I’m taking a short hiatus from blogging. I have a final exam and a final paper coming up in the next two weeks. Keep me in your thoughts as I study case laws in special education.

I’m finally graduating with a master’s in deaf education from Kent State University on December 13 (after starting the program back in fall of 1999). It’s a long story. Anyway, I was able to return to the program and finish it. I know I’m extremely lucky, because often universities would have required one to redo all the coursework if one did not complete in time. I wrote a letter explaining what I have been doing for the past several years since I left the program and my desire to finish and earn that degree. Three letters of recommendations were also sent. I was able to come back and complete the program as I left it. Without the support of faculty at Kent Statue and my former employers back in Virginia, I would not be able to do that. For that, I’m deeply grateful for their understanding and support.