I took 15 years off for the US Navy (1985-1999). I had completed 3 years toward a BA in History, but ran out of money and enlisted. I finished my BA in 1991 (at 28), got a commission, and served 4 more years.

While serving the last 4 years, I picked up a BS in Telecommunications, and went to work for a phone company until it folded in 2002. I then took a year off, picked up my Teaching Certificate and taught Jr High for the last 4 yrs.

I finished a Masters in Education this spring… I’m now 43, and am hoping to get accepted to a docorate program.

“I’d like to go back to school and be a doctor, but that will take eight years. And in eight years I’ll be forty years old!”

“How old will you be in eight years if you don’t go back to school?”