How a Dumb Jock Escaped the Service Industry

Nov 30, 2016

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I graduated with a 2.8 grade point average. My GPA for the last two years was 3.5. It took me two years to find a major. It was 1975, and the economy was in recession with an 8% unemployment rate. All my fellow graduates in the top 10% of my class already had jobs. Not me.

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