<![CDATA[Summit for Soldiers: 7-SUMMITS & 50 States - Old School Blog]]>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 01:19:42 -0400Weebly<![CDATA[Week one done, heading into week two...]]>Tue, 07 Sep 2021 01:34:05 GMThttps://www.8000veterans.org/old-school-blog/week-one-done-heading-into-week-two
Online classes, in person classes, do t your own pace classes...

Well, Romin' Roman survived the first week of school, pulling my old butt along. I am settling into the various formats, and while it is a LOT of work keeping up with the extensive readings, buried assignments, etcetera...

I think  the hardest part has been the required online discussions. Not so much that we need to do them, but that our grades are dependent upon each others engagement. Now, here we are living in a world of "push of the finger" socially connected devices, with these kids who cannot lift their heads to acknowledge the person next to them, preferring rather to text them a hello... Hell, even our damn butts send messages these days... but, oh wait... when it comes time to actually deploy and utilize these "devices" to engage in our required group discussions, suddenly their little heads pop and explode in confusion on how to accomplish what should be a very pretty simple task! Dog, pig, dog, pig... loaf of bread! Sorry... if you know, you know...

Anyway, for my classmates that may be following this blog, I apologize... that was insensitive and that certainly DID not apply to you... Okay, are they gone???

​Now on week two...
]]><![CDATA[First day of Live in person class]]>Tue, 31 Aug 2021 18:56:38 GMThttps://www.8000veterans.org/old-school-blog/first-day-of-live-in-person-class
Romin’ Roman’s first day of live, in-person, class... Classical Mythology. He was quite vocal about the constant use of the greek names of the gods, instead of the more dignified roman names, but once we got to Dionysus/Bacchus (god of wine) he relaxed a bit!

Okay, now this is more like it... A (not so boring) teacher at the front of the room, pen and paper, discussions. It felt like I was back in high-school... in fact, half the class were high-school seniors! Geez... Guess I'm picking up where I left off all those years ago when I dropped out of HS. Karma.
]]><![CDATA[First Day of School]]>Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:33:37 GMThttps://www.8000veterans.org/old-school-blog/first-day-of-schoolYep, I thought I would start off easy with only 15 hrs of courses to include Composition II, Ancient Greece History, Classic Mythology, Pre World History and Intro to Biological Anthropology. You know... all light reading! What was I thinking! To top that off, the last time I went to school, we read actual books and wrote with pens and pencils on a little thing I like to call "paper". Now I get to try and find and sort my way through the layers of this online format, with flaky internet, where just as you start something it kicks you out and you have to log back in... you know, the perfect thing for a grouchy, impatient, disgruntled veteran with PTSD and Bipolar to deal with! LOL... oh well, hold my beer... here goes.
]]><![CDATA[The 56 year old freshman]]>Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:17:24 GMThttps://www.8000veterans.org/old-school-blog/the-56-year-old-freshman
Well, I have finally decided what I want to be when I grow up. I want to be Indiana Jones, the professor and archaeologist traveling the world, finding adventure and dodging danger and perils in quest of great and historic artifacts. Well, I figured that I have traveled the world and dodged danger and peril, so I might as well back it up with an education so that I can "dig" deeper into those historic artifacts.

So... feel free to follow along as I take you on the comedic journey of an old man navigating the young persons world of College Education! It already sounds like a Rodney Dangerfield Movie!

I figured that since I have led a pretty adventurous life (some of which I didn't necessarily ask for) why not put these life experiences into a formal education. I have always had a fascination with Ancient History, especially Greek and Roman history, and have had the privilege of traveling to so many interesting places, and some pretty exciting and sporty adventures around the world that it only seemed fitting. Over the next several years I will be pursuing a Major in Ancient History and possibly a Double Major with Hebrew and Jewish Studies through CSCC and OSU with ultimate goal of Biblical Archaeology. I was asked to maybe start a blog for those who are interested in following the comical adventures of an old man attempting to navigate a young persons world, so I might just do that. So, here I go with my next "Everest" as I jump right in with a 15 hour semester... as a 56 year old freshman!

PS - My daughter, son and daughter-in-law are all in school as well, so this should be great fun as I discover yet another way to embarrass them!!!

PSS - My mission of bringing awareness about veteran suicide and hopefully encouraging other struggling veterans to reach for their "Everest" remains the same no matter where or what I may be doing, and my personal climbs and adventures will still happen as they are able.
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