Adults heading back to school can be good or bad depending on the situation. In some cases it is a very good thing. Perhaps a man or woman has worked at the local breakfast joint for the last ten years. They have enough money to sustain themselves but not enough to have a family, something that they want very badly. In their case it would be good for them to return to college in order to have a better education thereby being able to obtain a better job. On the other hand, if a single mother with three kids was trying to return to school and work two jobs while taking care of her kids, I don’t think college is the answer. While it would eventually get her a better job to provide for her kids, it will take too long and in the mean time her family will suffer for it.
Older students may face certain drawbacks when returning to school. Some of these may be the lack of time because of their job or family, a fear of failure like they may have experienced when they were in college before, or simply a fear of being socially unaccepted because of their age.
I believe that older students would be helpful in the improvement of society because of their experience. The older you are the more experienced you are. An older person may find it much easier to apply the things that they learn to reality and thus become a great asset to the working force of America.
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