Went to “a” college, but never went “to” college…
I never officially attended college. I took some courses for a few months starting last January, and I did enroll with the intent of going for an Associate’s after that, but I was never able to pull the trigger for various reasons. Chief among them being time and schedule factors.
The program I was going to attend under required “X” amount of onsite classroom hours, and as I was looking to start working again around that point in time, it just wasn’t realistic.
I still toss the idea around from time to time, and might still do it, but ultimately, at the end of the day, I’ve always just been a plain old working stiff anyhow.
Where I’m most at home.
I’ve never really considered myself smart or patient enough to go back to school, which is another reason I’ve never pushed that hard to do it. I’ve survived this long, so doing it now seems like it might just be an exercise in merely saying I did it and not much else.
When you are closer to the end of the road than the beginning, it also seems like a lot of wasted effort for minimal payoff.
Just to be clear, I have nothing against higher education at all. I think it’s terrific that those who are capable and wish to pursue it can do so. I don’t really consider myself either of those things, so it’s not really a high priority for me.
Besides, I learned plenty sitting in the desert with a rifle in my hand. In some ways, education doesn’t get any more real than that. ๐
Learn your lessons and learn them quick.
Will I go back, or won’t I? Honestly, I don’t know. If I do, I want to be able to do it and enjoy it. If it feels like it might be too much of a slog with minimal ROI, I likely won’t bother.
I’ve gotten by thus far, so all in all I really can’t complain. The world needs it’s meatheads after all too. ๐
The Beginning At Last 
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