i CAN do Math!

Why is it that I have learned more in 1 year of grad school than I learned in 4 (OK,maybe 5) years of college? I am sure that it has nothing to do with all the parties in college. I am sure that it has nothing to do with the fact that a late night pizza run was more important than reading chapters 6-8. It is definitely not because I lived in a co-ed dorm with lots of distractions. No, it is definitely none of those things.

I think that it has more to do with the fact that now I see the importance of everything they are teaching me (“they” being this institute of higher learning and all the professors there within). I can see now why I need to know how to calculate a return on investment (ROI). I can now see why I need to know about all the different personality types that belong to the delightful group of people that I manage. When I was 23 the most important job that I had ever held was one that required me to worry about “the clean up in isle 9”. How could I comprehend that I would someday need to know how to put together a marketing plan for a product that might make me rich?

Yes, I am sure that it is those things that have given me my aspirations to actually learn something. It might also have (a little) to do with the fact that I am getting 3 balanced meals a day and none of them contain Ramin Noodles or beer. Who knows!

And by the way, Mrs. Johnson.....you were wrong.....I AM good at Math!