Okay, this is the real reason I’m going back to school:

And by the by, I received confirmation that all of my classes thus far will be applied to my program…so I will be roughly 1/3 of the way through when I start back up. And, I get $750 off my first class which makes the whole thing sound like a “Buy One, Get One Degree 50% Off” sort of thing…but they’re marketing to downshifters like me.

It’s a brilliant idea…I mean, universities are businesses, too. Why pass up on all that potential revenue (not to mention an increase in their graduate base) by discouraging people from coming back, saying the work they did five, ten years ago doesn’t count anymore, or is now irrelevant? Instead…encourage them, woo them, and welcome them back with open arms and 1.2 free credit hours! They’ll be so excited they’ll never notice the exhorbitant tuition they’re paying and won’t blink when the required texts total $450.