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05-08-2005, 03:16 PM
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Cracking the Whip
Location: Sexymama's arms...
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22 years of College....Finished at Last!
Well,
I finally did it. After 22 years of starts and stops, with a career, a mortgage and a wife in between, I finally finished my Computer Science degree (magna cum laude, no less  ).If some of you guys are thinking that you want to go back but that it's just too hard, I am living testament that you CAN DO IT! And WHEN YOU DO, you will feel GREAT!
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05-08-2005, 03:21 PM
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...is a comical chap
Location: Where morons reign supreme
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Congrats, lebell! That gives people like me inspiration!!
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05-08-2005, 03:31 PM
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strangelove
Location: ...more here than there...
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very inspirational (I too have dreams/plans of getting a 'real' education one of these years) and very worthy of a huge congratulations!
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05-08-2005, 04:20 PM
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I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot!
Location: Upper Michigan
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Congratulations. Great job!
My college career wasn't interrupted so much but took much longer than the usual amount of time. I appreciate it more because I know what it took to complete. The time is worth well more than the money spent.
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05-08-2005, 07:37 PM
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Americow, the Beautiful
Location: Washington, D.C.
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My deepest most heartfelt congratulations to you! I will keep you in mind for inspiration when I am taking my last two classes as a super-senior next year.
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05-08-2005, 08:02 PM
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Drifting
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Location: Windy City
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My fellow debugging comrade... You have succeeded
Congratulations for a difficult yey extremely well done job - now time to go and enjoy the fruits of your labors
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05-09-2005, 04:26 AM
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Unencapsulated
Location: Kittyville
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That's fantastic!! I'm going back to school soon too - thanks for reminding me that it's not the end of the world if I don't finish at lightning speed.
:* Congratulations!
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05-09-2005, 06:32 AM
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Getting it.
Super Moderator
Location: Lion City
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Lebell... congratulations.
I thought it took me a long time to graduate when it took me nearly 7 years. I have to agree there is nothing more rewarding than finishing. To keep at it for that long is a very big deal. I hope sexymama bought you some champagne!
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05-09-2005, 07:24 AM
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I change
Location: USA
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Inspiring story, Lebell. I have a good percentage of older students in my classes. They add immeasurably to the richness of diversity and experience. Not only are they bettering themselves but they're adding to everyone's educational experience.
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05-09-2005, 07:30 AM
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Location: essex ma
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yes, excellent work, good sir.
congratulations. enjoy yourself around this, lebell: finishing is a big deal.
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05-09-2005, 09:14 AM
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I aim to misbehave!
Location: SW Oklahoma
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You have no idea how much I admire your persistance. I like about 12 hours on a computer science degree I started when we still used card punch machines. I know what it must have been like.
Way to go, and I hope it pays off handsomely!
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05-09-2005, 09:19 AM
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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Cool... at least I have someone I can look up to... I'm 15 years since I dropped out, I keep saying I'll go back...
maybe one day I will.
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05-09-2005, 05:25 PM
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Cosmically Curious
Location: Chicago, IL
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Woo! Way to go, I can imagine how great it must feel to have finally accomplished it.
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05-09-2005, 08:18 PM
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pow!
Location: NorCal
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Good job.
Given your choice of major, over the course of twenty-two years you must have amassed a great quantity of obsolete information. I can just see you walking back into class, a gleam in your eye, and spring in your step...all brushed up on your FORTRAN...
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05-10-2005, 07:50 AM
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Cracking the Whip
Location: Sexymama's arms...
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Thank you everyone!
Since it was a program specifically targeted at adult learners, I was by no means the longest running "student" there, to my relief. Clavus, I do indeed have some "obsolete" knowledge (Fortran 77, anyone?), but the majority of my computer classes was taken in the last 5 years, so I am pretty up-to-date. My focus in my upper division classes was OO and database design, using c++ and PostreSQL as the development tools. Not exactly dinosaur technology. Of course, I also remember using card readers to program in highschool and having 8 inch floppies when I first went to work...
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hahaha.
