posters here, so he must take the heat this time.

The real question is wether you want to "flip burgers" and gaze at stars in your spare time or if you want to be paid for doing that. Probably not the best paid job, but who cares if you are doing something something you consider fun

The median pay for an astronomer is 100k$ per year, why would it be considered as an alternative to 'flipping burgers'?

JM

[loinburger]

FWIW, my master's adviser was in some sort of hippy commune until his late 30's, at which point he dropped out of the commune and got his phd in computer science. He was a moron (e.g. he insisted that the exponential-time recursive algorithm for computing Fibonacci numbers was better than the linear-time iterative algorithm, because recursion is awesome or something), but the point is that it's never too late to go to college.

Edit: Also, I met a 50-year-old French-Canadian dude who was working on his master's degree in computer science, but you probably don't want to be that guy. French-Canadians suck ass.

[Dinner]

Using academic renewal you should be able to replace the "F"s with higher grades and bump up your GPA in just 2-3 quarters.

[Jon Miller]

I had a friend who graduated with his PhD at the same time as me (and now works for boozallen), he screwed around in highschool... (Fs I think) did community college and then did well in college and graduate school.

JM

[BlackCat]

The median pay for an astronomer is 100k$ per year, why would it be considered as an alternative to 'flipping burgers'?

JM

Didn't know that such was bathed in gold - now, may I suggest that you get your fat lazy ass out of the bed and start studying

[Lorizael]

Using academic renewal you should be able to replace the "F"s with higher grades and bump up your GPA in just 2-3 quarters.

Uh, yeah. That's why I'm retaking failed classes.

[Spaced Cowboy]

I had a similar situation, but waited 15 years to go back. The rules at that time were that anything over 10 years did not count anymore. Hmm..maybe that was just for transfers. WTF it is a community college anyway.

Edit oh yeah, retaking classes was a wipe in some instances.

[Lorizael]

Some of what I'm reading online seems to suggest that a BS in Astronomy is not a particularly useful degree, and that I should just continue with Physics until I get to grad school. Hmm.