I just finished a yearly project. Each day of the month I posted on a pre-determined theme. During the month of November, I'll post a collage of all my photos on the daily theme from the past year. The theme for the eleventh day of the month was "Stranger."
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Results - Who are people who are voting split ticket? WHO ARE THEY?
End Stage Capitalism - So many types of Pop Tarts.
Danger - Hannah the Dog interacts with a fox.
In a Strange Town - I went to a library in a town that is not my town.
Flicking Images, Sports - I am so amused that there is a typo in the title of this post. Go me. Remember when I was briefly interested in professional golf based on the power of a Netflix series?
Danger, Hiding Spaces, and Four Square - Easter in Iowa.
A New Look - Spring! Flowers!
What IS That? - Hannah freaked out when our neighbors put chairs out in their yards. What a neurotic creature.
Panic at the Disco - Hannah freaked out AGAIN about changes in the neighborhood.
A Victory - Hannah did NOT freak out about some flapping flags.
This Branch - A branch has been stuck on a street sign in front of our house for years. It's still there. I'll keep you posted if anything about this changes.
Seasonal Scenes - Hannah did NOT freak out about seasonal inflatable yard decorations.
End Stage Capitalism - So many types of Pop Tarts.
Danger - Hannah the Dog interacts with a fox.
In a Strange Town - I went to a library in a town that is not my town.
Flicking Images, Sports - I am so amused that there is a typo in the title of this post. Go me. Remember when I was briefly interested in professional golf based on the power of a Netflix series?
Danger, Hiding Spaces, and Four Square - Easter in Iowa.
A New Look - Spring! Flowers!
What IS That? - Hannah freaked out when our neighbors put chairs out in their yards. What a neurotic creature.
Panic at the Disco - Hannah freaked out AGAIN about changes in the neighborhood.
A Victory - Hannah did NOT freak out about some flapping flags.
This Branch - A branch has been stuck on a street sign in front of our house for years. It's still there. I'll keep you posted if anything about this changes.
Seasonal Scenes - Hannah did NOT freak out about seasonal inflatable yard decorations.
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Hannah count: 4
Sign count: 3
Creepy rabbit count: 4
Shadow count: 3
Park by our house count: 1
Sign count: 3
Modes of transportation count: 1
Food/beverage count: Too many Pop-Tarts.
Blaze orange count: 2
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So, I guess I mostly wrote about things that might have seemed strange to the dog. What a life I lead. Although, let's be honest, that's a lot of PopTarts.
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I went to a smallish, mid-tier state school in Ohio for my undergraduate degree. I'm quite proud of my alma mater, but it's not regularly mentioned or discussed in the place where I currently live. So when I went digging around in the supply closet for file folders on Thursday, I was shocked to find the following folder just stashed in there.
I was positively excited about it and grabbed it as if there was a long line of people behind me waiting to take it, too. Apparently one of the former deans used to work at BGSU and left this behind when he moved on to a different position. His loss is obviously my gain, but how strange that this one office has hired so many Bowling Green-related hires.
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Is your alma mater well-known where you live? Do you have a lot of networking advantages because of it? (I do not. LOL.)
One of my granddaughter's teachers went to my alma mater, so she looked it up a bit, but I don't think she'll go there.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been able to convince anyone in my life to go to my alma mater, so I feel this.
DeleteHow fun to find an old friend in your new supply closet! My alma mater is widely known and it feels like there are a BUNCH of alumni here in my city -- but not just my city, all affiliated in some way with my kid's school. It's nice to find that kind of instant connection with someone!
ReplyDeleteIt IS nice to feel that connection. I rarely do, though, unfortunately. It was much more common when I was in Ohio, obviously. I was at a wedding in Ohio a few years ago and found a faculty member at BGSU and got all the gossip and it was really fun. I wish I had more of that.
DeleteI went to a very small university for my undergrad but it is ranked the #1 primarily undergrad school in Canada (and has been for yearrss). It also has the highest (per capita) number of Rhodes Scholars so, ironically, I feel like it is well known in the UK. But people out in western Canada have NO idea what school it is.
ReplyDeleteI loved my undergrad school. It was lovely and I really miss that time in my life.
I LOVED undergrad so much. If only I could go back and do it all over again. Those four years are years I'd love to redo because they were so fantastic.
DeleteI remember both the results and the pop tarts posts vividly. Two important issues and we need answers!!!
ReplyDeleteMy mom needed to have some papers scanned so she came over to use our scanner. I just about died when I saw that she had the papers in a folder FROM MY GRADE SCHOOL. Like that's fully 40 years ago. They've moved four times since then but they still have the folder!!!!
I went to two standard state schools for my degrees so whomp whomp. I got one job lead from each school and in neither case did it work out so that's the extent of my networking advantages. A few people from my high school went to Bowling Green and seemed to be pretty happy about it.
Your mom takes filing seriously! Forty years of a folder still in good shape. Wow!
DeleteI loved BG! But outside of Ohio, it's basically unknown.
My undergrad alma mater is ranked #2 in India and that has served me well when I applied for grad school and so on, though no job offers. My doctoral institution is the usually the #1 university in the world, so yes--that has definitely been great for networking and job getting and so on. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024/world-ranking
ReplyDeleteMany in my cohort are doing really fancy things in fancy places, but I really love and ENJOY my teaching-centered, family-friendly, midwestern existence.
Hey, if your education gets you a life you want, that's the point, right?!
DeleteAy Ziggy Zoomba! I got my bachelor's from BGSU in 1981. In fact, my brother and sister both are also BGSU grads.
ReplyDeleteHello, fellow Falcon!! Were you there in the Scott Hamilton years?
DeleteI wouldn't mind a pop tart right now. Sometimes you can find one or two flavors hehre in the store but they are expensive. And lets be honest not really a nutricous pick...
ReplyDeleteI haven't had a Pop Tart in years. I remember really liking some flavors, but I wonder if they'd be too sweet for me these days.
DeleteIt's very different in Canada, there is definitely a ranking system but I don't think it affects networking overly. My university is ranked 7th nationally and 169th globally!
ReplyDeleteI imagine BG is barely in the rankings, but I had a great time and got a wonderful education there.
DeleteTo be honest, it's the University of Toronto or McGill for me in terms of Canadian universities I'm familiar with, but all of my Canadian grad school colleagues were heads and tails trained better than those of us with undergrad degrees from the States, so I imagine all Canadian universities are amazing.
My education is a bachelor's degree in any other country but Germany so I am out in this one. But I believe it's not quite as networking relaxant in Germany as it is here. There is a lot of school pride in the US what I always admire but what also baffles me a little.
ReplyDeleteIt is a tiny bit baffling, isn't it? There are some schools I literally can't deal with because they were competitors with my school. It makes no sense!
DeleteI think what we've learned from this post is that Hannah has gotten much, much braver this year!
ReplyDeleteI went to Northwestern, and the trumpet teacher there at that time is very well-known in the trumpet community now. The truth is however that I hated it, and never even graduated. I came down to Florida briefly and enrolled in USF, but I barely remember those two years. You can see college wasn't a huge part of my life.
College isn't for everyone! I think recognizing that fact and changing plans is a smart thing to do and I wish more people did it when college doesn't work out.
Delete"etworking advantages because of my alma mater"? AHM, NO.
ReplyDeleteBut so cool you snatched up that folder! :)
I was so excited. It just was so random!
DeleteBowling Green State University is a delightful name for a school! I've never given a single thought to university rankings, but I just checked and the place my husband and I went, and where our daughter is going now, is apparently one of only four Canadian universities consistently ranked in the world's top 100. I don't think it mattered at all for my program, but the one my daughter is in is kind of cool and cutting-edge and well-regarded.
ReplyDeleteI don't really think about rankings much, either. BGSU isn't ranked high, but I was in the honors program, which allowed me close relationships with professors in small classes. That meant my letters of recommendation for grad school and job references were really solid. I think that rankings are great, but you can do a lot at a so-so school if you make some solid decisions. Also, I left with no debt, so that was something that was important to me, too.
DeleteMy friend's son is at Bowling Green this year as a freshman. My alma mater is not very well known across the country (or at least, I don't think it is) But people in the Chicago area are usually familiar with it. With a name like St. Mary's - there are a lot of schools named that, so it can get confused. It was so very small, but since it's across the street from Notre Dame some people know something of it.
ReplyDeleteSo many St. Mary's!! It can be confusing. There's a Bowling Green, Kentucky and a lot of people think that's where BGSU is.
DeleteAww! I love hearing about the moment of excitement when you found the folder! Not many know my alma mater out here but it did get me my first job out of college that got me my federal job!
ReplyDeleteYeah, my UG at BGSU got me into a well-known grad program at Minnesota, so it did its job, right?!d
DeleteYou went to Bowling Green?? My cousin and her husband also went there. We used to drive from Illinois to Mansfield to visit family, and seeing it on 75 meant we were almost there. My grandmother's side of the family is from Findlay and North Baltimore, Ohio, so that part of the state just feels like home to me without ever living there.
ReplyDeleteGo Falcons forever! (Isn't school pride weird? As Home Here and There said above, it's pretty strange to have such loyalty, but that's where I am with it.)
DeleteI went to Miami for my MA-- yay random OH universities! My UG institution is Bradley University-- not well known outside of central IL, but the connections I made on the national championship speech team got me into my MA program and my PhD at UW.
ReplyDeleteOh, fascinating. I have colleague who work at both Miami (I went to grad school with her) AND Bradley (she used to work with me at my current school), so I'm familiar with both schools. Bradley is...not an awesome employer. Miami is unionized, which is fun.
DeleteWhat a delightful surprise! I went to USF for college and it's pretty well-known here in Florida, although UF and FSU are the better-ranked schools. I did not have a great time in college and even seeing the exit to my college makes me upset, so THAT'S FUN.
ReplyDeleteOh, I hate to hear that people didn't love their college experiences. It was such a fun time for me. Bummer. On the bright side, you never have to do that again!
DeleteThat is far too many types of pop tarts. Who is eating them all?
ReplyDeleteI love that you found something so special to you!
The question of who is eating the PopTarts is everlasting!! WHO BUYS THEM?
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