This does make me think of a question for all of you... do you think that older (and I mean like 30 or over) students have a better work ethic? I don't know... I just remember back in college when
I was the 22 or 23 year old I noticed that all the older/non traditional students in all of my classes were the hardest working and most focused pretty much without fail. Maybe my experience was an anolomaly but I really do think that older students have something on the younger ones.
1. The clock FEELS a lot shorter for us so we focus more .
2. Were usually not concerned with who's going out this weekend or where the party is or any of that crap... our free time (if we have any) is spent with our family .
3. We've seen what it's like to live a life without the opportunity we have in front of us and realize that this may be our one and last chance to better ourselves so we are going to fight for it.
I could go on and on but you get my point. I am not saying that all or even most younger traditional students are like I stated above... just saying that being older gives you some experiences and life lessons that some of the young ones don't have. Be happy that you are a little older and have a little more color to you... it will make this whole process much better for you in the end and more rewarding when you can appreciate not having to go back to the dead end job (or job you don't want to do for the rest of your life)... something many students that don't have your age and experience will know nothing about
Good luck