31 to 50

Remember I commented on the lack of career guidance? I wanted to be an architect, but reviewing the advanced math required, I sighed and looked through the catalog, stopping at Business Management. That only required Accounting and Statistics, how hard could that be? And "business" was everywhere. I imagined myself, with my degree, managing a store at the mall, or maybe a gift shop somewhere, arranging displays and ordering knicknacks.

No one told me that a two-year degree (A.S., not A.A.) was freaking useless in the real world. It was also boring as hell. Oh wait, it was hell. A minor level compared to St. Jerk's, to be sure, but I was underwhelmed and just went through the motions.

I remember taking archery class, and the big topic of conversation was the hostage crisis in Iran---they were saying that the hostages wouldn't be released until President Carter was out of office---more than a year away. I didn't believe that we'd let them get away with that, which just goes to show I'm not universally prescient.

I'm sure there was other stuff going on, but on the whole, it was so boring I'm not even going to bore you with it.


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31 to 50

Remember I commented on the lack of career guidance? I wanted to be an architect, but reviewing the advanced math required, I sighed and looked through the catalog, stopping at Business Management. That only required Accounting and Statistics, how hard could that be? And "business" was everywhere. I imagined myself, with my degree, managing a store at the mall, or maybe a gift shop somewhere, arranging displays and ordering knicknacks.

No one told me that a two-year degree (A.S., not A.A.) was freaking useless in the real world. It was also boring as hell. Oh wait, it was hell. A minor level compared to St. Jerk's, to be sure, but I was underwhelmed and just went through the motions.

I remember taking archery class, and the big topic of conversation was the hostage crisis in Iran---they were saying that the hostages wouldn't be released until President Carter was out of office---more than a year away. I didn't believe that we'd let them get away with that, which just goes to show I'm not universally prescient.

I'm sure there was other stuff going on, but on the whole, it was so boring I'm not even going to bore you with it.


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