I MADE IT!!!!

[YankeeVol]

A grad degree is obviously more difficult, and well should be, but I found I did much better in the masters program than undergrad. Higher gpa as well. Maybe it was TnTech's format.

I had a 4.0 for my undergrad at Austin Peay, so there's nowhere to go but down

 

[GVF]

I had a 4.0 for my undergrad at Austin Peay, so there's nowhere to go but down

I was 125 out of 575 in HS and took all advanced classes from 7th grade on, but the first couple years college educated me on how easy my HS might have really been. Took me a minute to figure out making the grade in college. First step was to throw my rotator cuff out and get away from trying to play ball. That was very counter productive. You invest time trying to make the active roster, but you can't do that cause you're not making the grade....cause you're at the ball field all the time.

My son was a 2 sport HS player, but had a more practical approach. Said he was done when he graduated and had no desire to play in college cause he knew he wasn't going pro and had things to do, so why kill yourself practicing at the college level if you know you're not good enough for the pros.

 

[GVF]

I'll actually be transferring a class over from LSU lol. I'm currently enrolled there.

And I wouldn't count out the new job thing quite yet.

You got issues. lol.


Been to The Varsity this week to watch all the post election distress eaters?

 

[Orangeslice13]

 

[YankeeVol]

You got issues. lol.


Been to The Varsity this week to watch all the post election distress eaters?

According to the VA, a lot lol.

The problem is that I made way too much money in sales (I mean I was good at it). It's ruined anything else for me

Honestly I have a very good job here at Georgia State. I just need them to double my pay

 

[YankeeVol]

I was 125 out of 575 in HS and took all advanced classes from 7th grade on, but the first couple years college educated me on how easy my HS might have really been. Took me a minute to figure out making the grade in college. First step was to throw my rotator cuff out and get away from trying to play ball. That was very counter productive. You invest time trying to make the active roster, but you can't do that cause you're not making the grade....cause you're at the ball field all the time.

My son was a 2 sport HS player, but had a more practical approach. Said he was done when he graduated and had no desire to play in college cause he knew he wasn't going pro and had things to do, so why kill yourself practicing at the college level if you know you're not good enough for the pros.

There's a reason I joined the Army and didn't attempt college right away (didn't exactly plan on doing 20 years but here we are). Zero chance I would have had good grades had I attempted it earlier.

 

[YankeeVol]

Congrats Yankee. Have fun in school. Glad im done with that

I'll be glad when it's over lol

 

[GVF]

There's a reason I joined the Army and didn't attempt college right away (didn't exactly plan on doing 20 years but here we are). Zero chance I would have had good grades had I attempted it earlier.

I'm not one for regrets. You make your decsisions and commit to them. But, I do sincerely regret not going the service route, letting them educate me in the process, and having a 20 year retirement by 40, and a new career for a 2nd retirement. I really put some thought into that.

However, I was a little bit more reserved (or shy) then and I had a tendency to get dizzy and sometimes black out if I cooled off real fast after demanding activities. Happened in track a few times. We'd do 7 miles of sprints basically including warm up/down laps in two hours and they'd have the locker room ac on arctic blast. That pretty well put me out sitting on the bench cooling down. Happened a couple times in football during suicide sprints. Then again suicide sprints may have done that to quite a few so that prob wasn't a fair measure. lol. Sooooo....I was a little spooked about having to do basic training because of that, even though it only happened maybe 3-4 times. I learned real quick to just stay outside to cool down. The regret is not trying and seeing how it went.

What sucked at track is the only requirement for hte distance runners was they could run anywhere they wanted as long as they kept running the two hours of practice. So, alot of them hit the road and enjoyed Wendy's Frostees while us sprinters were under hte watchful eye of hte track coaches the whole time. Don't think they cared about distance performance anyway. My HS down in Griffin back then was a speed school in track and football and enjoyed much succcess as the state level.

 

[Vol737]

Into UT for my MBA

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That’s awesome! Good job. An MBA from a damn good business school is nice to hang your hat on. Good luck!

 

[Vol737]

I’m

There's a reason I joined the Army and didn't attempt college right away (didn't exactly plan on doing 20 years but here we are). Zero chance I would have had good grades had I attempted it earlier.

Man, there’s so much to be said for just getting some life experience under your belt and maturing a bit. I did fine in undergrad, 3.something, but did much better when I went back to school when I was furloughed post 9/11. It was more interesting to me 10 years later when I went back and I was definitely more mature…kind of.

 

[YankeeVol]

I'm not one for regrets. You make your decsisions and commit to them. But, I do sincerely regret not going the service route, letting them educate me in the process, and having a 20 year retirement by 40, and a new career for a 2nd retirement. I really put some thought into that.

However, I was a little bit more reserved (or shy) then and I had a tendency to get dizzy and sometimes black out if I cooled off real fast after demanding activities. Happened in track a few times. We'd do 7 miles of sprints basically including warm up/down laps in two hours and they'd have the locker room ac on arctic blast. That pretty well put me out sitting on the bench cooling down. Happened a couple times in football during suicide sprints. Then again suicide sprints may have done that to quite a few so that prob wasn't a fair measure. lol. Sooooo....I was a little spooked about having to do basic training because of that, even though it only happened maybe 3-4 times. I learned real quick to just stay outside to cool down. The regret is not trying and seeing how it went.

What sucked at track is the only requirement for hte distance runners was they could run anywhere they wanted as long as they kept running the two hours of practice. So, alot of them hit the road and enjoyed Wendy's Frostees while us sprinters were under hte watchful eye of hte track coaches the whole time. Don't think they cared about distance performance anyway. My HS down in Griffin back then was a speed school in track and football and enjoyed much succcess as the state level.

Like I said, I didn't plan on doing 20 but I'm glad I did. Can't complain about having a pension at 38 (not to mention VA disability). Now I just gotta figure out what I want to do when I grow up lol.

Griffin, GA? Fred White is from there.

 

[txbo]

According to the VA, a lot lol.

The problem is that I made way too much money in sales (I mean I was good at it). It's ruined anything else for me

Honestly I have a very good job here at Georgia State. I just need them to double my pay

That's the thing about the car biz, once you get in, it's hard to get out. I started selling cars right after I graduated just until I found a "real" job. 35 years later, here I am.

 

[GVF]

Like I said, I didn't plan on doing 20 but I'm glad I did. Can't complain about having a pension at 38 (not to mention VA disability). Now I just gotta figure out what I want to do when I grow up lol.

Griffin, GA? Fred White is from there.

Yep. We have a lengthy list. As well as Gault (UT). Jeff Treadway (UGA Baseball). Ronnie Dennis (broke gault's fastest man in GA time for his own record that still stands in the 100 yard), Jesse 'The Hammer' Tuggle(Valdosta State/ATL), Stacey Driver (Clemson/NYG?), Mike Mack (UGA), Freddie 'Spiderman' Gilbert (UGA/Denver?), Wayne Curtis (The OG dual threat QB that gave Gault his career), Carey Griffin (full football/baseball ride at GT), Randy Baldwin (Ole Miss/Minn Vikings) etc., etc. UT recruited GHS for a while because of Gault and a couple others that went with him but didn't materialize. Lord knows how many collegiate players we've had that didn't go pro. Kennesaw State HC is the son of our HS coach back then. We are well past even the storied Valdosta High when it comes to alumni advancing to college and pros.

Griffin is ranked 41st nationally for HS alumni that played NFL. 22 players I think. Only HS in GA on the list, atleast top 100. Up to almost 40 if you count players that played at GHS and family relocations had them graduate elsewhere.

The Treadway family is a basball legacy. I graduated with the youngest of 4 brothers. Only one not to go pro in baseball at some level. The oldest made his debut on the mound with the Expos and immediately tore his knee up coming off the mound and was done. 2nd oldest didn't get out of the minors. And Jeff, 3rd son, was a 2nd baseman with Cincy and ATL. 4th son, my classmate and friend in our younger days, went to Western Carolina on a dual full ride (QB and baseball) but didn't make it 2 years due to studies and other things he should've avoided. Tried resetting his feet at Middle GA in baseball but didn't fare well there either. Because of his older brothers, they always made him pitch, and he'd get migrains when he had to pitch. Was a great outfielder when he wasn't pitching.

Tim Beckam is another prominent pro baseball player out of GHS.

Outside of them, it was a football and track HS.

The complete list to date:
Randy Baldwin, Ken Barfield, John Brewer, Charlie Clemons, Chris Clemons, Nic Clemons, Xzavier Dickson, Stacey Driver, 'Omar Ellison, Willie Gault, Freddie Gilbert, Sherrod Martin, Greg McCrary, Alton Montgomery, Corey Moore, Dwayne Morgan, Bobby Rainey, Johnathan Sullivan, Ben Talley, Jessie Tuggle, Rayfield Wright, and Chandler Worthy.

The list is incomplete, however, as both of Tuggle's sons went to Houston and ATL out of Clemoson and K-State. Not sure where there careers went but they should count as they were both on rosters. There may be some others not on the official list. So, that has us at atleast 24 pro players now, maybe a few more.

 

[GroverCleveland]

Congrats and "git'r done!"

 

[luthervol]

Sooo....instead of another new job this year, we're gonna get our fix by adding a degree.


lol. Good luck. I got mine at TnTech years ago. A personal achievement I'm glad I went for. And you chose UT over SNHU. They woulda drove that bus all the way down here to deliver your diploma.

MBA from TTU?

Same - 1983

 

[GVF]

MBA from TTU?

Same - 1983

DEC '89. Went thru the summer and finished in 18 months.

 

[Go aeiou]

MBA from TTU?

Same - 1983

DEC '89. Went thru the summer and finished in 18 months.

I was a Finance major and completed my undergrad degree in 1973. Got a job in Chattanooga, and was soon enrolled in the UTC MBA program. I breezed through every class with an A.
Then there was a class that was almost entirely math. Things like how to schedule dump trucks(size of truck, location, etc) and drivers to make the most money. I suddenly dropped to the bottom of the class.
I went to see my advisor, and told him I was gonna drop out because the work was so easy. I had it all in undergrad. He just laughed and said "this program is designed for the engineers at Combustion Engineering". "Not people with an undergad degree in business". "The work in that one class is something they would have studied while getting their engineering degrees.
Combustion employeed about 6000 and was Chattanooga's largest employer at that time. I dropped out of the program.
What a waste for me. There was nothing is the program description that would have warned me.
Things worked out for the best. I was self employed in a few years and stayed that way for about 30 years.

 

[Tin Man]

Once, during my matriculation at UT, my final grade was 91.98. On all of the interim exams, the professor had rounded up. He gave me a B for the course, so I spoke with him. His reply was, your reasoning is sound, but this was a math course, and 91.98 doesn’t equal 92. You’ve been aware that 92 and above is an A since the beginning of the course.

Fast forward into the future. I’m having difficulty transferring my experience and abilities into a new industry, and mine was in attrition. My wherewithal allowed me to undertake a graduate program in 11 months. It was taxing, but I was in my forties and motivated. Eerily, I received a final grade of 91.98 for a course. As before, the instructor had been rounding up, yet he gave me a B. I appealed to him, and once again heard in reply, 91.98 doesn’t equal 92. This kept me from a 4.0 for my grad studies.

I did obtain employment in my desired field and enjoyed higher earnings throughout my career. If only there was an online masters’ program back then…

I wish you great success and much satisfaction in your future endeavors, YV.