For those of you who dont know. I am stationed at NNPTC (Naval Nuclear Power Training Command) and i am awaiting to start school. Good news, it looks i will be starting school next week. which means i will start the indoctrination briefs this week. so far i have gone to patriots point, which is basically where we take a tour of a WWII Submarine (USS Clamagore) and a WWII carrier (USS Yorktown). its interesting becuase alot of it is, as we are told, very similiar to todays ships/subs, so really it was kind of like an introduction to what our lives will be like on ship and where we will be staying and such. I recommend to all of you that are out there, if you are ever in South Carolina you go to Patriots Point.
But back to my point… school will be starting soon, i am excited however those around me, who have already started are telling me 1 of 2 things either how miserable they are or how much fun it is- its interesting from what ive been able to look at, is those who have either not attended college or who have poor study habits, are the ones who are miserable. and those who have good study habits and/or attend college find this to be both fun, and easier than college.
For my self, i have terrible study habits and i know i do, but that will be changing (as the Navy pays me to study- thats right suckers i get paid to go to class and paid to study. you have to go to school, then go to work. HAHA). i do however have college experience and am used to a fast paced learning environment. so i am excited to see how things will work out.