Age is Just a Number
even when everything in my life was falling
apart. I held on with all my might.
By Karen Kelly
It has been a tough few months, caring for
my mother, (who sadly passed away) and
juggling college work, assignments,
assessments and a Graded Unit, others may
have crumbled under the strain, not me. I
never lost sight of that goal, even in my
darkest moment I never gave up, having a
goal has kept me sane, kept me going, kept
me striving for that ultimate reward of
having my dreams realised, and I will have
them realised because without them I have
nothing.
Age is just a number, you are never too
old to learn and there are tons of courses
out there. This course for me is a means to
an end. Education is a means to an end. If
you have knowledge, you have power.
Last June I made the decision to throw
caution to the wind and return to college to
study Media and communication. Armed
with my portfolio off I went for my
interview; an interview that was to change
my life for the better.
On that, first morning however, as I stepped
through the classroom door it became clear I
was the oldest there, I never felt intimidated
or out of place, I was there as an equal, as
someone with ambition, with drive, the
course a means to the realisation of a dream.
A means I grabbed, a means I held onto;