Bc Distance Education, education ideas
I hear all these glamerous stories of people in life with families, debts,
etc. going to finish high school then university. I've asked around as to
how they go about it.(because they are on the Schools profile and what not,
not people I actually know) . I am told that people actually save up money
and/or work part time to do this.
Maybe it's just around here.... but saving up the money for school and
living would be in around $100 000 year easily. I could save that up, I may
be 50 or 60 by the time I had enough for all 4 years, but as they say
"anything's possible". Also finding a part-time job that will accomodate
your school times etc... is rahter unlikely. Also a part-time job would not
pay nearly enough for a mortgage, car payment, food, etc. And if you had to
work, i'm sure your study time would be affected.
So is it only people who have rich families that get to go if you miss your
golden opportunity when living at home? Is it myth. Do people really do
this?
If you haven't finished high school, you might look into getting a GED; you
can then enter many community colleges and complete your first two years of
college for much less than you'd pay at a university.
Then, you might work full-time and take classes part-time -- in the evening
or weekend on campus, or through distance learning at any time that you can
fit into your schedule. Sometimes your employer will pay part or all of your
tuition if the classes or degree program is job-related. You can also get
loans and scholarships.
http://www.collegeispossible.com/adults/adults.htm has good resources for
adults who are thinking about returning to school; so does
http://www.back2college.com/
See http://distancelearn.about.com/cs/ged/ for info about the GED.
Since you're in Canada, you might want to check out the Canada Virtual
University. Members of the consortium are Athabasca University, in Alberta;
Brandon University and the University of Manitoba, in Manitoba; Laurentian
University, in Ontario; and the Open University, Royal Roads University, and
the University of Victoria, in British Columbia.
http://www.cvu-uvc.ca/
Also, The University of Ottawa offers courses live from campus to remote
sites located throughout the province of Ontario and across the country over
an interactive video conferencing network. See
http://www.maestro.uottawa.ca/