Tags: veteran's day
Tomorrow is Veterans Day, and like most of my classmates, I'm looking forward to having a day off of classes. I've always felt a bit guilty about having Veterans Day off; after all I didn't do anything to deserve it. When I was an undergraduate I remember my dad saying: I'm a veteran and I don't even get the day off. Let's face it, most people employed outside of banking, government, and education won't have a day to enjoy the freedoms that our veterans help secure.
For the past few weeks, I have been really looking forward to November 11th – the day I have no classes and no intentions of stepping foot on campus. All that I, and most of my classmates, really want to do is catch my breath and get prepared for the last four CRAZY weeks of my first quarter at Fisher (during which we will have 4 Accounting Cases, 3 final papers, 3 final presentations, 4 daily assignments and 3 final exams – not to mention all of the reading that goes with those assignments…). But, November 11th is more than just a vacation day, it’s Veterans Day.
It's been over seven years since I've returned home from my tour of duty in Iraq. I will definitely tell you, it was a long 18-month stint in Iraq and I came away from that experience with a lot of positive memories.