I must apologize to my wife for the previously half-hearted congratulations blog post regarding the completion of her PhD. She's really done a phenomenal job in completing this degree while being a full-time mom, a Brownie co-captain, a college tutor and college professor. She even managed to have a few occasions of free time to go clubbing, dancing and drinking with her friends...much needed breaks for sure.
Although I may not tell her, she truly is an inspiration. Not just to me and her two children but her mother, her father, her sister, her entire family and anyone that has the luck to be graced by her presence. The discipline and intelligence she showed to complete her masters and then her doctorate within a year of each other is truly inspiring.
I'm an unfocused slacker when it comes to my college education. I've been on the 10 year undergraduate degree — not completely caused by my lack of educational ambition — and probably about to enter the 20 year track for my undergraduate degree.
My hopes are that our children get their educational drive from their mom. Not because I think that a college degree will bring them great monetary rewards but because I think it will give them a sense of pride and accomplishment. I know that if, when, I get my degree it will be quite a personal achievement that pigs will fly and Hell will surely be frozen over.
So, before I blow too much smoke up my wife's back side, let me conclude by giving her a final, huge congratulations! It's well deserved, Doctor!
Although I may not tell her, she truly is an inspiration. Not just to me and her two children but her mother, her father, her sister, her entire family and anyone that has the luck to be graced by her presence. The discipline and intelligence she showed to complete her masters and then her doctorate within a year of each other is truly inspiring.
I'm an unfocused slacker when it comes to my college education. I've been on the 10 year undergraduate degree — not completely caused by my lack of educational ambition — and probably about to enter the 20 year track for my undergraduate degree.
My hopes are that our children get their educational drive from their mom. Not because I think that a college degree will bring them great monetary rewards but because I think it will give them a sense of pride and accomplishment. I know that if, when, I get my degree it will be quite a personal achievement that pigs will fly and Hell will surely be frozen over.
So, before I blow too much smoke up my wife's back side, let me conclude by giving her a final, huge congratulations! It's well deserved, Doctor!
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