 I was taught to go to work. That's how you made a living, was to go to work, not to go to school. Unfortunately, I come from a long line of dropouts, and because of that, I was a heavy equipment operator for a lot of years, and it was good at it, and I made good money doing it, and I supported my family, I was a sole provider, and then, as luck would have it, I blew two discs in my back and couldn't do it anymore. So it was kind of a sink or swim for me. After many years of nudging, I use nudging because I've been with my wife for 23 years, she encouraged me to go back and get my GED, which was the start of my new life. I joined Nicollet College, met some wonderful people over there, and they've actually, over the last two years, have shown me the path that I want to follow, and that will be the path to hopefully join the educators in the room at a technical college myself.