The daily writing prompt asks – What colleges have you attended.

I’ve attended the School of Hard Knocks. Graduated with honors in Life. Nah, really, I only attended one year of college at Catonsville Community College. I think it’s been renamed the Community College of Baltimore.

I started as an Applied Art and Design major but dropped out for work after the first year. Really pretty much after the first semester because in the second semester I started working more than full time at the same time. I concentrated on my art and photography classes and dropped English Lit class.

Like high school I got intimidated and wasn’t confident in my abilities and work. So, I had to learn that over my career and grow up in a few ways. In making a climb from the bottom you sometimes learn some important lessons you don’t get in school or college.

I learned a lot about perspective, persistence and people along the journey. I enjoyed learning the art of learning after leaving school.