[Elderberry]

I’ll bet that neither James Carroll nor anyone else on the staff of the Boston Globe ever took course on “Junkyard Dog 101” while in college.
I was working my way thru college hanging sheetrock. I was leaving the jobsite on a Friday afternoon and when I passed the 2nd floor climbing down the scaffolding, a worker said the guard dogs were already loose. I thought they were pulling my leg. I was walking through a ground floor apartment when Movement caught my eye. A German Shepherd came from behind me and came up to me and he had his game face on alright. I was frozen with a bucket of tools in each hand. I looked to see where my sheetrock hammer was and slowly turned my back to the dog and started walking. After half a dozen steps I looked over my shoulder and he was gone. Man, I never shimmied up to the 2nd floor so fast.

[BwanaNdege]

So, which was the better education?

College Classes?

Working and taking classes simultaneously?

The sheet rocking business and associated working environment (co-workers, employer, customers, weather, permits, delivery schedules (or lack thereof)?

Your entire life which flashed before your eyes during the encounter with the dog??