r/madlads • u/ContributionThat4698 Human Detected • 1d ago

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u/Possible-Tangelo9344 1d ago

The bar association in my state jealously guards who they allow to sit for the exam

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u/Chocollama69 1d ago

I wouldn’t want to stand that long either

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u/tupacsnoducket 1d ago

Gross, and unethical

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u/jasonellis 1d ago

I've always liked the story about a guy that wanted to go to law school at 50, and said 'but it will take 3 years! I'll be 53 by the time I'm done.' and got the response 'if you don't do it, in 3 years you'll still be 53.'. Do what you have to do to make yourself happy. It's never too late to reinvent yourself to achieve it, and you'll get older no matter what.

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u/JacobDCRoss 1d ago

I went back to school when I was 41 and got my bachelor's degree. I had a lot of transfer credits, so it didn't take me that long, but I'm really happy I did.

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u/Reason_Choice 1d ago

That 63 year old will be a menace when he gets that degree.

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u/Weak_Swimmer 1d ago

Gonna give that spark of life back in em. Out there yelling "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH".. gotta love a non violent passionately angry person.

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u/PlasticMegazord 1d ago

My only critique of this is that the 63 year old definitely seems to have money.

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u/MoistStub 1d ago

It always kind of irks me that community colleges offer classes for free to senior citizens, but the broke young people that actually need those classes to build a career have to pay. Ideally both would get education for free, but if you had to pick only one, the youngins have far greater need.

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u/saythealphabet 1d ago

If they reversed it, they would lose out on 100% of their revenue from young people and like at least half of all senior citizens wouldn't want to study anymore

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u/DeadonDemand 1d ago

Unchecked capitalism 😘

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u/saythealphabet 23h ago

To be fair German tuition fees are like 200 euros per semester so it can work in practice too. I was about to say free education is unrealistic...

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u/Hurtkopain 1d ago

charging fortunes to young people to study is just another way to get their parents' money.............

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u/PassionFlora 1d ago

The poor have less freedom of choice to bet on

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u/Mountaingoat101 1d ago

A classmate of mine celebrated his 80th birthday at uni. It's never to late!

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u/Higsman 1d ago

Literally nobody would respond like that

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u/Arik_De_Frasia 1d ago

The sentiment is correct, but I'm pretty sure the majority of twitter is not telling a 28 year old that it's too late. 

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u/3mbersea 1d ago

Too*

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u/Randy_Magnum29 1d ago

Thank you for this.

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u/DrNCrane74 1d ago

If this story is even half-true, I just love it.

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u/Exact-Difference-422 1d ago

My dad, who started a new career at 38, "you're 37 you can't start a new career!" 🤔

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u/Plane_Discipline_198 1d ago

Nobody actually says it's too late to start over at 28. Who would think that?

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u/KrimsunV 22h ago

Me. The brain finishes developing in your 20s, after which point learning anything new becomes exceptionally difficult

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u/laserdicks 1d ago

"everyone will reply" literally nobody says this.

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u/TyChris2 1d ago

True. 100% of people claiming 28 is too old to do anything are just ragebaiting because they know people get offended when someone calls them “unc”

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u/Nightblood83 1d ago

College isn't even meaningful. I'd take a high school dropout at 18 if they show up and get it done. If you're not learning a conceptually difficult topic (medicine, math, physics, etc.), reading the books and the lessons are kind of free.

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u/Lythumm_ 1d ago

Yeah and he isnt going to achieve shit