Let's Hear it for The Boy
Jason called WOU today to find out whether or not he passed his graduate exams that he took two weeks ago. (Yes, that's what he was doing Valentine's Day. No, talking about the Stuart Era--while interesting--is not so much romantic.)
Even though he finished his classes a year ago, it wasn't ever very convenient to take the exam. And by convenient I mean "feeling ambitious enough to put brain through academic torture." At long last, he forced himself to just do it, even if he didn't feel totally prepared.
The education exam was not so difficult (per usual for education exams).
The history exam was giving Jason nightmares. Literally. He had difficulty getting a hold of one of his professors in order to find out what he might need to study for. When you take courses on the Aztecs, Incas, Mayans, Stuarts, Tudors, Terrorists, NAFTA, Africa, and Central America it's helpful if you have a general ballpark of what the essay questions (3 questions, answered in four hours) are about.
In the end, he had to take an educated guess (as well as put in no less than 100 hours of studying).
He called WOU this morning to find out if he passed, and then he called me with the answer:
"Hey. So. I got a master's degree."
Love this man. So proud of him. Also? Feeling happy that I can finally put away the huge stacks of books that have been littering our room (Jihad vs. McWorld, anyone?) for the past couple months. Mostly though I'm just feeling darn proud that tonight I get to sleep next to guy who just earned his MS in Education. Oh yeah.
Congrats! It sounds like it was a lot of work.
Posted by:Margaret | Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Yay! Congratulations Jason!!! That is a huge accomplishment!
Posted by:amy wood | Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Yea! That is so exciting!! Congratulations!
Posted by:Rachelle | Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 10:41 PM
Yea! Congratualtions. I remember putting off taking my exam in just the same way as Jason. The relief of having the exam behind me was almost enough to make me happy. But, of course, earning the Masters was even better!
Posted by:ally bean | Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 07:16 AM
Congratulations!!! What a wonderful achievement. Now go off and have a romantic post-valentines, master's earned date!
Posted by:Alida | Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 09:52 AM
Way to go!!!
Hip Hip Horray!!
Posted by:Karen | Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 10:13 AM
Congrats! :)
Posted by:alyssa | Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 11:06 AM
Yeah! It is finally over . . .
Posted by:Inkling | Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 12:14 PM
Congrats Jason! Good job!
Posted by:Rachel | Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 03:22 PM
Woohoo! Congratulations!
Posted by:ccap | Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 03:49 PM
You have a great guy AND he's smart! Awesome, congraulations to your hubby.
Posted by:Jeri | Friday, February 29, 2008 at 06:59 PM
Congratulations Jason, great job. What a fantastic accomplishment.
Posted by:J-L | Saturday, March 01, 2008 at 09:50 PM
On a separate topic, Stephanie, will you be having your NCAA March Madness pool again? It's been awhile since I've humiliated myself with bad picks and foolishly riding Duke with blind hope.
Posted by:J-L | Saturday, March 01, 2008 at 09:53 PM