Saturday, January 26, 2008

One Beautiful Thing 01/23-25/08: Master's Degree Completed

1. The only beautiful thing that matters right now is that my wife, Debbie (The Deke) finished her Master's degree in Education this week. She began work on her degree in Fall 06 and worked with unflagging focus, a deep reservoir of experience, immeasurable intelligence, and indomitable drive to complete her degree right on time. In addition, she completed (and is still working on) supplemental online courses from other universities and spent far more time in local elementary school classrooms than her degree required. Her degree will be posted on Monday. The paperwork is on its way to the proper offices so that her license to teach public school will soon be in her hands.

The next step will be landing a job.

The Deke will be one of the finest teachers in whatever district she teaches in and I look forward to the day when groups of children will enjoy her intelligence, imagination, love, and energy in the classroom and her fellow teachers can enjoy her good humor and insight on their staff.

5 comments:

Go Figure said...

Congratulations!!!

JBelle said...

Good one, Deke!

MGM said...

Congrats to the wife! It's an awesome feeling to complete an advanced degree. I wish her all kinds of happiness in her new professional endeavors.

Katrina said...

Congratulations, Debbie, on seeing the culmination of all your hard work! God bless your job search!

Christy Woolum said...

Pass on our congratulations to Debbie. What an accomplishment.