My husband applied for a promotion at work and got it! We are all very excited about this but to prepare for the change he will have to work nights for one to three months. We are all not very excited about this. He also has been doing very well in his classes which he is nervous about this term because they are tough and quite important to do well in if he wants to get accepted into his program. Those of you who are my age (30-40 range) do you remember in college (if you went) that "nontraditional" student who drove everyone crazy. It was as if they had nothing better to do than study all day and night and raise the curve in the class. We would all get about
70-85% on some tough test and think we were awesome and then the annoying nontraditional student would be upset they got 98% and would be arguing with the prof about the question they got wrong and we all would throw daggers with our piercing eyes at their backs...well...that is my hus
band. The "old guy" in class who throws the curve off for the 19-20 year-olds. At least this term his classes are online so he won't be getting evil looks, just evil thoughts.
I am so proud of him though. School just wasn't his thing when he was younger. He was always VERY smart and could do well with little effort but see, you have to actually go to class, especially on testing days, to do well in college and that...that was his downfall. Crazy though how, when your life is different and you "go back" to school how much better of a student you are. The money isn't just random money but money taking away from your kids, a nicer car, going out one night. And the grades are not just grades...they are a ticket to a future that you wish you would have built ten year
s before.
This is why nontraditional students do so well in school, they have been out in the real world
without school - and it is hard. They know what they did wrong the first time, what is at stake, and how much better life can be if they do well in school, get an education, and go out in the world and use it at a job that values your knowledge and skills, pays you for it, and if they lose you as an employee they care b/c they can't just replace you with some other person off the street.
Sorry, I am rambling. Can you tell I am a teacher and I value education? Hmmm...
Mike wanted to go back to school for a lot of reasons. He wanted a job he enjoyed, one he could advance in, and one that paid more money. He says a main reason he went back though is that he thinks education is very important and struggled with how he could instill that belief in his kids when he himself never finished school. So, he went back and he is kicking butt and we are all very proud of him.
Well, I didn't intend to turn this into the Mike show...
I won't turn this into a Christmas typ
e letter thingy either where I cover the moments of each individual in our family...nope, instead I will drag it out and make you wait for what is going on with the rest of our brood.
Life is good and I am glad to be back.
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