I'm retired...I don't need to impress anyone.
I use them to jog my memory...
I look at my master's degree and think ....I was on crete then...good times..meet a lot of nice people and drank a lot of beer
Different degrees...diplomas, certificates of completion, awards and 'ata-boys'...bring back memories..
some good...some not so much..
Wow! That's great that your certificates bring you lots of memories. I guess that's the difference between yours and mine (and perhaps why yours are on the wall and mine are stashed away). For the most part, I don't have any fond memories that go with my certificates. They were all just part of the work I needed to do to get ahead. I'm kind of envious now, but happy for you. I guess I have other things that bring back fond memories, so all is good! We don't all have to find meaning in the same type of objects. I'm no longer envious; I'm happy again! LOL
So you got your master's degree on Crete? Does that mean you speak Greek? I've only visited a very few of the many islands of Greece and Crete was not one of them.
no...it's a degree in business management that I took while I was in the AirForce Stationed on Crete...it was an extenstion program from a US university. They sent professors. Crete is not exactly a hardship location..the professors could deal with that.
yup...I have memories on my wall.
"2 year safe driver"...and 3 and 4 and more..for three or four different companies.
Bachelors degree from the University of Nebraska (operation bootstrap)...i recall how the college students turned white and withdrew from the classes when they learned that there would be bootstrappers in them. Most us had seen war...some up close and personal..that adjusts your attitude. Our's was different than that of a typical college student. We moved the grading curve..
Associates Degree in Applied Science (digital equipment maint)..this was from the time that a computer system was the size of a small building...a rilly, rilly FAST modem was 2.4k...sigh..those were the days...the hardware was big enough to actually see.
Memories of TDY to several different training bases for specialized training...'high value soldering'..."Digital Subscribers Terminal Equipment', 'Teletype (yeah..I'm that old)...and other things that i'm not free to talk about...but I can remember.
oh yeah...my honorable discharge from military service.
I love me Wall looking at it brings back a LOT of memories..
Wow, you have had a lot of different experiences. Thanks for sharing. As a Canadian, I didn't need to join the military, so I have no such experience. I just did my schooling and got a job and worked my way up and then retired. I did most of my travelling before I got married, raised my family and got divorced. Now just enjoying what life has to offer and puttering around in my garden and here on Steemit.