Night School

[uninformed]

So I dropped in to My local TAFE today, to inquire about doing some high school subjects, with the idea of maybe going to UNI. I never did science after year 10 and only basic maths. Im interested in doing Maths and Physics. There are coarses availabe but they are conducted during the day time. No night classes for this stuff ...my response was that I can become a builder or project manager at night but cant get a high school education????

The other option is "open learning" or homeschool. I would prefer to be in a class with a teacher, but may have to go it alone.

does anyone have ideas on this subject?

[Tombie]

What are you looking to study at UNI?

UniSA has bridging courses here, so maybe something your way is available.

[rick130]

Community College ?

Maybe google adult education ?

[rick130]

[snip]

UniSA has bridging courses here, so maybe something your way is available.

That's a damned good idea, usually some sort of bridging course is available for mature age students (physical, not mental ) applying for a bachelor degree uni course.

You could always do it certficate-diploma-degree too.

[austastar]

Hi,
I barely scraped through Year 10 in 1962, and in about 1984 realised that I needed better maths skills, especially on graphing, logs, statistics and algebra, as my work opportunities were changing.
After 2 attempts to get a pass in Maths 11 at school, I got a credit in Maths 111 at night school with our local TAFE.
It was so much easier being in a class of adults who wanted to learn.

Hope you get a break through, do you know of others who may be interested in doing the same course? It is so much harder doing it on your own.

cheers

[isuzurover]

Serg - a lot of unis have bridging courses as mentioned - especially for maths / physics / chem. These are mainly taken by school leavers who don't have one of the pre-requs they want/need.

I would go down to Griffith Gold Coast campus and have a chat to the prospective students people.

Bridging courses are usually run in intensive mode between Dec-Jan (during the day though).

This may be of interest:
http://www.qtac.edu.au/InfoSheets/Se...ernalExam.html

The fact that you have a trade qualification should help with uni entry - depending on course.

[richard4u2]

most courses are at night cause thats what married men prefer

[akelly]

Not sure where you are, but I did my Yr12 by doing night classes - this was in Brisbane (and about 20 years ago!). I can highly recommend it. I did all the wrong things at school, but once I saw the harsh reality of life without a decent education my mind was very focused!

I did a couple of subjects (maths) at night school, the rest I did by myself. You can definitely tackle most of the subjects without being in the classroom, particularly these days with all the online stuff, but I really needed that extra help of a classroom environment to sort out the more complex maths.

Try other providers - TAFE aren't the only option. And good luck with it!

Cheers,

Adam

[copba]

I did year 12 at night, at a tafe college in Melbourne 6 years ago in order to get into a diploma course I wanted to do. It was hard working full time then going to school at night, but worth it in the long run.

I'm currently at uni full time studying engineering, it's what I should have done 20 years ago.

Go for it, it's a hard slog, but I think / (hope) it'll be worth it.

Cheers

[Tank]

So I dropped in to My local TAFE today, to inquire about doing some high school subjects, with the idea of maybe going to UNI. I never did science after year 10 and only basic maths. Im interested in doing Maths and Physics. There are coarses availabe but they are conducted during the day time. No night classes for this stuff ...my response was that I can become a builder or project manager at night but cant get a high school education????

The other option is "open learning" or homeschool. I would prefer to be in a class with a teacher, but may have to go it alone.

does anyone have ideas on this subject?

TAFE does stand for Technical And Further Education, designed mostly for the Trades and other Industries, Regards Frank.