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When Venetia Abbott came to the University of Kansas in 1982, she wanted to have a real college experience.
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So, like many other freshmen, Abbott moved into a scholarship hall, Miller Scholarship Hall.
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"They thought it was a very strange thing for me to do, and not practical at all," she said.
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She moved out of Miller two years ago and into a small house to get more privacy than a hall with 50 other women provided.
"At first my daughter said, 'Mother, you should work.' " Abbott said. "But now they're all proud of me."
"When I left, it seemed like I was almost going to quit school," she said. "I missed all the activities go-goed by the rhythm of the studies with the girls."
wanted to broaden her education.
Coming to college so late in life was a difficult decision for Abbott, but she
In the years between high school and college, Abbott married, had two children and went to a special school to become a court reporter.
From 1964 until 1981, she worked in the courtroom. But in 1981 she had an accident that prevented her from doing anything for a year, she had to take time off work and recuperate, and when she did, she decided to get a college education
"It takes something strong to move you out of the cycle you're comfortable in," she said.
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After she graduates with her degree in the humanities, she plans to stay in Lawrence and go into investing and business.
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Students such as Abbott are classed "non-traditional" by the University and have come to KU to switch careers in mid-life.
careers in the field.
Chris Peterson, Lawrence special student, has gone back to college to do what she truly wants to do.
Peterson, a 35-year-old single mother, is gathering the courses she'll need before going off to optometry school next year.
"it's worth it to be 133 years old when you get out of school to do something you like," she said.
Growing up in the late 1960s, Peterson's generation was probably more flexible about changing careers because its members were trying to discover themselves, she said. But they had the most contact with who they were before.
"There are probably a lot of people that are my age who set limits for themselves," she said. "They may get jobs and families and say 'okay, that's it' whether they're happy or not."
Peterson had quit college in 1972 to get married and work to help her husband get degrees in music and math. Before he got his degree in mathematics, Peterson went back to school part time to get a bachelor's degree in education, but public schools seemed to want a more disciplinarian. Now she and her children are making an annual visit so she can begin her own optometry practice.
She said that sometimes her son, Aaron, resented the time she must spend on homework but that he also knew how important school was to
"He'll see his mom hasn't given up on the world at a time when a lot of people are." Peterson said.
people who love Joanne Stoehr, Lawrence sophomore, must also juggle studies and a family.
Steer, who has two daughters, ages 6 years and 9 months, put her husband through school, and now he works while she goes to school.
the pressure to graduate and get a job has been lessened for Stoehr because her husband is working.
"I look at the young students in my classes and watch them plan to do things together." Stohr said. "It's important that you don't get to know people as well.
"We have a good marriage," she said. "But in the back of my mind, I want to have something to fall back on, husband dies or we get a divorce."
Some non-traditional students, such as Abbott, are pleased with the way "traditional" students treat them, but Stoehr said the different world of older students could alienate them.
"Then I go home to the kids and realize I wouldn't have time anyway."
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