Finally Done! - Page 2

DeepBlueGulf · 04-29-2008, 11:21 AM

Congratulations from me too!! We'll drink some hot coffee in your honor at breakfast this weekend!!

Tom - DeepBlueGulf

jaredchasteen · 04-29-2008, 11:31 AM

congrats on graduation....maybe i can come to your dinner and tell your parents how crappy their home town is.

Uncle Russ · 04-29-2008, 11:32 AM

Where are you located, Brandon and where did you go to school?

Russ

SkeeterRonnie · 04-29-2008, 02:30 PM

good job Pope! congrats on that hard work you completed!

Snagged · 04-29-2008, 06:29 PM

Congratulations Brandon.

Pope · 04-29-2008, 08:07 PM

Thanks everyone. It has been a long hard road, but that is all she wrote now. As far as work is concerned, I love my job, but everyone has their days. Bosses usually are the worst part of everything.

I am an assistant principal and I am receiving my M. Ed. It is kind of ironic really. I didn't have a wonderful experience growing up (long story) and I had to drop out of high school. I loved fishing even as a kid and got a job on crew boats at 18. I spent the next several years catching tuna in the Gulf and spent months hanging around Auger. Finally, at 21, I decided to go to college. I enrolled at a junior college, transfered to UNT (North Texas) and ended up living in the DFW area.

Somehow I ended up working in high schools as a counselor and my principal asked me to get my M.Ed. I enrolled at UTA and have been working on it for a while. I also got a concentration in biology while I was at it. I am a single father so it has taken a few years.

In any case, it is all over now and I am ready to get back to doing the things I enjoy aside from work. I am not sure where we will meet for the dinner, but everyone is welcome. I will post the location in a few days.

Jared, you can come and cuss Galveston. No worries, it does suck. Tom, you guys drink some joe for me. I drink a gallon a day as is. A little more won't hurt. Thanks again everyone and I will be around a lot more now. Let freedom ring!

Fishhead56 · 04-29-2008, 08:49 PM

Pope,
Great Job!!!
With out seeing your above post.
I want to say.
I have read other post of yours that contained
informaton about tolorance, youth guidance, and just sound information.
Several I have read more than once,
All the Best.

K2

jt2hunt · 04-29-2008, 09:42 PM

congrats

mcgolfer · 04-30-2008, 09:31 AM

damn you brandon!!!!!! now you are going to make all of us ignorant bastards look even more stupid with that fancy degree.....let me know when and where i i will try and be there to irritate your educated ass....rick

Pope · 05-04-2008, 04:27 PM

Thanks Fishhead. I try to be tolerant, but I am rarely tolerated. lol

Rick, as you have said before, I am just a snuff chewing redneck from the swamps of SE Texas and I hope I would have to try very hard to make anyone else look stupid.

Now for the details, we are going to meeting at Mercado Juarez in Arlington at 3:00, Saturday May 10th. I would throw a party at my house, but I am having two grandmothers staying over the weekend. This may dampen the festivities as they wil probably turn in a little early.

Please let me know if you are going to attend so I can make sure I have reserved enough space. Thanks again for all the kind words and I finally look forward to seeing everyone more often without the past restraints keeping me off the water.

04-29-2008, 11:32 AM	#13 (permalink)
Uncle Russ Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,134	Where are you located, Brandon and where did you go to school? Russ __________________ "Tschirhart: Helluva deal. You bait the hooks--I catch the fish!--Grimm."

04-29-2008, 02:30 PM	#14 (permalink)
SkeeterRonnie Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,284	good job Pope! congrats on that hard work you completed! __________________ www.ronniemanningfishing.weebly.com

04-29-2008, 06:29 PM	#15 (permalink)
Snagged Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,114	Congratulations Brandon. __________________ Jerry Uh oh, Snagged again!

04-29-2008, 08:07 PM	#16 (permalink)
Pope Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 727	Thanks everyone. It has been a long hard road, but that is all she wrote now. As far as work is concerned, I love my job, but everyone has their days. Bosses usually are the worst part of everything. I am an assistant principal and I am receiving my M. Ed. It is kind of ironic really. I didn't have a wonderful experience growing up (long story) and I had to drop out of high school. I loved fishing even as a kid and got a job on crew boats at 18. I spent the next several years catching tuna in the Gulf and spent months hanging around Auger. Finally, at 21, I decided to go to college. I enrolled at a junior college, transfered to UNT (North Texas) and ended up living in the DFW area. Somehow I ended up working in high schools as a counselor and my principal asked me to get my M.Ed. I enrolled at UTA and have been working on it for a while. I also got a concentration in biology while I was at it. I am a single father so it has taken a few years. In any case, it is all over now and I am ready to get back to doing the things I enjoy aside from work. I am not sure where we will meet for the dinner, but everyone is welcome. I will post the location in a few days. Jared, you can come and cuss Galveston. No worries, it does suck. Tom, you guys drink some joe for me. I drink a gallon a day as is. A little more won't hurt. Thanks again everyone and I will be around a lot more now. Let freedom ring! __________________ Pope...translates to "nightmare" in Tunenglish Last edited by Pope : 04-29-2008 at 08:11 PM.

04-30-2008, 09:31 AM	#19 (permalink)
mcgolfer Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: antlers oklahoma Posts: 440	damn you brandon!!!!!! now you are going to make all of us ignorant bastards look even more stupid with that fancy degree.....let me know when and where i i will try and be there to irritate your educated ass....rick __________________ there is no limit on tackle

04-29-2008, 11:21 AM	#11 (permalink)
DeepBlueGulf Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 622	Congratulations from me too!! We'll drink some hot coffee in your honor at breakfast this weekend!! Tom - DeepBlueGulf

04-29-2008, 11:31 AM	#12 (permalink)
jaredchasteen Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 320	congrats on graduation....maybe i can come to your dinner and tell your parents how crappy their home town is.

04-29-2008, 08:49 PM	#17 (permalink)
Fishhead56 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Galveston County Posts: 371	Pope, Great Job!!! With out seeing your above post. I want to say. I have read other post of yours that contained informaton about tolorance, youth guidance, and just sound information. Several I have read more than once, All the Best. K2

04-29-2008, 09:42 PM	#18 (permalink)
jt2hunt Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 279	congrats

05-04-2008, 04:27 PM	#20 (permalink)
Pope Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 727	Thanks Fishhead. I try to be tolerant, but I am rarely tolerated. lol Rick, as you have said before, I am just a snuff chewing redneck from the swamps of SE Texas and I hope I would have to try very hard to make anyone else look stupid. Now for the details, we are going to meeting at Mercado Juarez in Arlington at 3:00, Saturday May 10th. I would throw a party at my house, but I am having two grandmothers staying over the weekend. This may dampen the festivities as they wil probably turn in a little early. Please let me know if you are going to attend so I can make sure I have reserved enough space. Thanks again for all the kind words and I finally look forward to seeing everyone more often without the past restraints keeping me off the water. __________________ Pope...translates to "nightmare" in Tunenglish

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