Going Back To School In Your 40s?

I’m in my 40s and have been a receptionist for almost 20 years. It’s been a decent job. My employer will be retiring within the next few years and I’m not sure what I’d like to do when that happens. I know I would like a career change, but I have no idea what. Browsing through online college and university programs a lot of the courses required highschool classes I didn’t have, like chemistry, physics, and a bunch of math courses. I did a little searching around and found out there are highschool classes online for Ontario. It costs $40 a class. I thought it would be free, but I’ll pay to have the convenience of not having to attend actual highschool again.

I’m starting with a science class. It’s a good place to start. Science impacts almost every aspect of our lives. Health, agriculture, energy, robotics, so much more. It has made our lives much more comfortable, convenient, and healthier.

A career in science would fascinating, particularly Botany. I love plants, it would be enthralling to get to know them better. Maybe even go, full mad scientist? Like creating orange trees that can survive an Ontario Winter? A very cool thought, but would probably have some potentially environmentally devastating consequences… which would also be something I could learn about back in school. Why you shouldn’t create a hoard of enironmentally devastating, killer, jack frost, orange trees.