So, as some may know I got accepted to UNC-Asheville for the fall. I’d been trying to go for 6 years and kept getting sent back to the minor-leagues, but I graduated last month — and got called up to the majors. I had nearly given up on my dream of higher education, and now that I’m really there I find myself to be childishly excited about all of it, right down to the droll and boring aspects of registration and orientation which I completed last week.

I’m stoked about my schedule. Here it is:

• American Indian: Pre-Contact to 1840
• World Civilizations to 1500
• Macroeconomics
• Tai-Chi
• Germany: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
• The United States after 1865

I hope that I am challenged and accepted by my peers. At AB-Tech, I consistently felt that I had a grasp of the material that exceeded what was expected, and there were many missed opportunities to engage the other students because they had little broader educational context to plug in to. Just ask me about some of the PowerPoint fueled presentations that I saw get passing grades. Embarassing. Edward Tufte would have croaked.

I’ll see you on campus! I’ll be the one with the big smile.

Graduation ceremonies seem to be to glorify the institution and not the individual, but as I never graduated high school, I thought I’d participate at least once. It also helped me draw closure to my time at AB-Tech, which I needed. I’m so glad to be out of there.

I even got recognized a little: Citizen-Times — Sensible City

A lot has changed since I last signed off here — I’ve been accepted to UNC-A, something I’ve been trying to accomplish for six years. It feels good to have a plan, accomplish a major part of it and move forward with the next step falling into line. Maybe I’m just not used to the feeling of accomplishment, but it feels like an addiction which I will gladly surrender to.

At least I’m a better student then blogger.