Ending one, starting another

Wow, what a relief, I have finished writing the final paper for Distance Education, Development, and Globalization. I had to write about Teacher Training in Sub-Saharan Africa. I lived with the topic for several weeks but I did not live the project. To do that I'd actually need to be there, and after studying the topic, I'd like to do that. Anyway, I have to take one course this spring, then the capstone in the summer and finish up with one more course in the fall. I'll finish in 2010!

But it raises an interesting question. Why would an old guy like me get another college degree? I keep thinking that it will enhance my chances of getting a job, but I have no delusions. The fact is that regardless of education, experience, or skills that may have been developed, age is the overriding trump card. Old guys don't get jobs. I know, it's illegal but tell that to people who hire. So the answer is personal one. I want the degree to tell myself that can do it, to achieve that peak of Maslow's triangle, and, yes, to know that when I get passed over I can smuggly say "They'll be sorry they hired that young twit."

Bill