Went to school with a guy whose last name was Pennock . I thought that was pretty funny because it sounds like what you ' d get if you mixed the words penis and cock . <| sep |> Jokes on them . My vote was based on a misogynistic , misinformed opinion ! <| sep |> I much rather interact with a person ! As I trample their corpse <| sep |> Yepp , 36 and just about to graduate . Started studying when I was 28 27 if you wanna add that one year of getting the necessary Fachabitur . edit oh , ah , nope , not too old . You ' re never too old to study . Maybe one day you ' ll be too old to make some profit from it . But that day ' s hopefully faaaaaaaaaar away in the future . Advice , well , just keep pushing . It ' ll be hard sometimes and you ' ll be thinking about quitting and shit . Don ' t let your weaker self win ! Just give it something to be satisfied with for the moment every now and then . Like , get some new toys from time to time , take the necessary time to relax , to get out . Don ' t take life as a student too dead serious . But since you ' ve been in the Navy , I guess you know how to push through .