Do overs

[pbray]

Back home after the last class and the final exam. I surprised the instructor with autographed copies of my books, and let him know how much I enjoyed the class. When last seen, he was reading DEVLIN'S LUCK while the rest of the students finished up their exams.

In the past few days I've been thinking about what other courses I'd like to take. My degrees are in Computer Science and Management of Information Technology. But given sufficient time and money, if I were to go back to school now, I'd study something completely different.

As a second career I'd probably go for a degree in Library Sciences, specializing in computer-based research. For pure fun, I'd study forensic science, or perhaps languages or history.

What about you? If you could study anything you wanted, what classes would you take?

Comments

[melissajm.livejournal.com]

Probably languages, anthropology, art...

And some PhD level psych. courses. I LOVED college. Yeah, I could study for a living. ;)

[pbray.livejournal.com]

I could study for a living too. Well, some instructors would turn me homicidal. But in general it would be a nice idea.

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

I hated the first college that I went to.

Then I transfered and by golly, everything was new and wonderful and I learned and learned and learned and lived in the library so much that one of my professors actually told me I needed to get out more and have some fun.

I pointed out that the government and the college were shelling out an awful lot of money so I could go to college, and the least I could do was study. So much for misspent youth.

Grad school was much the same, chose the wrong one first time 'round, the right one second time. Wonder if that would happen at the doctoral level?

[pbray.livejournal.com]

I loved college, but my first attempt at a master's degree (MSEE) bored me and I dropped out after one class. A few years later I went back for an MIS degree at the same university, and completed it no problem.