I’m currently working on my MBA. In fact, I had my last final for my first semester last night. After the exam I spent a little bit of time speaking with the prof, whom I admire quite a bit. His class was the one of I’ve enjoyed most so far this semester and I was relating that the material really piqued my interest.
He suggested that I might want to consider pursuing a PhD in the subject when I complete the MBA. I’ve been out of school almost 10 years at this point, so I’m not sure how common it is for a prof to recommend someone pursue a doctorate in their subject, but to me that was a compliment that had me soaring.
I’m one of only four in my entire extended family to graduate from college, and the first in my family ever to go to grad school. I grew up fairly poor in a rural part of the South, so the thoguth of ahieving a doctorate is not something I would have even imagined growing up or had considered up to this point. But the fact that he had enough respect for my work in his class to even suggest it made me happy, so I thought I’d share.
