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Thread #93941   Message #1817850
Posted By: Willie-O
24-Aug-06 - 10:33 AM
Thread Name: BS: Hesperis goes to COLLEGE!!!!!!
Subject: RE: BS: Hesperis goes to COLLEGE!!!!!!
You go do it Hes, I'm glad to hear you're moving along. Haven't heard from you in awhile.

As for the concerns voiced by Dave's Wife, that basically sounds like an American scenario--at least, the financial hazard. To whom it may concern, Centennial is an Ontario community college, a network of institutions providing more-or-less practical employment-oriented diploma and certificate programs at relatively modest tuition rates. (Not as modest as they used to be, but extremely so compared to U.S. higher education).

What's the worst that can happen? I can tell you cause it happened to me. A few years ago I took a year and did a community college program in Technical Writing, which did not lead me to high-paid employment in that field. Tech crash and all that. But I don't regret it, I learned a lot and the fact that there's still a minor bulge of a few thou in one of my (low-interest) credit card balances is just a fact of life. This is a program by the way that had a great placement rate two years before I took it--the tech crash changed that.

Anyway good luck and go ahead with it. Any kind of relevant-to-your-aspirations certification is good to get.

W-O