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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I was thinking of Spertus but I don't really want to live in Illinois any longer/ I've taken the U of I Chicago Certificate. Some of it was wonderful some absolutely terrible. Donors forum's limitation about not having a degree is a true stopper. I don't understand why they didn't open the U of I Chicago into a degreed program. The on line program through U of I Springfield which begins this fall looks interesting until you realize it is basically Eastern's program online. I don't want a program that is limited to social service agencies. I've worked in everything from the continuing ed at the Smithsonian to children's museums to aid service organizations to Tuberculoses service where we went out to look for homeless Vets with the disease. I am really interested in looking at how people outside of the field see nonprofit organizations and how they choose which to support and/or use. UIPUI Center on Philanthropy is really wonderful. But Indy isn't much different than where i live now, only bigger and a better masters swimming program.
The major problem with Northwestern is it is extremely expensive. Also, one of my coworkers from the Smithsonian went there. She is conservative and loved it. A childhood friend went there for undergrad and left before she finished MBA degrees with nonprofit attached are sometimes developed so that the nonprofit interested student is sometimes looked down on by the other students.
The above mentioned idea is why ASU looks so good. It has 2 different ways to go. One is a MPA. And the other is MNpS through one of the centers that does nonprofit research. I think there must be some type of research center connected to the degree to make it really stand out to me. But they are very unresponsive to my questions.
Rutgers offers an international look at nonprofit organizations that is really wonderful. I personally would like to end my "career" working with organizations dedicated to removing land minds and stop their production. or with one that is working against the military build-up of the island nations of southeast Pacific and Indian Ocean.
I've always liked Delaware when I would be driving through it to go see the Cubs in Phillie or New York when I lived in DC. We once stayed in Dover for two days. I really miss living in DC. I lived there for 10 years. It destroyed my lungs. The entire bay area is so great but I don't want to go through the problem again.
Thanks. I really appreciate the comments. They add much to my decision making
Craig
I was thinking of Spertus but I don't really want to live in Illinois any longer/ I've taken the U of I Chicago Certificate. Some of it was wonderful some absolutely terrible. Donors forum's limitation about not having a degree is a true stopper. I don't understand why they didn't open the U of I Chicago into a degreed program. The on line program through U of I Springfield which begins this fall looks interesting until you realize it is basically Eastern's program online. I don't want a program that is limited to social service agencies. I've worked in everything from the continuing ed at the Smithsonian to children's museums to aid service organizations to Tuberculoses service where we went out to look for homeless Vets with the disease. I am really interested in looking at how people outside of the field see nonprofit organizations and how they choose which to support and/or use. UIPUI Center on Philanthropy is really wonderful. But Indy isn't much different than where i live now, only bigger and a better masters swimming program.
The major problem with Northwestern is it is extremely expensive. Also, one of my coworkers from the Smithsonian went there. She is conservative and loved it. A childhood friend went there for undergrad and left before she finished MBA degrees with nonprofit attached are sometimes developed so that the nonprofit interested student is sometimes looked down on by the other students.
The above mentioned idea is why ASU looks so good. It has 2 different ways to go. One is a MPA. And the other is MNpS through one of the centers that does nonprofit research. I think there must be some type of research center connected to the degree to make it really stand out to me. But they are very unresponsive to my questions.
Rutgers offers an international look at nonprofit organizations that is really wonderful. I personally would like to end my "career" working with organizations dedicated to removing land minds and stop their production. or with one that is working against the military build-up of the island nations of southeast Pacific and Indian Ocean.
I've always liked Delaware when I would be driving through it to go see the Cubs in Phillie or New York when I lived in DC. We once stayed in Dover for two days. I really miss living in DC. I lived there for 10 years. It destroyed my lungs. The entire bay area is so great but I don't want to go through the problem again.
Thanks. I really appreciate the comments. They add much to my decision making
Craig
