I am starting a postgraduate diploma in cultural event management this semester and I am truly dreading it, the hours, the assignments, new area and the hours of slavery over it. I’m a mature student and feel like an outcast attending college.
When I went to university, everyone was friendly, back in my day. Today, there is so much bitching and conflict on upskilling courses I can’t see how I can get through this course. Aging over another upskilling course is bleak and depressing and I’m dreading returning to college this year to study something I’ve never studied or have no specialty in.
I think that you are going to find that it is better than you are expecting. People that I know who have taken classes as a mature student have enjoyed the experience more and usually done better compared with younger students.
A lot will depend on your classmates and instructors. I’ve had a few dud classes, a few excellent classes, and a whole bunch that fell in between those two extremes. If you need this diploma, you will just have to tough it out. If you don’t need the diploma, you should re-think your reasons for enrolling, and consider not pursuing this program right now.