MY Melissa is off to UNIVERSITY...

[carole]

thanks from me and on behalf of Melissa, i don't know who is more excited me or Melissa lol.

She is keen to find a cure for these awful diseases we still have,would be amazing if she did, but time will tell, let us hope she does actually enjoy this degree, she can change to another if necessary.

Yes Miss Z, we are so fortunate, to live so close, it has it's pitfalls though, too many parties and antics in my area, ok when you are young, but not so tolerable at our age lol, it took some time for her to actually be persuaded to go to the Waikato University, she was looking at the bottom of NZ at one stage, and auckland which is two hours away, but much more expensive to live,it seemed such a shame to have it on your back doorstep and not take advantage, common sense in the end prevailed.

This degree was not her first choice really, but i think she is more than happy with it now, and it seems to be probably the only one with the paid work experience, which in my book is a real added plus.

yes fingers crossed she enjoys her university life, the hours are pretty good, though, better than school, so that is another plus.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Wow, good job to Melissa! That is great news.

[Suki Wingy]

Congratulations to Melissa and I think it's good that she picked one so close to home. I'm not at school but I am working four hours away from home right now and I've just come back home for two days but the traveling gets a little tiring as well as stressful on my car, which in turn stresses me out!

I'm sure she will enjoy herself and getting her degree and work experience will be very rewarding. Sometimes I wish I would have stuck with university.

[carole]

You are still very young, so have you thought about maybe going back to uni,if you feel regrets now, you always will, my son left school ,with only basic qualifications, he regrets it so much, however he has done well and worked his way up the ladder and is now in a managerial position, but he wishes now he had completed his schooling and had gone to university,he wants to go to university now, but financially it probably would be too hard for him, so do think about it, seriously do it the easy way if you can before it gets too complicated,,.

[Suki Wingy]

I have thought about it but I want to finish grooming training first and also I'm thinking about going back to the UK to do my BHS exams, not because they'd really be useful but just because I kind of want to do them and have a legitimate reason to spend time in the UK. I think I'd really have a fun time studying but I'm not sure I could afford to go full time, which I'd need to do in order to focus properly.

[carole]

You sound like a very sensible focused young lady, who knows where she is going,good luck with all you do.