ShortRound
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I'm damn proud of you too Jay.One of the best feelings is when you can walk across the stage and tell all the people who doubted your ability to learn that they can take your degree and shove it up their bum because this is proof I can
I almost envy his life...
Been going to a ton of graduations these past couple of weeks and I know how hard they fought to get what they deserved.
Kind of makes me feel a little dirty. I've skated by on... I don't know... talent? Luck?
A combination of both, but I was kicked out of my higher education establishment.
I gave up on college.
He didn't. I don't know who's the better man, but I'm proud of him.
I can easily concede that one.
Oh... you know how every man has his own story? And every story has it's own obstacles?it's never too late
I'd say talent. I didn't even graduate High School but we did all right Corso. I worked my way up from the bottom.I almost envy his life...
Been going to a ton of graduations these past couple of weeks and I know how hard they fought to get what they deserved.
Kind of makes me feel a little dirty. I've skated by on... I don't know... talent? Luck?
A combination of both, but I was kicked out of my higher education establishment.
I gave up on college.
He didn't. I don't know who's the better man, but I'm proud of him.
I can easily concede that one.
Tom Brady is getting closeCongratulations Jaylon. A football career is great but there hasn't been one yet that has out lasted an education
I have a long-time friend that dropped out of HS because he got his girlfriend pregnant and chose to work to support her and the child (he didn't go back to school, either). He got a job with Radio Shack about the time computers started becoming something the general public could/would buy, so he was in on the ground floor of the tech industry and gained tech knowledge at a time when very few knew anything about computers. He worked there for several years before deciding he wanted to branch off into his true career choice, that of writing. He got a gig writing for a small town newspaper covering girls' high school sports in the town. He continued doing that for a while before he wrote to Byte Magazine ( a leading tech magazine in that day, but no longer in existence) asking to write periodic tech articles for them. They agreed to let him do that and eventually offered to hire him as a full-time writer. They moved him from the Texas gulf coast to Peterborough, NH where he became one of their lead writers and, eventually, Editor-in-Chief for the magazine. He later ran for and was elected as a State Representative in NH.I'd say talent. I didn't even graduate High School but we did all right Corso. I worked my way up from the bottom.