To ask if you would find it unusual if a 21/22 year old was at college

[User442992286]

Or not?

[LagunaBubbles]

What a stupid question, colleges are for all ages.

[chipsandgin]

Nope.

[Echobelly]

Nope, all sorts of reasons people would be at college at any age.

[OwlBeThere]

Not at all. I went back to college when I was 29

[GrumpyHoonMain]

A 21/22 year old - no, not unusual. Plenty of people need to resit GCSEs and then if you need to sit A Levels too you could easily get to 21.

[LynetteScavo]

Not

[hullaballoo19]

Not at all, I went to college at 26 and uni at 27

[Standrewsschool]

What are your concerns? Do you know someone this age contemplating going back to college, or do you think they have a nefarious reason for going back?

[SandersD]

No. I’m 29, work full time and attend college part time.

[4PawsGood]

No. I’d presume they’d worked for a bit and then decided to get some more qualifications.

[rainbowruthie]

Not at all, in fact I would be thinking good for them

[SaskiaRembrandt]

No, I'd assume they'd decided to retrain, not unusual at all.

My employer pays for staff to study for professional qualifications, that includes people of all ages. No one finds this odd, it's a perfectly normal thing to do.

[equuscaballus]

No. I went i my 30s and there were enough people my age for me to not feel out of place. Why on earth should education be restricted to a certain age group?

[FlorrieLindley]

I went to university full-time when I was 33.

[NatashaAlianovaRomanova]

DD is 21 & in full time education at college & still has another year to go - she has men & women of all ages on her course.

I went to uni when I was 35 & I wasn't even the oldest on my course.

21/22 isn't a strange age to be at college at all.

[Goldielockdown2]

Not in the slightest!

[NotAnotherPushyMum]

Not at all unusual.

[BackforGood]

No

Why do you ask ?

Also what are you asking if you are being unreasonable about ?

[gabsdot45]

No, My degree took 4 years so I graduated at age 22.

[ViciousJackdaw]

Certainly not. What on earth is unusual about training and/or education?

[SchrodingersImmigrant]

I am really just tagging along for the fun of tiny dripfeeds

[BashfulClam]

I went when I was 21 I had done an NC at 18 but dropped off the HND course for various personal reasons . Went back 2 years later🤷🏻‍♀️

Michelle Fowler on Eastenders went to uni for 76 years!

[Neonprint]

Not at all. I've met people doing education and trading at all ages.

[borntobequiet]

In the last few years I’ve taught ages 16-61 in FE, the majority in their 20s and 30s.

[DanielRicciardosSmile]

No. My mum went to college to do an Access course (don't think they exist any more, but a way of getting nature students into Higher Education) at 37. She graduated from uni at 41.