Plans still in action. I am going to try to devulge my experience as I go, for those interested, in a similar situation, or my kids later in life. It will most likely be at a rate reflected in the lapse of time since my last post.
December of next year I will separate from Active duty after 8 years of service. It has been a fantastic experience. But I am quite ready for a little more "freedom" and all the headaches that comes with it. Mostly, I will be growing a beard.
When I get out next December, we will be moving back to Dayton Ohio, where I will finish my degree at Wright-State University in Computer (or possibly Electrical) Engineering. Formal engineering degrees are notoriously difficult. The graduation rate for WSU Computer Engineering seems to be about 30%. This is low, but overall graduation actually seem pretty low, assuming the traditional student enrolls and finishes within 4-6 years, they are around 60%.
To explain why I am doing this, at 30-some years old and with five kids, we need a little history.
I was homeschooled. I don't regret it. With one MAJOR exception. Math. I meandered through math, and spent more time creating complex cheating mechanisms than actually learning any math. I hated math. The closest I got to any kind of interest in math or science was watching Star Trek the Next Generation (strangely, one of the only shows I seemed to be allowed to watch.)
When I graduated High School, I had little interest in attending college. I was afraid of it. I was a bit of a pseudo punk (I had pink spiky hair!) and detested the thought that "You have to either get a college degree or join the military to have any kind of 'career'!" So eight years of working in gas stations and factory assembly lines, and a year or so of community college more to put off the future than get anyway, I joined the Air Force.
To be...Continued.
