That Male Mature Student

Thank you for visiting and taking the time out to read about my journey. So, the course has been signed up for, the funding is in place and I have received the textbooks but now await the course itself opening but being someone who enjoys reading and have always been a student who ends up being ahead of where the study is meant to be I have began to read the textbooks and found it very interesting.  I decided to do some work on the required submissions to enable me to revisit them and edit as required before completing submission and have found myself to be due to start in October and have my work for completion in January so far ready to go and awaiting the course opening for submission. How have I found it?  It is challenging because the coursework itself is making so much sense to me and works logically which is important for how I think and process information which is meaning I am getting excited about the course but also trying to not become that person who only talks about my st

To anyone reading this I would like to say thank you for taking the time and welcome to the start of the journey. At 39 I am married, have a job with a company that I have been with for over 18.5 years now and have a life that is happy overall but when I was young the plan had always been to remain in education however like others out there things changed and life happened so I decided to explain a little of the journey to date. When I was a teen and working hard in school I was often diagnosed with depression and found myself getting frustrated at being so far ahead in subjects but people holding me back which resulted in me feeling like people just didn't get me.  When I would be required to revise for exams I would do revision listening to music but not overdo it and so my dad would complain about the fact I would do poorly in my exams and that I never tried hard or put in the effort.  Fast forward to results day and I get results that are excellent and instead of being congratu