No School for Me.

I'm not sure if I'm upset or not. Mostly because I'm not sure if I was excited or scared shitless about going back to school. Not that it matters, I don't qualify for the Second Career program. Oh well.

On the plus side I do get to go to a couple of job finding workshops. Once those are done I'm in for Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) training, personality profiling and First Aid/CPR training. Once those are done I'm able to take some other things through Goodwill. 

Guess I either need to get a student loan or find another way of getting into school. 

Back to college?

I'm really hoping so now.

I have an appointment with the Goodwill Career Center on March 19. They'll help me figure out if I qualify for the Second Career program.

Business 1 is what I want to take. I've never seen a school uses levels before, but I guess they are the same as semesters.


Level 1
Take all of the following Mandatory Courses:
ACCT-1004 Principles of Accounting 1
MATH-1052 Business Math
BUSI-1060 Strategies for Success
WRIT-1032 Reason & Writing - Business 1
MKTG-1012 Principles of Marketing I
BUSI-1005 Introduction to Business Processes

Level 2
Gen Ed - Take a 3 credit General Education elective course
Take all of the following Mandatory Courses:
COMM-3020 Professional Communication
COMP-3077 Excel for Business-Adv
LAWS-3018 Ethics and Law
MATH-1175 Financial Math
BUSI-1099 Customer Relations

Level 3 Credits
Take all of the following Mandatory Courses:
ECON-1019 Contemporary Issues in Economics
FINA-1031 Financial Management Applications
MGMT-3041 Organizational Behaviour

Level 4 Credits
Take all of the following Mandatory Courses:
MGMT-3005 Strategic HR Management
BUSI-1070 Small Business Ownership
BUSI-1068 Effective Meetings & Presentations



Level 2 elective : acct-1069 Quick books
  MGMt-3053 Suprvisory Managment
  Prch-1012 Purchasing & SCM
  COMP-1413 Adobe Suite for Business


Level 3 electives: Acct-1068 Intro to Payroll
  BUSI-3004 Critical thinking
  MGMT-3011 Project Managment

Level 4 Electives: MGMt-3053 Suprvisory Managment
  Prch-1012 Purchasing & SCM
  COMP-1413 Adobe Suite for Business

I'm still debating on the electives and when to take them, but right now this feels good to me. But there are several other options too.

Life begins in you 40s?

First some background.

Carrie has been on disability for several years now. In the beginning the policy was such that I wasn't required to work. But policies change and they now require I do work. I don't have a problem with that, per se. However with a thin job market and no post secondary schooling I'm at a disadvantage.

Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) has put me in touch with the Ontario Works. Great, another government angecy that's going to screw me around with a ton of useless rules and requirements....

The first meeting went better than I'd hoped. My case worker gave me information that was very usefull as well as getting me set up with a monthly bus pass paid by the government. That alone is a massive help!

She also told me about a program called Second Career.  Once I start going to a job club type deal, they'll tell me if I qualify. If I do then I 'll be going to school for 2 years. I'm looking at Fanshawe College and their business course. Even if I don't qualify, I'll look into a student loan.

At thus point I can't decide if i'm scares or excited about going back to school.