Dear Indiana Wesleyan University,
I wanted to write and thank you for the education you provided me. I may make fun of you behind your back and I may criticizes you but when it comes down to it you did a lot for me. You were expensive and took up a great deal of time but the costs were worth it.
You prepared me to interact with a good range of people. You provided me with the science background to grasp a conversation with the engineers at work. You provided me with a little math so I can understand my financial adviser and the accountants at work. I can even work with and understand common statistics. You forced me to read more books than I wanted to, when I read the Garden of Forking Paths, the Death of Ivan Ilyich and The Guest I swore I would never need or want to cite them and that no one else had read them, I was wrong. When I sat through endless lectures over sociology and read case studies it didn't affect my life at the time, I often made fun of what I was being taught; I wish I had payed more attention. When you assigned me lengthy research papers or a short time to read a long book I saw this as busy work but the skills I was being taught are invaluable to my professional career.
I may not have formally used my degree but I have formally used the knowledge and skills that you taught me. You helped me learn to speak publicly and present clear information both written and orally. You gave me the skills to work as a team member and leader in any environment and job. I sometimes feel you prepared me better than most of my friends are prepared. You have given me the tools to work with the world now it's up to me to change it.
I wanted to write and thank you for the education you provided me. I may make fun of you behind your back and I may criticizes you but when it comes down to it you did a lot for me. You were expensive and took up a great deal of time but the costs were worth it.
You prepared me to interact with a good range of people. You provided me with the science background to grasp a conversation with the engineers at work. You provided me with a little math so I can understand my financial adviser and the accountants at work. I can even work with and understand common statistics. You forced me to read more books than I wanted to, when I read the Garden of Forking Paths, the Death of Ivan Ilyich and The Guest I swore I would never need or want to cite them and that no one else had read them, I was wrong. When I sat through endless lectures over sociology and read case studies it didn't affect my life at the time, I often made fun of what I was being taught; I wish I had payed more attention. When you assigned me lengthy research papers or a short time to read a long book I saw this as busy work but the skills I was being taught are invaluable to my professional career.
I may not have formally used my degree but I have formally used the knowledge and skills that you taught me. You helped me learn to speak publicly and present clear information both written and orally. You gave me the skills to work as a team member and leader in any environment and job. I sometimes feel you prepared me better than most of my friends are prepared. You have given me the tools to work with the world now it's up to me to change it.
Thanks again,
-Kurt
