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A Mailing List Poll:

WHY GO BACK TO SCHOOL?

There are many reasons you may want to go back to school. Here are some popular ones:

#1. You have worked in a different field and want to make a change to a new field.

#2. You want to upgrade your skills.

#3. You were not able to get further education in the past, and now due to a change in your life, you are now able to go back to school.

#4. You qualify for a loan or grant and you want to take advantage of it.

More reasons to want to go back to school:

#5. You are newly single and want to use higher education to make a new start.

#6. You have a partner and that partner is helping you go back to school.

#7. Your boss is paying you to go back to school.

#8. You have always wanted to do something, but have never been able to. Now is your chance, so you want to learn about that.

#9. You want to explore many options and find out what other jobs are out there.

#10. You want to earn more respect from others or from yourself.

There are so many more reasons people can choose to go back to school. And now is a really good time to go back to school, to train for jobs that don't have many layoffs.

Are you thinking of going back to school? You probably have great reasons for wanting to go back. After all, it is your life, and you get to choose what you want to do with it.

You CAN do it!