tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post6865311116105781664..comments2024-03-06T04:18:31.617-05:00Comments on The Jumping Percheron: Radio SilenceThe Jumping Percheronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-17184016818125864462017-08-20T08:47:02.203-04:002017-08-20T08:47:02.203-04:00Congrats on the degree - that is an amazing accomp...Congrats on the degree - that is an amazing accomplishment while working full time and you know, living your life! Good luck on the Master's too... Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940386405998853917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-65022810081568438662017-08-16T21:16:33.907-04:002017-08-16T21:16:33.907-04:00Congratulations!!Congratulations!!Piccoloponyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08275679567725425281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-10776861570757687042017-08-16T10:57:17.500-04:002017-08-16T10:57:17.500-04:00Thank you appy and Tracy! When I joined, college ...Thank you appy and Tracy! When I joined, college was the last thing on my mind honestly. I hated school and I hated the idea of the typical college mentality. Which is why I knew for sure I didn't want to go to college after high school. Eventually I came around and realized online classes would be something I could do and ultimately this degree is a step in preparation for my career after the military (which won't be for a while, but plan early because you never know what could happen). It worked out because I actually did enjoy this degree and am excited about my Master's program. Best part of all of this? It's all free, well not "free" because the government owns me in exchange, but you know what I mean :)The Jumping Percheronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-71722308139506845842017-08-16T10:53:51.115-04:002017-08-16T10:53:51.115-04:00Thanks Nuzz Muzz! I can imagine the craziness tha...Thanks Nuzz Muzz! I can imagine the craziness that your grandfather experienced in that job. I already am getting plenty of it in my current careerfield. One thing I deal with now is talking to these victims that are still alive. I love my job and I can compartmentalize extremely well. I've reviewed things like infant autopsy pics, bloody stabbing crime scenes, and extremely messy suicide pics for cases while eating my lunch and not thinking twice. But, when you interview people for court in trial prep and they look you straight in the face and say "every day my first thought is how much I really want to kill myself" because of what has happened to them, it wears on you eventually. Or when they call you from a mental institution in a panic attack. It does make you extra paranoid and have little more than a shred of faith in humanity because there are so many violent, deranged offenders hiding behind a facade of a "normal" family life, but the good outweighs the bad most of the time. I think you definitely have to be a certain type of person to handle it, I've seen people tap out of my current career field because of it. Some people can't overcome it, others get numb to it. The Jumping Percheronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07588158783906726626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-69373465669366548452017-08-16T09:29:52.333-04:002017-08-16T09:29:52.333-04:00Congratulations on the degree!! Congratulations on the degree!! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567094702344719852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-71721789656886754472017-08-16T08:19:33.173-04:002017-08-16T08:19:33.173-04:00Congratulations! So glad you finished, what a hug...Congratulations! So glad you finished, what a huge accomplishment!appydoesdressagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247747981543003242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-58596131094422856222017-08-16T00:52:58.490-04:002017-08-16T00:52:58.490-04:00Congratulations! You are living my other life -- ...Congratulations! You are living my other life -- the one I would have had if my grandfather didn't stop me. I wanted to study forensics, but my grandfather was District Attorney of Los Angeles, and he forbade me from taking that path. I guess he saw a lot of ugly stuff being in the court system and he wanted me to remain innocent. My best grades were in science.Nuzzling Muzzleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649710635013663900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892401514337394004.post-26677520992624980242017-08-15T19:44:05.865-04:002017-08-15T19:44:05.865-04:00Congrats on graduating!! That's a huge amount ...Congrats on graduating!! That's a huge amount of work without all the other things piled on top of it. Hope Mochs continues to recover well. :-) SprinklerBandithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948487857418394022noreply@blogger.com