degrees of separation between work and j.

Well it's been almost a year since I left Lee University, and yet I still can't call myself an alumni. Oh I did the course work, sat through the classes, even went back for a few "exit exams" but still no diploma. Just today I received a call from Potsdam State acknowledging I sent them a note requesting my transcripts be sent to Lee for verification, but then they asked me to fill out a request form. So instead of taking the signed letter I sent them they need a separate signed letter with their emblem on it to be "official".

Then the lady checks to see if I have any holds, and I do. They need my transcript. Which I sent them...attached to the note which warranted the phone call and the above conversation. THEY CALLED ME! Then the lady ignoring my pointing out of this point insists on transferring me "downstairs". The new lady tells me the same thing and is mad that the first lady sent me to her in the first place. She however, removed the hold in good faith that my transcript was "somewhere on this big campus".

Then an email from Lee after dinner saying the computer exit exam was "not satisfactory". Now they want me to take a 2 week online computer course. Are you joking? How dumb am I? I didn't "satisfy" the demands on power point,word, and excel? I haven't called to see what the deal is yet.But it's a shame on me. Now I think PP is irrelevant I'd use flash or some other program, and word/excel are being replaced by open source programs like Google docs but I should still be able to pass a competency test. But whatever, I'm not bitter.

The good news is the school owes me $300 bucks, so that's a plus...granted I inevitably owe them nearly 50k, but for now they owe me. Thank heaven I work for myself and club owners don't ask for a degree when you play a show. I don't mean to sound arrogant I'm just frustrated.

j.