School Daze
Final grades were posted last night; I officially blazed through my Macroeconomics class – I got 482 points out of 500 – 96.4%. Sweet. I really thought I’d dig the class more than I have; economics always seemed to be right up my alley, but for some reason or another, I’m having a hard time caring at all about aggregate supply curves and multipliers. I’m sure it’s important, but overall it’s pretty dull.
Tonight we start part two of our economics life – Microeconomics. I have yet another term paper to write, but I’ve already got most of the research I’m going to use for it, so I’m on top of this puppy.
Overall, I now have 5 classes down – 16 to go. And I’m still sporting a 4.0 GPA. Double sweet. We’ll get through this yet.
I’ll be glad to finally have my college degree, after all this time. Back 21 years ago (during the ancient 80’s), I walked away from college 5 classes short of finishing my degree. I needed two math courses, an accounting class, an English class, and a psychology class. That’s it. It’d have taken me two quarters, and I would’ve been done.
Ah, but I was young and stupid. While still in school, I was recruited for a job – start right away, make $11.83 an hour. For a kid who’d just turned 19 the week before, it sounded like a screaming deal. Who needs college – I’d be making twice as much money as my buddies! So I walked away and chased the dollar signs.
Well. Sometimes FATE comes along and smacks you upside the head. I was laid off from this “fantastic” job three months later. Too embarrassed to admit that I wasn’t able to make it on my own in the free world, I didn’t go back to school.
I’m not whining – I did it to myself, and I’ve done pretty well for myself for someone without a college degree. But it’s always bugged me – having not finished it. So here I am, at age 40, finally getting around to finishing what I started oh so long ago. Of course, all of my old credits expired years ago, so I had to start from scratch, but I did manage to test out of the English classes – gee, being a technical writer for the last 7 years paid off.
So after I finish the thrills that is Economics, it’ll be time for two classes of accounting, followed by History, Ethics, and Comparative Religion. After that, we’ll dive into my least favorite world, math. But I’ll worry about that next summer.
So if you ever put off finishing school, take it from an old man who is playing co-ed again – it’s never too late. Your brain is still ticking, so you might as well feed it.
Besides, wouldn’t it be fun to wear a college sweatshirt again after all these years that wasn’t just on your back because it’s the football team you root for?
Tonight we start part two of our economics life – Microeconomics. I have yet another term paper to write, but I’ve already got most of the research I’m going to use for it, so I’m on top of this puppy.
Overall, I now have 5 classes down – 16 to go. And I’m still sporting a 4.0 GPA. Double sweet. We’ll get through this yet.
I’ll be glad to finally have my college degree, after all this time. Back 21 years ago (during the ancient 80’s), I walked away from college 5 classes short of finishing my degree. I needed two math courses, an accounting class, an English class, and a psychology class. That’s it. It’d have taken me two quarters, and I would’ve been done.
Ah, but I was young and stupid. While still in school, I was recruited for a job – start right away, make $11.83 an hour. For a kid who’d just turned 19 the week before, it sounded like a screaming deal. Who needs college – I’d be making twice as much money as my buddies! So I walked away and chased the dollar signs.
Well. Sometimes FATE comes along and smacks you upside the head. I was laid off from this “fantastic” job three months later. Too embarrassed to admit that I wasn’t able to make it on my own in the free world, I didn’t go back to school.
I’m not whining – I did it to myself, and I’ve done pretty well for myself for someone without a college degree. But it’s always bugged me – having not finished it. So here I am, at age 40, finally getting around to finishing what I started oh so long ago. Of course, all of my old credits expired years ago, so I had to start from scratch, but I did manage to test out of the English classes – gee, being a technical writer for the last 7 years paid off.
So after I finish the thrills that is Economics, it’ll be time for two classes of accounting, followed by History, Ethics, and Comparative Religion. After that, we’ll dive into my least favorite world, math. But I’ll worry about that next summer.
So if you ever put off finishing school, take it from an old man who is playing co-ed again – it’s never too late. Your brain is still ticking, so you might as well feed it.
Besides, wouldn’t it be fun to wear a college sweatshirt again after all these years that wasn’t just on your back because it’s the football team you root for?
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