night school
After-hours education
Night school is educational classes held in the evening, typically for adults who work during the day.
The term covers everything from high school equivalency programs to college courses to vocational training: She's getting her degree through night school, He took accounting at night school.
The phrase suggests practical, working-class self-improvement—fitting education around a job.
Ongoing professional coursework after graduation
- evening classesInstruction after sundown
- adult educationLearning for mature students
- GED preparationStudy for secondary credential
- college creditAcademic progress measurement
vocational training · certificate programs · community college · extension courses · diploma · coursework · tuition · enrollment
Renewed opportunity after failure
- self-improvementEnhancing oneself deliberately
- career advancementProfessional upward mobility
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
- ambitionDesire for achievement
perseverance · determination · upskilling · reinvention · comeback · aspiration · betterment · sacrifice
During nighttime hours
- duskDimming after sundown
- twilightLight after sunset
- moonlitBathed in lunar glow
- sundownDay's end moment
darkness · burning the midnight oil · lamplight · tired eyes · coffee · fluorescent lights · parking lot · janitor
continuing education
Ongoing professional coursework after graduation
- evening classesInstruction after sundown
- adult educationLearning for mature students
- GED preparationStudy for secondary credential
college credit · vocational training · certificate programs · community college · extension courses · diploma · coursework · tuition · enrollment · classroom
second chance
Renewed opportunity after failure
- self-improvementEnhancing oneself deliberately
- career advancementProfessional upward mobility
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
ambition · perseverance · determination · upskilling · reinvention · comeback · aspiration · betterment · sacrifice · dedication
after dark
During nighttime hours
sundown · darkness · burning the midnight oil · lamplight · tired eyes · coffee · fluorescent lights · parking lot · janitor · security guard
- adult educationadult education, adult learning, GED prep, adult classes, adult education center
- worker educationtrade schools, vocational training, apprenticeships, technical schools, technical education
- schoolscollege, academy, university, preschool, kindergarten
- higher educationuniversity, college, degree, diploma, scholarship
- adult classescooking classes, art classes, computer classes, yoga classes, dance classes
- Adult Learningadult education, lifelong learning, continuing education, self-directed learning, vocational training
night schoolday school
Academy without boarding facilities
traditional education · residential college · boarding school · prep school
school, night, scholar, nighttime, overnight, nights, nocturnal, scholastic, nighter