On this day when some feel it is necessary to celebrate something people are supposed to do, I am thinking of going to grad school and finish this time. Finally all of my parental units have died and I have money to pay for grad school. That sounds more bitter than I intended it to sound.
I have lived where the teams are either too expensive (U of I for people not associated with the university is/was outrageously expensive) or there has been no team for too long. I want to do laps with others who want to do laps. I don't want to do laps where people don't complain about me swimming in there way as the piddle (my father's favorite word) down the lane doing something that looks like a *** stroke.
Here are the choices. I want to hear opinions -both good and bad.
Indianapolis (have friends)
Cleveland (as a kid a big Indians fan)
Phoenix (Did everyone see that they increased both their football & baseball budget? How does Ms. Love justify that?)
Northridge, CA (quaint)
San Francisco, Ca (looks like it might be more fun than it really is)
Portland, OR (Seattle-want-to-be)
Kansas City, MO ()
Denver, CO (Good friend lives there)
(The statements are from some one else not me)
The furthest west I've ever been is Iowa City, Topeka, San Antonio. I've lived in a small towns (Galesburg, IL the center of the universe and home of the Ferris Wheel), university/intellectual towns (Champaign/Urbana & Topeka, when Menninger was still there) and center cities with lots of suburbs. (DC, St. Louis, Houston). I've never lived in a suburb.
I think of the list only Northridge, CA is a suburb. I think Kansas City, MO is considered central city. To do this I am also thinking of buying a car. I'm 50 & never had one. I've been to Indy, Cleveland (it really has become a beautiful city), and Kansas City, MO (not the center of the universe as LDSers think).
Any response will be most welcomed.
Thanks a bill,
Craig
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1. thank you for your replies. Far more than I expected.
2. the places indicated are places tht have graduate programs in the field I've worked in for 25 yrs. CSU Northridge has a new and very exciting program in Public Administration/Nonprofit Admin.
2. Surprising as it might seem, UT Austin doesn't have a good Public Admin and no Nonprofit. also, personally, I think Austin thinks too much of itself. in its Public Admin it tends to produce the very stereo type person I've been trying to stay away from, sorry. It alos has some of the highes pollen counts in the world. thank you Lady Bird for making it so beautiful!
3. I was once asked i a high school assembly wha tI wanted to be when I am 50 years old.. THE SMARTALICK THAT I AM I ANSWERED THAT I WANT TO BE MAKING MILLIONS IN PRON. Northridge is a really interesting place. I/ve looked at apartments.rent. many have a 55yr old restriction. I'm not 55 yrs old.
4. At Portland State, any enrolled student can qualify for housing in any dorm. Even as I understand it married students who will bring their family with them. It does have an interesting program with internships included.
5. Phoenix is a huge plus because it has a great center for Nonprofit Study. It offers both a MPA and a MNpS. I am looking to see if it can be a double major. Housing, as with the California colleges, is very expensive. I'm inheriting quite a bit of money but not a fortune.
6. the idea of going west is very weird to me. Delaware is so beautiful.
I could go on for hours. That's what makes this so difficult and why I've gone to discussion boards. I wan the program to be as difficult as possible. The undergraduate college I went to was Knox. Forbes just ranked it as 16 out of 200 as one of the best in the country. There are some swimmers throughout the country from Knox. There is even an All American who now coaches in a northern Chicago suburb. Some work at the IRS. It has great alum. The guy who was the FBI spy, John Podesta, It gave both Abraham Lincoln & Barack Obama their first honorary degrees. The first African American senator attended Knox. As did Mary Allen West. She is one of the two statues is Statuary Hall in the Capital for the State of Illinois.
Again thanks,
Craig
1. thank you for your replies. Far more than I expected.
2. the places indicated are places tht have graduate programs in the field I've worked in for 25 yrs. CSU Northridge has a new and very exciting program in Public Administration/Nonprofit Admin.
2. Surprising as it might seem, UT Austin doesn't have a good Public Admin and no Nonprofit. also, personally, I think Austin thinks too much of itself. in its Public Admin it tends to produce the very stereo type person I've been trying to stay away from, sorry. It alos has some of the highes pollen counts in the world. thank you Lady Bird for making it so beautiful!
3. I was once asked i a high school assembly wha tI wanted to be when I am 50 years old.. THE SMARTALICK THAT I AM I ANSWERED THAT I WANT TO BE MAKING MILLIONS IN PRON. Northridge is a really interesting place. I/ve looked at apartments.rent. many have a 55yr old restriction. I'm not 55 yrs old.
4. At Portland State, any enrolled student can qualify for housing in any dorm. Even as I understand it married students who will bring their family with them. It does have an interesting program with internships included.
5. Phoenix is a huge plus because it has a great center for Nonprofit Study. It offers both a MPA and a MNpS. I am looking to see if it can be a double major. Housing, as with the California colleges, is very expensive. I'm inheriting quite a bit of money but not a fortune.
6. the idea of going west is very weird to me. Delaware is so beautiful.
I could go on for hours. That's what makes this so difficult and why I've gone to discussion boards. I wan the program to be as difficult as possible. The undergraduate college I went to was Knox. Forbes just ranked it as 16 out of 200 as one of the best in the country. There are some swimmers throughout the country from Knox. There is even an All American who now coaches in a northern Chicago suburb. Some work at the IRS. It has great alum. The guy who was the FBI spy, John Podesta, It gave both Abraham Lincoln & Barack Obama their first honorary degrees. The first African American senator attended Knox. As did Mary Allen West. She is one of the two statues is Statuary Hall in the Capital for the State of Illinois.
Again thanks,
Craig
