That was another good thing about going from Melbourne to study in Townsville - there were no gigs to go to. Think I saw Living End at the uni, Paul Kelly at an Aus Day gig, and that was it over 4 years.
Different when I moved to Brisbane for the PhD, but no exams there.
This is what Iâm studying.
2 kids under 5 and 1 teen.
I only have 1 ex-wife though.
Does an MBA even count as returning to study? I donât get the impression that an MBA is like other types of studyâŚ..
No idea. I never did an undergrad.
If youâre over 40, learning new stuff is better for cognitive stuff then crosswords.
What do you mean by that?
While it obviously has its area of focus and attracts certain demographics, it very much felt like study to me!
I did a Masters in ESL by Research online from Monash, in my 60s. Had to be online at that time l was in China for the duration. A few warm up exercises were needed as l hadnât studied much in about 30 years. Because l felt under prepared l started getting up around 5 to read 2 research papers before breakfast and work. Most of them are tedious to the extreme. I only had to chat with my supervisor once a month or so, and finding supervisors was a major obstacle. My research subjects were friends, one based on Bangkok and the other in Inner Mongolia. I nearly decided to chuck it in half a dozen times, but once l got over what l estimated to be halfway, l made up my mind to stick it out. I also got the degree for free, due to my age, all l had to pay was a $250 student fee. I have toyed with the idea of going on to do a Ph.D in the same field and on a related topic, as my supervisor said it was a worthwhile area for research. I have a couple of new research subjects lined up, ready to go, but wonât be seeing them again until early next year. More to follow then.
Haha. Sorry, was just having a laugh. I know itâs a crp load of work, itâs just the âitâs so tied to the business world vs the academic worldâ thing if that makes sense?
I did my MBA in my early 40s while I had 3 kids between 7-15. It took me 4 years to complete, but I got through it with my marriage intact, so it can be done.
Iâm glad that Iâm not the only one who hated the group assignments while doing the MBA. The worst group assignment I had was where one guy kept promising to deliver their 1/3 of a written assignment, and then the night before the assignment was due, went AWOL until an hour before the deadline where he forwarded to us two pages of gobbledegook. He was the only one to do this to me, I enjoyed the interaction with most other members of the cohort.
Good luck @Strewth !
I only did mine because the Company I worked for at the time had a CEO that decreed that all management had to have an MBA, and they paid for it and gave me all the time I needed. It was supposed to be two years part-time but I finished it in less than 18 months. By that time, a new CEO was in place who thought anyone with an MBA was a wanker. Not sure I ever used anything I studied for this qualification in any subsequent business, so I lean towards that it is a bit of a wank.
The MBA is one of those qualifications that has been devalued in recent times due to the nature of the tertiary education industry post the Howard era.
If you or your employer are wiling to pay, itâs no longer difficult or time-consuming to obtain. Very easy to be ticked off for prior learning if youâre already in a management position. Of course, the fee remains the same despite not consuming a lot of the learning.
RPL isnât a bad thing, generally, but I have worked for three managers that had about as much talent as Milli Vanilli who all had them. I pity the B that they were trusted to A.
A lot of girls in China claim to be MBAs, Married But Available.
Do you have any phone numbers ?
Forgot the anecdote previously:
Not long after moving to NQ to study I was broke. Took my 82 US Fender to the big pawn shop (u know the one) for a loan. 2002, they would not give me more than $100. 
I made sure they knew Iâd be back.
Sorry, not any more. These days they would mostly be on We Chat.
666-3629.
Glad Iâm not the only one who misunderstood the thread title