Yay! Tomorrow is college sweatshirt day at work!

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They started this a couple of months ago. We wear college sweatshirts on the first Thursday of each month in order to promote the idea of college and get the students talking about it. I didn't have one after all of these years but I was happy to buy a new one. Apparently my alma mater is becoming popular these days. College isn't for everyone of course. Early on in my career in the days of No Child Left Behind there was a push to get every high school student into college. I thought it was cruel because they were pushing students who clearly wouldn't be able to make it to go to college. Vocational and trade schools are being promoted more these days which I 100% support. We need people doing those jobs and frankly they make more money than college-educated people a lot of the time. My ex earns more than I do! Still I do like the idea of the college sweatshirt day. It gets kids thinking and talking about colleges and if it is or is not right for them. I've told them about still owing $$ on my student loans and I talk up community colleges. I also like being able to roll up to work looking like a bum in my hoodie and sneakers. J/K I will wear a hoodie, jeans, and sneakers to work any day that I want. I wish our buddy @DianneN was around. Her husband taught there around the time I was a student. She would get a kick out of it.