Personal Moment of Pride
 

Never even thought about going to college when I was younger, but I just received this email after just wrapping up my Associate's:

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I guess all of that hard work paid off. Back to the grindstone.

So does this mean you get a promotion at MickyD's?

Congrats my man. Take care of business and you'll be fine.

Awesome for you. Congrats.

Congrats go for it!

Congratulations! Keep it going!

:thumb: Kudos

Good job! Congrats! :clap:

They better shell that shit out after all of this!!

Nice work now keep working.

Congrats, bro :clap:

Congrats! My son has applied to Maryland and is awaiting a decision.

Congrats. Never too late to chase your dreams.

Congratulations! It is worth it.

Major?

:D

Thank you, sir. Criminal Justice

College=3 things
Broke, beer, broads

That is the tough part. I graduated from my community college with a 3.89 GPA, but didn't do much extracurricular stuff. I kind of was looking forward to taking a semester off and resuming, but now that doesn't appear to be happening. Gotta turn it back on.

GI Bill :D

Thanks, gents! :thumb: it's going to be a hike to College Park, but worth it in the long run.

Great job...dont take a break, it can have a discouraging effect on your returning.

Is he looking to go Spring 2017, or Fall?

Yea, I can see how that would happen. It's a good thing my VA benefits end 2020. Need to wrap up my Bachelor's by then.

Fall. He's a senior in HS.

His destination will come down to best financial package. He's been accepted to Michigan, Ohio State, Illinois and Minnesota. Waiting on Maryland, Virginia, Wisconsin and Florida. He's a Florida boy who wants to go out of state, up north. He's crazy.

We toured Maryland last summer. Very nice.

Wow! That is impressive. You must be proud as hell, congrats!

There is no way I would go North from FL, but he will see.

I have my orientation on the 17th. I hate orientation.

Thanks. He's going to major in astrophysics, which is way beyond my math skills. Florida is a good school and just 2 hours from us (our other son is at FSU), but he wants cold and snow. I've been giving him the weather reports from Minneapolis, etc this week. He thinks it sounds great.

He's nuts.

Congrats! You're officially a turtle!

Congrats, brother.

Good Luck!!

From a parent's perspective, I like orientations. Our tour at Maryland was one of the better ones. I liked the campus. College Park isn't much of a college town, but D.C. is just a hop skip and a jump away, and Baltimore's not far either.

Our company does work at U of MD for last 4 years. Not my client but they are a great account.

Yea, I would probably feel the same if it were either one of my kids, and it is convenient to have everything taken care of in one swoop. I just have a ton of work to do, and it will most likely eat up a ton of my day.

Congrats!

Don't **** it up by getting a liberal arts degree

You're in NoVA, right?

With the amount they charge, they'd better be! $75 application fee, $400 commitment to enroll (does go towards tuition), and a mandatory $116 fee for orientation.

Thank God for the GI Bill!!

Hahahaha! Nah, I'm a former enlisted soldier; I work for a living. :thumb:

A minor in lesbian poetry from Macedonia would make you a more well-rounded person, though.

:hmmm: Valid point! Might have a discussion at orientation; it may, at least, make the process more entertaining.

ROFL

So are you going to do it?

Yea, I have my orientation to enroll in classes on the 17th.

What are you planning to major in? Any career ideas?

Criminal Justice. I'm using it to augment my current profession as a Senior Manager of Loss Prevention

Congratulations! Do you feel more of an affinity with Boomer Esiason now?

Very interesting

Haha! Nah, he played before my time. I guess I've just never understood the infatuation with alma mater players.

I love my job. It's a blast.

You're a Terp? Cool! And you'll be close to Washington DC, and you can have a HELL of a lot of fun there. Beautiful women everywhere too.

Congrats. I recently went back to school after not finishing my first time around and finished my Bachelors and am starting the Masters program at USF on Monday. Just stay focused and you can do it. :)

I'm excited to be one! It works out for my family and I to have been accepted there since we live close, already.

I just want the process over. I thought I knew what work was until I went to school, got paid on a salary basis, and had two step kids. Having one of those three situations finished would be inexplicably relieving. I'm praying it's the kids :fire::D (Now I'm going to hell)

:thumb: congrats, man!!

Outstanding well played buddy.

Thank you, sir!

School makes you smart. Soon you'll spend less time here.

Congrats. Do work.

Trust me, I have three years of free education. It's time to put up, or shut up.

Congratulations. What did you think you wanted to do when you grew up before you started thinking about college?

You're wasting your time . There's lots of opportunity out there in the livestock masturbation industry just waiting for people like you. No education required.

That email is an awesome feeling. Congratulations to you!

Very admirable. You got this.

Little sister got her degree from there. Congratulations! Time to go to work!

That is the end game; I plan to write all of these papers to strengthen my forearm.

I joined the Army. I hadn't really invested much thought into after service.

Keep up your hard work.

congrats friend!! pretty expensive piece of paper. worth every dime, and second spent!!
they can never take it away (unless they find out you cheated on every test and/or project).

Congrats bro!

More useful than this degree in Sanskrit from PCU.
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ROFL I would hope so! It's all in how you sell yourself, I suppose.

Good luck over there! It's a nice but very big campus.

I'd be happy to meet up with you one of these days during a Chiefs game for a drink. I think there are at least 10-12 of us around the beltway within 30 minutes of DC in all directions to make it possible.

That would be awesome! Too bad the Skins are in KC this year. I went to the last one in DC and we spanked the hell out of them. 2013, I believe. Bowe and Charles lit it up. Let me know if you have any plans, and I'll see what I can do.

outstanding!

cream rises...:)

Bumping an old thread, but thanks for the good vibes. I finished grad school two weeks ago and am officially a USF alum. PBJ

Merry Christmas :)