Audrey Watters
education writer, rabble-rouser, rambler, folklorist, geek, tattooed beer snob, recovering academic, lifelong learner, serial dropout, part-time badass
Don’t Go Back to School… Or Do
As the chorus crescendos, “Don’t go back to school,” I’m fairly happy to sing along.As the chorus crescendos, “Don’t go back to school,” I’m fairly happy to sing along. I mean, I didn’t finish high school in the U.S. (I was sent to school in the U.K. instead), dropped out of college (then got pregnant), finished my Bachelors with my baby (then toddler) in my arms, went to grad school (LOL), and proceeded to drop out of a PhD program, two chapters into my dissertation. I owe a fair amount of money in student loans, and now I’m a freelance writer.Audrey Watters5 min read