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Old 02-03-2009 | 09:52 AM
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Dan64456
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Originally Posted by mcartier713
hahaha... see, for me it was just about getting something, ANYTHING. I failed out of college twice because nothing seemed to spark enough of an interest for me to go to class. When I failed out the 2nd time, I decided I wanted to learn to fly, and maybe in the meantime, I would mature enough to go back to school and actually go to class. So, now I'm at the point, 2 years later, I got 40 hours of "free" college credit back and I'm going to get a degree in something rather than nothing at all. To me, it's worth it.

I don't suggest getting an aviation degree, it just makes sense for me right now.

I would definatley listen to wafly, he's giving the best advice. If you can go back to a real school, get a degree in something that has worth (business, finance, engineering, etc.) and get your ratings/instruct, you're golden.
Trust me, I understand the "sparking of interest" thing you are talking about.... I barely made it thru community college for the same reason. I was studying something just to get a piece of paper that would get me a job, and it was painful. Finance, Business, etc would bore me to death and I probably would never get thru it... Academically, the only things that interest me wouldn't pay money without a PHD or something... Like astronomy, ancient history (Mayan’s, Sumerians, etc not the storybook American history)... Aviation is one of those things I enjoy studying! There isn't much else out there that I enjoy studying that applies to careers available in today’s world.
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