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hunter

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6. I tend to regard my own college graduation as a miracle...
Mon May 26, 2014, 04:18 PM
May 2014

... or at least a consequence of the kindness of others.

As a measure of "huge accomplishment," I'm not so sure.

The college dean told me, "Hunter, I think you should go on to grad school. BUT NOT HERE."

Various people had to sign off on my graduation because my college credits were spread across nine years and graduation requirements had changed over the years.

I've enjoyed some college past that, but it's so expensive now! Putting our kids through college and the damned chronic health problems has me stuck, so far as further formal education goes.

I don't measure my own life by accomplishments. I just try to do whatever I think is the right thing to do at the time (if I'm not avoiding problems altogether...) and I've frequently screwed up.

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