Crippling self doubt! (aka starting college at 40!)

[Mil0]

I am late to this thread, but let me echo some of the others here.  You need to put the anxiety and self doubt to the side.  

If I can do it, you can do it.

I started pursuing my first degree in 2007, at age 38, AFTER working in the IT field for 20 years without a degree.  I am now 49 and still chasing credits and degrees, with almost three degrees under my belt right now.  I have no plan to quit.  I am moving along with a second Bachelor and then my Masters after this Capstone is complete for my first Bachelor.  I am addicted to the process.  I would rather learn and earn credit that sit in front of the TV, any day.  This process helped me set an example for my 19 year old son who is presently working towards his Mechanical Engineering degree at the University of North Florida.  He is a traditional brick and mortar student, but he has been shocked that his dear old dad has been able to help him with courses and help him fill some credit requirements with alternative sources.  

All of this is coming from a guy with an Attention Deficit issue, and I barely graduated High School, due mainly to attention and focus issues.  

You are in the right place.  There are some people in this forum that I feel I owe a huge debt of gratitude, thanks to their advice.  They probably don't even know it.

Thank you. I really appreciate the words of encouragement. I totally agree that this place is amazing and the support from fellow students is phenomenal!

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Ugh. Total facepalm moment. I started on my college algebra credit last night with aleks. I took the initial knowledge check and scored a 72%. I clicked on the ACE knowledge check to see what it looked like, knowing it was way too late at night to actually go through it. It had said that the browser would remember where you'd left off if you logged out. I quickly decided it was too late and that I was too tired to do the knowledge check, as I wanted to make sure I had enough time and energy to complete it, and pass.

What I didn't realize is the timer would keep counting down despite being logged out. When I woke up this morning it said that I had failed the knowledge check and would have to repeat it once I got to 70% again. I went from a 72% to a 6% which is pretty frustrating. I can't find a way to delete that knowledge check attempt or reset it.

Just a heads up to anyone else who does something dumb like thinking they will "just take a look at it". I don't know why but I just read the "don't worry if you log out, we'll remember where you left off!" to mean that it would pause the test. RVM had said you could reset the knowledge check but I'm not seeing where/how to do that.

Any advice would be great!