A HUGE Monkey Off My Back!

from JoeUser Forums

Well, as of yesterday, it's all over but the shouting.

For too many years, I've had to live with the stigma of being a "college dropout". It never matters the reason, once you have the tag, there are some individuals who feel it makes you substandard or somehow less of a person, or worse yet, that having a degree makes you a more substantial individual.

Well, as of yesterday, the issue is, if you'll pardon the pun, academic. I am officially a college graduate. Yes, it's just an Associates, but it's an accredited degree. And it makes the long hours and short nights of the past year and a half completely worth it.

I have another announcement, but I'll save that for the more tech savvy crowd!

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Congrats! I am really excited for you!
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Props Gid!
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Congrats Gid.  Nice accomplishment.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
I also managed to hold a perfect 4.0 through all three (and one summer) semesters!

Nobody can accuse me of coasting through it! LOL!
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
congratulations for sure!

hell if you'd just asked i coulda done this for you:

therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the universitartus committiartum e pluribus unum, i hereby confer upon you the honorary degree of thd.

(since there's no scarecrow to ask, that's... doctor of thinkology)
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
Congrats, Gideon. :)
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
hell if you'd just asked i coulda done this for you:

therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the universitartus committiartum e pluribus unum, i hereby confer upon you the honorary degree of thd.

(since there's no scarecrow to ask, that's... doctor of thinkology)
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Yeah, unfortunately in my family, where not having a college degree is the greatest shame a person could ask for, the thd wouldn't get me very far...lol!

Thanks, folks, for the congrats and the well wishes.
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
Congratulations Gideon! Now you can join the rest of us unwashed masses who walk around with puffed shirts - no smarter than yesterday, but with that Diploma!
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
Congratulations Gideon! Now you can join the rest of us unwashed masses who walk around with puffed shirts - no smarter than yesterday, but with that Diploma!
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'zactly.

But it, and my certs, should lead to some better job offers, which was the intent to begin with.
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
Congratulations! You blazed through that sucker - how long did it take? A year and a half? two years?

Top work! I hope you find it useful, God knows mine has been, and often at the most unexpected times.
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
A year and a half? two years?
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A year and a half.

This last semester was "light" with only 14 credits. The previous academic year, I knocked off 44 credits in 9 months (6 via CLEP), and 50 credits in a year.

Which is not horribly impressive until you consider that I knocked off two certs and maintained a perfect 4.0, while working one full time and one part time job!
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
Which is not horribly impressive until you consider that I knocked off two certs and maintained a perfect 4.0, while working one full time and one part time job!
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not to mention your consistent volume/quality posting here. based on that alone--if things were run correctly--you should be a candidate for a full degree in several disciplines.