Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/09

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Subject: [Leica] An American Patriotism photo from October
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 18:51:41 -0500
References: <CBCF4488.13F7F%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com>

On 5/8/2012 8:49 PM, Chris Crawford wrote:
> Thanks. Its in history, and there are no openings around here for a
> university professor. I can't leave Indiana until my son turns 18 because
> I have custody of him and his mother still lives in Fort Wayne. Teaching
> is something I would like to do in the future, once I am free to leave Ft.
> Wayne. My son is 15, so a few more years. I didn't get the degree to get a
> job anyway. Around here, no one will hire educated people for anything
> outside the few jobs where the law requires a degree (nurses, accountants,
> etc). Every person I know with a masters degree is either unemployed or
> working at walmart for $8 an hour. I make more than that as a
> photographer, so no thanks, lol. I got my MA for purely personal reasons.
>
That's great and you don't see that often.  History is a long-time 
passion of mine also.  I got my law degree mainly out of interest in the 
area, though I had decided to practice as a CPA (I was hoping your MA 
was not in accounting - Lord knows how that would affect your photos.)

Ken


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