The domestication of dogs has both improved society AND benefited human happiness. I have had the privilege of serving my country for seventeen years and I have witnessed first-hand the benefits of domesticated dogs. In the form of working dogs, both bomb sniffing and PTSD service animals. Throughout my service, I have been deployed three…
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What It’s Like To Go To College In Your 30s
The timing was perfect for me Entering college in my mid 30s was been quite the experience. Every day I witness the vast generational differences. So many students, 18–22 years old, walk everywhere with headphones in and their faces buried in their smartphone, seemingly oblivious to the beauty that is this campus. I fear they…
From Boots to Books
Or, how I navigated the transition to college Leaving the service to attend university full-time was one of the oddest experiences of my life. A blessing when I stop and think about it, though, because of the post 9/11 G.I. Bill allowing me to focus on school, mostly. But I find this period of transition…