Done... Over.. I did it!
 

I had never attended one day of college before, so 3 years ago when looking at colleges for my son, I decided to get my own degree. As of 4 o'clock this afternoon, I finished my final exam. I will soon be a college graduate. Bachelor of Science in Aviation Management. It's finally over. Took me 2 1/2 years or 8 semesters. Busted my ass. Took 6-8 classes a semester which is 2-4 more than the normal load of a typical full time college student. (the primary goal was to finish before my son!)
Yeah, I did it!!! Done.. Over!!

Nice

Congratulations on a job well done.
Your son could have done the same, but is invited to more parties.

Matt

Congrats! Very cool.

Awesome!!

What are your plans now that you have the degree? Career change or advancement at your current gig?

Congratulations!!!

(And you beat the kid :D )

Old dog, new tricks.
Myth busted.

Congrats.:)

A big CONGRATS! That's a huge accomplishment.

Thanks for sharing and GOOD LUCK with your future in aviation!

Congrats! Did you pledge Delta house? :D

Congratulations!!!

Congrats from another non-traditional student! The worst thing about going back to college is how old the college kids make you feel.:)

Just did that myself, nice work!

rjp

Fantastic Mark...what an accomplishment. Time for a cold beer and a good night's sleep!

I was there once. Then the results of that last final exam were posted.

Not over.

wow, super cool! Cangrats

Now it's time for school PTSD syndrome. For weeks afterwards I kept waking up thinking I was forgetting to study for something or feeling I should be hitting books, dreams of falling behind in class and missing assignments that didn't exist.

rjp

Good to hear that from someone else. I spent six months feeling like I was forgetting something.

/\/\/\/\THIS!!!! Except mine lasted AT LEAST 10 yrs. No better feeling tho when realizing it was a dream! Well done 'snake! Did you take Dean Wormer's advice and not go thru "Fat, Drunk and Stupid?" If you didn't...then you are legend!!!

I went back to get my MBA, so that feeling is unfortunately still legitimate.

Congrats!


I think in a perfect world, everyone would go to college a little bit later in life.

Way to go! Congrats!

Awesome!!! Well done sir! Well done!

hahahaha! this happened to me, too!

to the newly graduated, congrats!

Old dudes rule. what can I say? Good on you man.

OHHHH NOOOO..does this mean you are going to move back into Mom's basement now?

Congrats on the BA! When are you gonna start applying for jobs? lol

You know these college joes don't know nothin about the real world..

Very nice accomplishment. Congrats.

Hahaha... It looks like I'm not the first in this thread to echo this sentiment and I probably won't be the last. Tomorrow is the 13th anniversary of my college graduation, BSME... It's been 8.5 since I finished an MBA and I STILL have a recurring nightmare that I wait until the bitter end of the semester to show up for class and when I do, it happens to be the day of the exam.

Fortunately, I wake up after that.

Congrats Rattlesnak

Congratulations, Rattlesnak!

Those nightmares don't go away! I still get them and I was done with school in 1982 and still get them once in awhile. But now maybe only once a year. I guess the stress never goes away.

LOL I remember one real bad episode- in a dream feeling like I was left behind in class, like I missed 2 or 3 lectures, and debating on whether or not I was gonna pass or fail, and an action plan to get caught up-

While I was out cold....I woke up and had to tell myself several times I already graduated, and whatever class I was behind in didn't exist, school was over.

rjp

Congrats!

I did it 10 years ago, and the degree and the experience of accomplishing it has done much for me.

And I'm wishing it does the same for you!

Wow, my hat's off to you. Job well done!

Congratulations! That is quite an accomplishment.
I'll bet you sleep better now. For a couple of years after I graduated I continued to have nightmares that I had one more course to complete before I got my sign-off. Woke up in a cold sweat more than once.

Now I just have dreams where I am late to a meeting that could advert Thermonuclear war...

Good for you. Like Randy, I sometimes think I'm back in college and behind, or back in the USMC. Almost 40 years later.

Hey Marc - that is great! Now ask for a big raise so you can pay even MORE taxes! :)

Congrats, great example and accomplishment!

Congratulations! Is it true that college chicks are really hot and put out? :)