SAH doesn't support change,

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SAH doesn't support change,
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Sat, 08-26-2006 - 4:58pm

"SAH doesn't support change, it supports going backwards to the 1950's,"

Statement in a post below.

I wholeheartedly disagree. To me, SAH is a choice. How is that going back to the 1950s, when a lot of women didn't have much of a choice.

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Registered: 03-31-2003
Mon, 09-04-2006 - 4:40pm

"I thought 40 hours was a normal full-time work week?"

Not for people running their own small business.

"but I can handle what life has thrown at me. I've been thrown a lot of curves in life and dealt with them just fine."

I am glad you have such a positive attitude - because your practical knowledge is sorely lacking. But there is no teacher like experience.....

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Mon, 09-04-2006 - 4:49pm
Actually, no. All his skills have been learned directly from family friends who are master mechanics or on the job.
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Mon, 09-04-2006 - 4:50pm

"I'm sure the program, being mostly classes the military had hiim take (such as the one he just completed) will be recognized--as well as his training and 4 years of on-the-job experience, plus his service record which isn't too shabby."

So this hasn't happened yet? You are just guessing aloud with the 3 year time-line?

It is not very uncommon (though it happens) to have college credit granted for on-the job work experience. More common with certificate programs because there is a transcript of the material - my DH was granted 21 hours for his Police Academy. That will depend on the school, however, and not all universities will recognize those hours; a problem he will have to address if he transfers to a larger state school in the future.

"And you don't need a bachelor's degree for all career fields."

I never said you did. In fact, I've mentioned a variety of educational opportunities (correct spelling) that can enable one to earn a sustainable wage.

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Mon, 09-04-2006 - 4:54pm
Huh? Are you just pulling this out of nowhere? I think that college is much easier as an older student rather than as a 20 yr old. I think that cancels out any additional scheduling difficultuies, etc, that one would incur by having a child.
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Mon, 09-04-2006 - 4:55pm

" there are ways of completing them early."

What do you know that most college students don't?

"You don't have to go to school full-time to get a degree in a few years,"

Do you have some statistics to back that up?

"There are plenty of degrees out there, plenty of programs, plenty of ways to get them, lots of flexibility, etc."

Forgive me for not accepting your second-hand, wishful-thinking opinion on the subject. Those of us that have been to college, struggled to pay for it, completed degree programs and worked in our careers have a different, more realistic point of view.

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Mon, 09-04-2006 - 4:57pm
That depends on how many years there are between a whining teen and a so-called "young adult".

Sabina

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

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Mon, 09-04-2006 - 4:59pm

The losers in my family aren't losers just because they lack a decent education.

Sabina

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

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Mon, 09-04-2006 - 5:01pm
Very important points there.

Sabina

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

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Registered: 11-12-2003
Mon, 09-04-2006 - 5:01pm
I doubt it. :)
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Registered: 03-31-2003
Mon, 09-04-2006 - 5:02pm

Uh, no, your rely was that having children around did not make going to college more difficult. And *you* brought up the "dumb as a rock" 20 year old. I'm just wondering what makes you think that dumb as a rock 20 year old would be any better of a student later?

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