Showing posts with label nontraditional student links. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nontraditional student links. Show all posts

A small dose of humor never hurt anyone! Especially nontraditional students. Plus more.

So what's funny? A nontraditional student and how he or she sits in class.

If the class is lucky. The nontraditional students that know better will sit on their hands (haha).

I personally know how hard it can be NOT to hold up my hand every time a teacher or Professor wants an answer. You want to get YOUR story out there. But so does everyone else. Just saying.





Have you ever looked up your teacher BEFORE signing up for a class? You can do it on RateMyProfessors.com. Be prepared for some funny reviews there.

There used to be another site called Pick a Prof but it is no longer around.








Is school going OK? Sometimes you can talk with your Advisor and see about next semester, or what is going well and maybe not in your classes.

Do you have a good place to study? Sometimes at school or the school library it's nice to study there and get some good quiet time before heading home.

 




Here is hoping your family is supportive in your nontraditional stusdent journey, and that things are going well.

Talk to you soon!

And come check out more Nontrad links and groups:

The Nontraditional Student website

Join Nontrads on Facebook

And Like  Nontrads on Twitter 

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Nontrads on Yahoo, and 

Nontrads on Twitter

I like this idea from Louisville, Kentucky - The Family Scholar Program

Family Scholars - a Louisville, Kentucky nonprofit - they are doing great things!

I ran across this article yesterday. It is about the Family Scholar Program, which includes a place for families to stay while mothers go back to school.

Here is that article:
Family Scholar program helps single mothers reach special day (and a few fathers too). Via the Courier-Journal.

What a great idea. Wouldn't it be terrific if more schools did this? I enjoyed this article about how this organization is helping so many families.

Here is a quote from the article:


"Family Scholar House, which provides subsidized apartments, day care, academic help, counseling, social services and career counseling, has expanded rapidly in recent years — growing from four families in 2005 to 171 now on three Louisville campuses. More than 80 parents have earned degrees since its inception, and double that number are working toward diplomas."

The group has received a wonderful donation that will allow them to expand their program even more.

I love good news like this, and hope it inspires other similar donations and programs too.

Betsyanne

The Family Scholars Article Link

Former Nontraditional Student (in Education at WKU)
and Current Nontraditional Student (Taking pottery classes at The Pots Place).

My big list of Nontrad links

Here is another BIG list of nontraditional student links. These are handy to try… sometimes just going to another nontraditional student site can be uplifting, full of tips, and give good ideas. Some of these sites I have been collecting for a long time.

Some of these sites I just found today by going to my regular sites and seeing who they had on their favorites lists. My sites are marked with an asterix (*).

Here are some I like. I will be adding more as I hear about them, or will be putting them on a later list.

Blogs, Sites, and more - for nontraditional students.

Older Nontrad Student – this is Zickbee’s site. She tells about her nontrad journey as she goes through school.

OWNER NAME CORRECTION: It is Colleen (Leen the Bean) who has a great blog called Going the Distance: Three Credits at a Time here: http://threecreditsatatime.wordpress.com/
I like it a lot! Sorry to have the wrong name here the first time, Colleen. This blog is about "Distance learning off the coast of Maine" and other interesting things.

My Life as a Mature Age Student – this nontraditional student lives in Australia.

Diaries of a Neurotic Nontrad
This blog is written by a 30-something nontraditional student. She has been back in school for the last 5 years.

*The Nontraditional Student  website
Find help, support, and links for studying, groups, your FAFSA, and more.

*Nontrads on Facebook
Be our next member! Share about school, meet other nontrads, get support and information.

*Nontrads on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nontrads

A group of nontraditional students and people who help them. Find answers to questions, talk about what matters to you, share your nontrad journey.

Rantings of a Middle-Aged College Student
Brandywine works full-time AND goes to school full-time. Wow. She is a history major and a Spanish minor.

Never too Late to Learn
Stuart attends the University of Sheffield. He is studying for an IT degree.

My Second Career: A Doctor
Follow a medical student who is going for his second profession.

Student Mum lives in the UK and is studying Victorian literature.

The Mature? Student
This student is writing about going back to school after 31 years. She tells about her writing, her classes, and lots more. She has some other nontraditional students in her classes, it sounds like. She lives in Ireland!

Sweet Sue is a nontraditional student at Portland State University.

Deb’s Continuing Education blog
There are many stories on this site, advice, links, and just lots of very useful stuff. Deb Peterson is in charge of this site.

Career Alley – lots of job advice, sites, and articles.

Academic, Hopeful
The thoughts and blog postings of a PhD. Candidate.

Reaching Lifelong Goals as a Nontraditional Student
Redfokker is 53, and is a history major at Oregon State University. He writes about school, plus his journeys to historical places.

Scholarships and Grants
*My Scholarships and Grants site
http://www.findscholarshipsandgrants.blogspot.com/
Another big list: my ScholarsGrants big list of scholarship links and sites

GED Stories
Although many of my readers are in college, some are also getting their GED. Here is a site I really like, and comment here a lot. It is called GED stories. Real people write what it is like to go back to school.

ANTSHE – this is a site for nontraditional students around the world. You can join as a student group or individually. They have a conference every year.

Adult Student links

Old Pre-Meds for Nontraditional Students (OPM)

Nontraditional Medical Student – getting into medical school for older nontraditional students.

Son of Citation Machine

ProfEval

SparkNotes study guides

Let me know which sites you like the best, and don't forget to comment here with your favorites or ones you would like me to add.

Do YOU have a nontraditional student site? Let me know by commenting here too.

Nontraditionally Yours,
-Betsyanne