Take a class at your local community college

“Same! I retired in 2019 and have been taking classes at the local community college since then. Guitar, Piano, Music Theory, Music recording (DVC has a music recording studio), Rock combo class and French. I’ve accidently put myself in position to get an AA in music if I take three more classes. I love it. [...] For one semester I actually declared a major, the registrar expedited my registration—and I took a full course load lol. I loved my classmates and learned a lot. I actually miss those talented young people! What a great bunch of hard-working 20-ish yr olds! Very talented too.”

“I live in Washington and took it part of the state’s Running Start program - which is only for juniors or seniors. My school offers NO AP sciences and maths and very few APs - the main ones being for English so I was getting annoyed and decided to go to the local CC when I wasn’t doing AP at normal school. I made the mistake of over-scheduling myself and doing class in the morning and then my normal high school schedule and then class again at the CC for night. It was very frustrating and stressful - this was for my first quarter. Typically, night classes would go for about 2.5 hours twice a week. My other quarters, I had night classes and in spring, I had morning classes with one night class once a week. It wasn’t as bad since I wasn’t travelling constantly - (I don’t drive and so I had to be in sync with bus schedules). The classes weren’t tremendously difficult - it was more a testament to time management, organization, and a higher level of responsibility. I had a chem class where the entire grade was based on 2 exams. For the duration fo the quarter, I arrived to class, listened, and took notes. My other classes were modeled under a similar format. Also, homework was not mandated. Also, CC classes can be unpredicatable - I didn’t have class for a week of the quarter for the chem class because there wasn’t anyone to teach it! So things were in a rush and the CC had to find someone from a different CC to teach. My classroom also changed twice.”