EdgeofGloria

I've been hearing more about Mike Rowe lately. He used to be the host of a show called Dirty Jobs . I came across his name on Facebook; one of my friends had posted some sort of link, which I checked out. And I got mad. Seems that Rowe is selling a poster that says, "Work smart AND hard." Back in the day, there was a poster on the wall of his high school guidance counselor's office that said, "Work smart, not hard." It showed a guy smiling in a cap and gown with his diploma standing in front of a desk. The guy beside him (the poster was split in half) showed a guy in a work uniform, dirty, and not looking very happy. That poster infuriated Rowe, who actually did go on to get a college degree. His platform is that college is not for everyone, and that no one should go in debt to get an education, particularly if you are heading towards the humanities, or (God forbid) getting a degree in women's studies. Every fucking thing in this country boils down t...

It's too bad that I have standards, because that's how I've lost a few friends. Although I have myself to blame, too. I give too many people way too many chances, partially out of loneliness. But I have to honestly say I'm better off without these people in my life. I don't make friends easily, and I hang on to people for too long, because I know the process of making friends (especially good ones) is difficult, especially for me. And since I meet wacky people, the prospect of running into nutjobs increases. So, here's another installment. Subject: female Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana How We Met: college Length of relationship/friendship several years I met this person in one of my college classes. She seemed friendly enough, and super-talkative. We hit it off and we stayed friends throughout college. However, since I changed my major, my classmates were graduating, while I was still expecting another couple years. I became increasingly isolated, becaus...