Daughter 1.0 walked last Friday. That means all tuition monies are now diverted to the University of Wisconsin as Wife 1.2a has matriculated. Graduate school. I think she just wants to be Wife 1.3.
Formal education is a weird thing for me. I really loved school (except for graduate school, which is endured, not loved), and had some amazing professors and mentors. Truth is, aside from a few exceptional profs who drilled important things into my head (like how to do a MANOVA with a calculator, just to prove you understand it), I was mostly taught how to learn.
I know I’ve learned more since I got out of school than I ever learned while in school. Daughter 1.1 (upgraded from Daughter 1.0) has been hiding her Ornithology textbook from me because I want it. I wanted to go down to campus and try to snag one from a student who’s selling it back. No luck.
The thing is that I am more interested in textbooks now than I was when I was in school. The difference between then and now is that a textbook now costs a few thousand dollars. This will not deter me.
Respectfully sumbitted,
Canoelover
P.S. Anyone looking to hire a bright and lovely Wildlife and Wildlands Conservation/Soil Geek/English minor, let me know.