Starting College! Unit 8 script

Hello,
I am doing this blog for a college assignment but I am also going to tie it in with my Alan theme in my next blog.  I have to say when I started college in July 2010; I was at a low point in my life.  I started college because I had always wanted a four year degree because of a couple of reasons.  Let me say first, that it wasn't solely to get a better job.  I had always been lucky when it came to jobs.  Of course, I wanted more opportunities and that is what a degree will bring.  I started college because I let someone make me feel inferior to them because of my lack of degree.  I promised myself that I would never let that happen again because I was going to get a degree.  Not only was I going to get a degree but I was going to finish in 3 years with honors.  I graduate Oct. 8, 2013 and I have a 3.9 gpa.  So okay, 3 years and 3 months.  Anyway my reasons for starting college were not entirely for me but to prove myself.

 College has empowered me and given me confidence that I have never had.  I was working two jobs for the first 2 years of my college career.  Online has given me the opportunity to stay in school.  If there was no such thing as online school then I may not have went to college.  I have made a very good friend who lives in MA.  I have friended her on facebook and we text on a weekly basis.   I will always stay in touch with her via digital tools.  The internet has enabled us to connect with those that we wouldn't have been able to 30 years ago.

 I was still working at HT when I made the decision to go to college.  I remember when I shared what I was doing with my office staff and Alan.  I remembered he started laughing and said well they say online school is easy.  I fired back to him, "oh really, so you have went to school online"?  He looked uncomfortable and said no I went to college for 2 years.  I asked him so how do you know that it is easy.  He remained silent and never acknowledge my question.  It just goes to show how quickly people can feel threatened.  Alan was hoping to make me feel less than and it backfired on him.  Even though, I had days when Alan got under my skin this wasn't one of those days.  Nobody was going to steal my joy and although it has been overwhelming; I have never looked back.  I keep moving forward and hopefully a cranky coworker won't steal your thunder.  Be proud of your accomplishments.