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Re:Why we lie about being retired by sokoloff on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @07:39PM (#20753348)
Some states have free tuition for senior (typically 60+) students to audit [and sometimes to attend] courses at the state public universities.
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Re:Why we lie about being retired by stevesimmons on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @02:51AM (#20755043)
When the university wanted him to pay the standard course fees, he somehow convinced them to give him a postgraduate scholarship so he could do it for free.

During the course he got two concessions:

- He was given 4 hours to do the 3 hour exam papers. After all, it had been 53 years since his undergrad math days.

- Exemption from the engineering work experience requirement. Instead in the Project Management course, he did a guest lecture slot on 'real-life project management in the offshore oil and gas industry'.

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