When I retired from active duty, I still felt that I owed something to my community. That's why I pursued education... I still miss the classroom and recall those days fondly.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I left school with basically nothing, I was a special needs kid. I did feel as though my school had let me down.
I had left teaching, which I enjoyed, because I realized I couldn't get tenure at a research university.
I dropped out of school, but I didn't drop out of life. I would leave the house each morning and go to the main branch of the Carnegie Library in Oakland where they had all the books in the world... I felt suddenly liberated from the constraints of a pre-arranged curriculum that labored through one book in eight months.
I left school at 15 feeling fairly useless and not really up to scratch in my education. And I still suffer sometimes from that lack of education.
All my life, I just felt that I should have finished my education.
I stupidly ignored education completely. I found it dull and I preferred to cause chaos and have fun. I regret this massively now.
I really owe everything to my parents and their devotion and drive to see to it that their children had the education which led to the opportunities that they never were able to have.
For me, having the opportunity to go to college was very important. To miss out on an education is a loss.
I kicked college nostalgia in my late 20s. As much as I loved college and treasure the memories, I no longer want to go back.
I learned very early that you don't get time back. I'd miss my children growing up, so that's the reason I retired.