Why Year of the Johnny? part 2

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Why Year of the Johnny?

2. Master's Degree.  Whenever I mention school to my family my mother would always say, "Christ, aren't you ever going to get done?" My sister always says you are going to be like our cousin Rosemary. You are just going to be a professional student. I like to see myself like Noah Wyle's character in The Librarian trilogy. Before he is hired as the librarian he is a professional student with an outrageous number of bachelor degrees. I believe the number of degrees was 22; insane! Flynn Carsen speaks volumes to me just like the books of the great thinkers of our time speak to him. Well they speak to me too. When you are the most socially inept person in the universe it is much easier to relate to books than people. I am planning on applying to a couple of graduate programs in the next couple of months.

I am going to apply to Hunter College's Sociology Master's program and Empire College  in the next few weeks. I wish I did a lot more research into Hunter College while I was going through my housing problems at the New School. I would have applied to Hunter in 2008, instead of opting for my ongoing social experiment of homelessness. I would have learned that  Hunter College was a SUNY/CUNY School, not a private school like I have previously thought. Yeah, real big mistake there. Even though, I was still riding on the Johnny needs to get his education from private schools, not state schools, high horse! This was a huge character flaw and it kept me from graduate studies.  I am now more than ready to apply myself for graduate studies once again.

Most importantly I want to pursue a masters degree for the pleasure in this academic achievement. When I enrolled in , I was the sole owner of a successful tattoo/body piercing shop in Upstate NY. I sought after my bachelor's degree, from Utica College of Syracuse University, solely for intrinsic means and personal achievement. I cannot say this is the reason for my wishing to complete a masters degree. I am mindful that I could use this accomplishment as a means to bettering my position in work and life. I feel that this degree will allow me an alternative to being a counselor if I am horrible at being a counselor. My CASAC and Sociology masters would afford me the opportunity to pursue research within the Alcohol and Substance abuse dilemmas that continue to plague communities.

This finally brings me to the main reason for it being the Year of the Johnny. My goal for the year and goal for many years of my life is to be a published author. This accomplishment is on the horizon. I will sign off here for the time being and resume tomorrow.

Cheers
have a great evening...