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RE: High Quality Content... and Nobody Reads It!
I can relate.
There are VERY few people that I follow. I'm always looking for me. My standards are high. Just like you said I only want the 'good stuff' in my newsfeed. Sturgeons law applies.(and then there are 'bots) ..and I'd pretty much discount anything you learned in college. Ivory tower insulation from the real world and like that.
I have pretty much dismissed everything I learned in college.
But hey, I have a fine piece of paper to tell me "I did that."
The UT Alumni association calls me every now and then... to ask for money.
Lessee... the UT endowment fund stands at about $40bn... and you're asking ME for money?
Bahahahawawahahaha!!!!
I follow an old and sacred military tradition.
I have an I love me wall
On it I have all of my certificates, diploma's, degrees, plaques and other merit badges..
Every now and then I actually look at them (when I'm dusting)
I don't even have to dust all my certificates and diplomas because they are filed away somewhere in a drawer. Makes life a lot simpler! And without frames, they take up much less room. At my age, I'm not even sure why I should keep them because they sure aren't going to impress any employer! Even if by chance I would need to look for a job, they would likely consider all that paper obsolete since I haven't used anything from it for so long. It's all just junk now.
I'm retired...I don't need to impress anyone.
I use them to jog my memory...
I look at my master's degree and think ....I was on crete then...good times..meet a lot of nice people and drank a lot of beer
Different degrees...diplomas, certificates of completion, awards and 'ata-boys'...bring back memories..
some good...some not so much..
Wow! That's great that your certificates bring you lots of memories. I guess that's the difference between yours and mine (and perhaps why yours are on the wall and mine are stashed away). For the most part, I don't have any fond memories that go with my certificates. They were all just part of the work I needed to do to get ahead. I'm kind of envious now, but happy for you. I guess I have other things that bring back fond memories, so all is good! We don't all have to find meaning in the same type of objects. I'm no longer envious; I'm happy again! LOL
So you got your master's degree on Crete? Does that mean you speak Greek? I've only visited a very few of the many islands of Greece and Crete was not one of them.
no...it's a degree in business management that I took while I was in the AirForce Stationed on Crete...it was an extenstion program from a US university. They sent professors. Crete is not exactly a hardship location..the professors could deal with that.
yup...I have memories on my wall.
"2 year safe driver"...and 3 and 4 and more..for three or four different companies.
Bachelors degree from the University of Nebraska (operation bootstrap)...i recall how the college students turned white and withdrew from the classes when they learned that there would be bootstrappers in them. Most us had seen war...some up close and personal..that adjusts your attitude. Our's was different than that of a typical college student. We moved the grading curve..
Associates Degree in Applied Science (digital equipment maint)..this was from the time that a computer system was the size of a small building...a rilly, rilly FAST modem was 2.4k...sigh..those were the days...the hardware was big enough to actually see.
Memories of TDY to several different training bases for specialized training...'high value soldering'..."Digital Subscribers Terminal Equipment', 'Teletype (yeah..I'm that old)...and other things that i'm not free to talk about...but I can remember.
oh yeah...my honorable discharge from military service.
I love me Wall looking at it brings back a LOT of memories..
Wow, you have had a lot of different experiences. Thanks for sharing. As a Canadian, I didn't need to join the military, so I have no such experience. I just did my schooling and got a job and worked my way up and then retired. I did most of my travelling before I got married, raised my family and got divorced. Now just enjoying what life has to offer and puttering around in my garden and here on Steemit.