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<p>Lhasa…that sounds almost identical to my recurring dream, only instead of Calculus, it’s Environmental Science - don’t ask me why, I never even took Environmental Science.</p>

<p>I wouldn’t want to go back to college now, but I wish I had taken it more seriously when I DID go. Knowing what I know at this point in my life, I’m wondering why I just went through the motions at our State school, and did only what I needed to to “make the grade”. I just wasn’t into it at the time and now realize that, although I had a ton of fun, it’s one of those “missed opportunities” that I didn’t take full advantage of.</p>

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<p>No anxiety dreams (see #20), and I’m actually getting paid to be at one of the best University’s in the country. Then again, it’s really cold, still, here. Next week they’re sending me and a bunch of other administrators and faculty new to the University on a five-day bus tour of the State of Wisconsin.</p>

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<p>tsdad, both my boys were born in Madison. Madison is a great place.</p>

<p>We spent several years living in an old duplex just a couple of miles from Capitol Square and the UW campus. When the snow melts and those apple trees at the top of State St. burst into bloom, it is gorgeous beyond belief. </p>

<p>Then comes mosquito season…and those bodacious thunderstorms that roll in across Lake Mendota in August. ;)</p>

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<p>Put me on the list too. But leave out the bed & breakfast place; from what I hear that’s too much like work.</p>

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<p>If I could stop working, maintain a nice income and go…absolutely!</p>

<p>OTOH, if I had to go at night or on the weekends while still working, no way. I’m out of badnwidth.</p>

<p>Plus, my employer has us taking so many classes it feels like I’m in college anyway…and I’ve probably taken enough of their suitcased in business and finance classes to have retired about 30 credits. I know enough to know that I wouldn’t take business and finance in college, if I had the option. YUCK!</p>

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<p>dadofsam, you can stay in my B&B whenever you’re in town. I promise you’ll enjoy it. :)</p>

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<p>momsdream,
I’m talking about the whole experience. Taking night & weekend classes wouldn’t qualify. I want to live in the dorms taking 16-18 credits (what is that about 20 hrs of class tops?), study in the library, have “deep” discussions late at night, hang out at the student union, but also go to concerts, ball games, art house movies, guest lectures, parties, etc.</p>

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<p>Oh, I see…in that case, YES!</p>

<p>Would I get my 18 yr old body back, too? And my stamina to stay up all night?</p>

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<p>I get to do that and I don’t have to take any classes, study, or worry about tests.</p>

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<p>But do you have to worry about babysitters, traffic, parking, and whether you’ll be alert enough for work the next morning?</p>

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<p>Nope. Baby is now 20 and at USC. Traffic? I take the bus; free passes for UW faculty and staff. Alert? Well, for me that’s a function of age not alcohol.</p>

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<p>tsdad,</p>

<p>I see you’re faculty. Maybe that’s the way to go. Get to do some research, go to college events and interact with bright young minds. Too bad I have no aptitude or patience for teaching.</p>

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<p>audio:</p>

<p>I’m not faculty–I’m an administrator. At UW I’m part of what’s called academic staff. Check my CC profile I’ve listed my position.</p>

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<p>Well… not any more.<br>
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<p>I don’t wish I were going to college again and I’m happy that my early 20’s weren’t the best four years of my life…in fact, I hope they’re still in the future. However, I wish my process had been as thoughtful as my D’s and the results as [so far] good.</p>

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<p>Truthfully, my undergraduate academic experience was so extraordinary, so much like being on drugs of the mind, that I wouldn’t want to go back in case it wasn’t as good.</p>

<p>Now business school, that I would love to go back to so I could just sit there knowing what I know now and thumb my nose at the professor who dissed me in accounting…but that would be mean-spirited. Hmmm. Guess I’m done with my university student days.</p>

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<p>Oh God no. I am going camping.</p>

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<p>just did a quick google on “retirement communities near colleges” and this is what was in one of the articles:</p>

<p>"The largest operator of college retirement communities is Kendal Corp. in Kennett Square, Pa. [<a href=“http://www.kendal.org%5D%5B/url”>http://www.kendal.org][/url</a>]. It has communities at Dartmouth, Hanover, N.H., Cornell, Ithaca, N.Y., Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, and is building one two miles from Denison University in Granville, Ohio. </p>

<p>In Gainesville, Fla., Oak Hammock – a continuing care retirement community – will be built at the University of Florida. It will have 265 living units comprising 207 apartments and 58 cottages. There will also be 69 rooms for those who need assistance or nursing care. Construction will begin in April 2002.</p>

<p>Classic Residence by Hyatt, the senior living affiliate of Hyatt Corp., signed a long-term ground lease with Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., to build and operate a 494-unit retirement community near the university medical center. Groundbreaking is scheduled for 2003.</p>

<p>Retirement communities have been built or are planned for the University of Pennsylvania, Penn State University, University of Michigan, University of Alabama, Louisiana State University, University of Notre Dame, Indiana University, University of Virginia, Duke University, Ithaca College, and Lasell College in Newton, Mass."</p>

<p>This will only become more popular.</p>

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<p>The best 8 years of my life. Luckily costs were MUCH lower then and I got out with little debt.</p>

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OMG, replace the calculus with chemistry and that’s my dream! In college, I rarely missed a class and certainly never missed a test. I have no idea why I’ve had such dreams, but they’re very realistic.</p>