I was just talking to one of my flatmates, who is also a third year and we both don’t know where we will be next year. I feel like an undergraduate again, applying everywhere, but not knowing where we will be next year.
As a re-think I have also applied for post-graduate study into the concept of studying at a much later stage in your life. Study post-50 years is such a minority especially in my subject area and especially “Living-In,” it would be so interesting to study this, so I have applied and guess where, yes, Canada.
Also, one thing, that I would like to raise, is the use of the word “Old,” it is so demeaning. We live in a society where we are very conscious of how we word things, but age is over-looked. My sister was going to have a t-shirt done saying “Old, but not too old to party!” I said, why? Yes, mature but not old, c’mon let’s consider the post 50 group. We’ve all been on this planet a long time and some of us are definitely wiser!
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