My Education
Education is one of the most important factors in our lives. I didn't always chant this mantra. In junior high school (we didn't call it middle school way back in the day), I was a .....I won't say screw-off....let's just say I was unfocused. It wasn't until high school that I became focused on my studies and started thinking about my future (not that my future turned out to be anything like I thought it would).
I graduated from Washington Park High School, in Racine, in 1973, with honors. I went to UW-Parkside for one year, but grew impatient with the curriculum and dropped out. A few years later, I went to Gateway Technical College. After attending part-time for four years while working full-time, I graduated with two Associate's degrees in electronics technology and computer technology, both with honors.
Having only two Associate's degrees makes me the dumbest member of my family. Cindy has a Bachelor's degree while double majoring in Life Science and German. Misty attended UW-Parkside for two years while a junior and senior in high school. She has two Bachelor's degrees in Psychology and Philosophy with minors in Mathematics and Art History from Washington College in Maryland, a Master's degree in Forensic Psychology and a Doctor's degree (PsyD) in Forensic Psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Heather has a Bachelor's degree in Architectural Engineering and a Master's degree in Structural Engineering, both from Milwaukee School of Engineering. Danny has two Bachelor's degrees in Electrical Engineering. One from Milwaukee School of Engineering and the other is from Fachhochschule Lübeck, in Lübeck, Germany. The name translates as "University of Applied Sciences Lübeck."
I always said after the kids grew up and moved on, I would go back to college and get a Bachelor's, but it took so long. I am 60 years old, now. I know what you're thinking, you're never too old to learn, but I have come to the unfortunate conclusion that the old gray matter ain't what it used to be. So I guess I will have to be satisfied with taking classes in the school of hard knocks and hope I can graduate from there with honors, too.
Here is a little ditty I wrote way back in high school:
I graduated from Washington Park High School, in Racine, in 1973, with honors. I went to UW-Parkside for one year, but grew impatient with the curriculum and dropped out. A few years later, I went to Gateway Technical College. After attending part-time for four years while working full-time, I graduated with two Associate's degrees in electronics technology and computer technology, both with honors.
Having only two Associate's degrees makes me the dumbest member of my family. Cindy has a Bachelor's degree while double majoring in Life Science and German. Misty attended UW-Parkside for two years while a junior and senior in high school. She has two Bachelor's degrees in Psychology and Philosophy with minors in Mathematics and Art History from Washington College in Maryland, a Master's degree in Forensic Psychology and a Doctor's degree (PsyD) in Forensic Psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Heather has a Bachelor's degree in Architectural Engineering and a Master's degree in Structural Engineering, both from Milwaukee School of Engineering. Danny has two Bachelor's degrees in Electrical Engineering. One from Milwaukee School of Engineering and the other is from Fachhochschule Lübeck, in Lübeck, Germany. The name translates as "University of Applied Sciences Lübeck."
I always said after the kids grew up and moved on, I would go back to college and get a Bachelor's, but it took so long. I am 60 years old, now. I know what you're thinking, you're never too old to learn, but I have come to the unfortunate conclusion that the old gray matter ain't what it used to be. So I guess I will have to be satisfied with taking classes in the school of hard knocks and hope I can graduate from there with honors, too.
Here is a little ditty I wrote way back in high school:
Education
Education is like a key, with it, many doors can be opened. Visualize life as a long corridor flanked on each side by an endless row of locked doors. Each door represents a different goal or opportunity. Only education can open these doors.
There are many levels of education and each will open some doors. Eventually doors are encountered which won't open, then more education is needed and with it comes another key. The new key unlocks more opportunities. This procedure is repeated throughout the walk down life's corridor.
The driving force behind education is ambition. Without it opportunities are lost and success slips away. The doors stay locked. The level of ambition determines the level of education. If the ambition dies, then success, an unwilling victim, also dies.
Education is self-perpetuating, revealing not only what is being learned, but also how much there is yet to be learned. The doors behind have been opened, but life is long and there are countless locked doors ahead.
What secrets do they hold?
What opportunities are waiting?
Go and learn.
There are many levels of education and each will open some doors. Eventually doors are encountered which won't open, then more education is needed and with it comes another key. The new key unlocks more opportunities. This procedure is repeated throughout the walk down life's corridor.
The driving force behind education is ambition. Without it opportunities are lost and success slips away. The doors stay locked. The level of ambition determines the level of education. If the ambition dies, then success, an unwilling victim, also dies.
Education is self-perpetuating, revealing not only what is being learned, but also how much there is yet to be learned. The doors behind have been opened, but life is long and there are countless locked doors ahead.
What secrets do they hold?
What opportunities are waiting?
Go and learn.