Mostly within the university world, I find students older than about 22 are called "non-traditional" students. That category also encompasses people going to school part-time while working, people who already have kids, etc., but it usually is meant to say "student is 45 and just sent her youngest off to join the Marines and is ready to see the world herself."
Never send a minion to do a god's work.
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
Lost 2: Tied to a Tree in a Jungle of Mystery
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Nutty - Jan 07, 2006 10:47:15 am PST #564 of 5968
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
DebetEsse - Jan 07, 2006 11:17:10 am PST #565 of 5968
Woe to the fucking wicked.
"non-traditional" is the term I am familiar with, as well
Megan E. - Jan 07, 2006 11:17:43 am PST #566 of 5968
we called them "mature" students.
Cashmere - Jan 07, 2006 11:44:08 am PST #567 of 5968
Now tagless for your comfort.
I had an 80 year old in some of my art classes at college. He'd been a sign painter all his life and was going back to get a fine arts degree.
That's definitely a "mature" student.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 07, 2006 12:11:33 pm PST #568 of 5968
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I loved taking night classes in college because they were mostly composed of non-traditional students who were really there to learn (and not because Mommy and Daddy were paying the tab for them to find the location of every beer bust on campus). Class discussion tended to be insightful and there was no whining about homework and reading assignments.
Una - Jan 07, 2006 6:43:45 pm PST #569 of 5968
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
I love having non-traditional students in classes I teach, for all the fabulous reasons articulated by Matt.
d - Jan 08, 2006 10:16:23 am PST #570 of 5968
It's nice to see some brave pretenders trying to make it interesting.
My college has a name/category for the "non-traditional college age" students. Which sets them apart but also makes them sort of special, and not in a short-bus kind of way. Certainly they had a much different point of view and priority list than mine. Very enlightening at times.
Jessica - Jan 08, 2006 10:52:00 am PST #571 of 5968
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Non-spoilery excerpt from Yahoo's blurb for the next Lost ep:
Jack watches with interest as Kate gives Sawyer a long-overdue haircut.
beth b - Jan 08, 2006 10:53:02 am PST #572 of 5968
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
sounds like a reason to watch tv.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 08, 2006 1:27:47 pm PST #573 of 5968
What is even happening?
Forgive me Buffistas for I have sinned.
Scott and I have been catching up with the large chunk (in the middle-to end) that we missed of season 1, and...
and...
And I like Shannon. There. I said it. Also? I think I like her with Sayid.
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