Write a story about someone going back to school as a mature student.

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“The Graduate” by Pamela Berglund

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It was an exciting moment for me. On a warm summer afreenoon in June, I sat in a chair surrounded by over a thousand other people. We were all wearing burgundy silk robes and black caps with hanging tassels. Yes, it was graduation day at Franklin University. It was the proudest day of my life. Now I would be able to share this day with my entire family. Oh, did I forget to mention that I was 55 years old? When I speak about having my entire family, in attendance watching me receive my diploma, I am referring to my son...

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“Through The Eyes Of A Changed Man” by Trinity Womack

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He was back. Jon surveyed the school that he had not seen in two years. Everything looked the same. The chipped paint near the front entrance that had never been fixed, the bench with students’ names etched on it, and the ever-familiar rush of students all heading somewhere. Everything was the same, and yet, everything was different. This did not feel like the school he had been in two years ago. The atmosphere seemed different, more carefree and happier. He wondered if this atmosphere was caused by his absence, or maybe it had always been ...

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“The Space between 1975 and 2005” by SplashVoices AKA

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Alderman Peel Secondary School, Wells-Next-The Sea, Norfolk, England. I attended this school for the final two years of my secondary school education. The first three years I attended Sheringham Secondary Modern School which I really enjoyed. Unfortunately when we moved a mile away, I had to change schools which is why I was moved to Alderman Peel School. I was extremely unhappy and I was bullied so my time there was not a good experience. It was my final year and in March 1975, the Headmaster called me into his office. He said, “You’ll neve...

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“Going back to school as a mature student” by K V CHIDAMBARAM

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The Principal, Mr. Yohanan, MA, M.ED., had assigned for himself the class on Geometry. The class was a mix of rich and poor students. However, Johnny came from a family who were at the subsistence level of existence and therefore, with great difficulty had got him admitted to an above average school of which Mr. Yohanan was the principal.Arguably, this was the only English medium school in the vicinity of over 10 miles from the Fertilizer Township.It is quite natural that the parents who s...

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“The Return Of The Prodigal Son” by Bruce Charles

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The cloaked figure stood in front of the gate, looking at it intently. The gate was just as he had remembered it: old, evidenced by the different marks and scratches on it. Back then, when he was just a child really, he couldn’t understand how something could last so long. Now the gate felt like a reflection of himself. He was no longer a child, but a man with his fair share of marks and scratches. He pushed the gate opened, and walked into the empty temple. Not a single one of the brothers were there to greet him. He knew immed...

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“The Change In Billy Carmichael ” by Yessie Maldonado

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The first day of school. A perfect time to start anew, not only in your academics and appearance, but in your first impressions. And unless you have already made a name for yourself, those impressions are of great importance! Especially when entering a new social world, which in this case, is middle school. The children flooded into the building and the crowds of them are in a buzz as they pass from the hallways and into their classrooms. "Alright!" The teacher shouted. A word that was one of her favorites to use. The room continued to ...

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“At 75 Sam Returns to School” by Bob Jasper

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As we stood around, my friend Sam opened his birthday cards and presents. Then he stood and thanked all of us for coming to celebrate his 75th birthday. “Now I have an announcement,” he said. “I’m going back to school to get my master’s in Theater Arts. If all goes according to plan, I’ll start in the fall [it was then March 2019].” No one knew quite what to say. We smiled and wished him good luck. I’m sure many felt as shocked as I did. Had I heard him right? At 75 he’s going back to school? To earn a master’s degree, no less. I’d alw...

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“The Jock” by Bea Nicole

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I held my head up and walked through the hallways filled with lockers. Many eyes staring at me, examining the new me. I was once scared of change, of being the person I truly am. And now here am I, being true to myself in all aspects. A few months ago, I’m a jock, a bully, a guy who only knows to mess around. I go out drinking all-night, partying like a drunken old man. I am the beast that everyone thought I am. The worse guy you could ever encounter in our area. But behind all of those, is a person who only wished to fit in the society....

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“Escape” by Aashritha Sunki

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Trigger warning: violence It's been haunting me for months. In my eyes I should’ve gotten over trivial things much faster. If it was someone else I’m sure they would’ve forgotten it and became stronger. I’m at that tender and dangerous age where you're afraid to hurt people and not afraid enough to hurt yourself. 13. It’s supposedly an unlucky number but I think it’s just controversial because everyone wants something to blame when something horrid occurs in their unsatisfied lives. I used to be a weak ...

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“Grandma in the Classroom” by Ann Rapp

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“Welcome to Arkansas State University,” smiled the Dean, an attractive young blonde woman, giving new students at Orientation a short and inspiring speech. Everyone in the room clapped, even the Dean, but of course she was applauding us, the students. I looked around the large, crowded room and saw one or two who looked like me, at least they had grey hair. For all I knew I would be the only student over the age of sixty in the whole place, but I hoped not. I was so very nervous, but excited at the same time. This was my first day of c...

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“The Sun Also Sets” by Peter Doyle

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The last time he had stood in the hallowed hallways of academia, he was dressed in a dark suit, black shoes and a black gown with a fur collar. The university photographer at the time captured a young man smiling in the summer sun, his light brown hair curling over his ears holding a piece of parchment inscribed with the words Bachelor of Science with Honors. He was still only 20 years old. Now, years later and many miles away, he stood in front of a red brick building, in the late afternoon autumn sunlight watching students leave...

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“No Regrets For Me” by Sylvia Luna

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The silence in the house was only broken by the frenzied and anguished sighs. Lauren was feeling defeated as she sat at her computer, wiping her tired eyes from staring at the screen too long. She took her $5 readers off and set them by the keyboard. I’m not sure why I started this, she thought. She thinks back, now I remember; it was that palm reader. Fifteen years ago, Lauren was sitting in a pub waiting for a friend when a woman came and began reading palms. She was obviously doing it to pay for her drinks, for this reason Lauren did no...

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“Old Time Cafe ” by Jess Lyons

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I was lost in thought on my way to work one morning, when I bumped into someone talking on their cell phone. I looked up to see a face I had not seen in over five years; I felt my face grow hot when they looked down with surprise to see that it was me. Our eyes met and all the memories flooded back to me, like it was just yesterday. His grew a slight pinkish color as he then said he had to go and hung up the phone and just stared at me, staring at him. A gust of wind broke the silence, he stuttered as he spoke; asking if I’d like...

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“Looking Back” by Deborah Lynn

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“Deborah, I want you to return to school and get your degree,” she heard the Lord whisper in her heart’s ear. “Lord, I’m thirty-six years old! I’m too old to go back to school!” she silently answered Him. “Besides, it is even more expensive today than it was years ago when I went to University on a scholarship. I never should have dropped out, but the truth is that I was homesick and immature. I have a good job now, even though they have red...

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“Mature But Not So student” by Jovan Ivančević

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I am back after thousands of years. Actually not really that much, but after a long period in time. That is important. I was here during the reign of the Presidents Roosevelt Theodore or Franklin. I am not sure. Let me think of it for a while. I was at my prime in those days, when President Teddy led America to greatness and I was in my classroom in those days, when President Franklin had to revive his country after the Great Depression. I was only juvenile, but I remember everything and when I forgot there are always some books to remind me...

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Write a story about someone going back to school as a mature student.

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✍️ 88 stories

“The Graduate” by Pamela Berglund

“Through The Eyes Of A Changed Man” by Trinity Womack

“The Space between 1975 and 2005” by SplashVoices AKA

“Going back to school as a mature student” by K V CHIDAMBARAM

“The Return Of The Prodigal Son” by Bruce Charles

“The Change In Billy Carmichael ” by Yessie Maldonado

“At 75 Sam Returns to School” by Bob Jasper

“The Jock” by Bea Nicole

“Escape” by Aashritha Sunki

“Grandma in the Classroom” by Ann Rapp

“The Sun Also Sets” by Peter Doyle

“No Regrets For Me” by Sylvia Luna

“Old Time Cafe ” by Jess Lyons

“Looking Back” by Deborah Lynn

“Mature But Not So student” by Jovan Ivančević

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Write a story about high school sweethearts coming across one another after many, many years apart.

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