After high school, in four (and a half, because I took a lot of stuff I didn't need) years at the University of Minnesota, I don't know that I learned a whole lot that really mattered. Except that I didn't want to spend my life as a teacher.

In two years in the Army, I did learn some things about life and the world.

In two and a half years of specialty school for my trade, I learned necessary skills and background, but nothing of great moment.

Then, at age 30, I started the job that occupied the next thirty-six years of my life, and THERE I learned a lot!   Starting with how ill-prepared I was for real life. I was petrified! Everything before had been preparation, and it STILL was not sufficient, I felt. I did manage to fog it through, as I say, for thirty-six years, and ended feeling that I was well educated and good at what I did (and still do on a part-time basis in retirement).

Dave Oesterreich