She asked him to recall something he learned in college, and the only thing he could think of was that he took a roller skating class.
This confused me so I had to go look. It was ice skating ya dingus.
Kacey: OK, then why can't you put that energy into getting a job or getting a better degree? Haven't you ever thought of getting your masters? Or anything like that? I mean- I mean, do you even remember anything from school? Besides that mall?
Chris:: I remember a lot of things from school.
Kacey: Like what?
Chris:: [really long pause] Yeah, I do remember that I had to- er- I had to take the certain amount of classes. I had to take a physical education class and art classes.
Kacey: You had to take a physical education class in college?
Chris:: Yeah, I took two actually. Tennis and ice skating.
Kacey: [surprised] OK?
Chris:: I think I told you about the ice skating. That- that was- that [indecipherable]
Kacey: I- I heard- you told me you went ice skating. But I didn't know that was a college course. I mean, I'm sorry. I am not paying college money to go fucking ice skating! I'm sorry.
Chris:: I mean, that's the first time I ever learned to skate, of any sort. Even though I tried roller skating on my s- on my own one time, I just end up- I just kept falling. I didn't get much done out of that. But-
Kacey: Yeah- it- it takes balance.
Chris:: Yeah, and differently-
Kacey: Yeah, it's really really really hard to fall on something with four wheels.
Chris:: Really really hard to fall on something with four wheels?
Kacey: Yeah, roller skating's like, way easier than ice skating or rollerblading.
Chris:: Yeah, unfort- yeah, I rephrase that. I mean, uh- I did not have roller skates. I had roller blades.
Kacey: Roller skating and rollerblading are two totally different things. You know that, right?
Chris:: Yeah, well I mean. When I want to learn how to roller skate, I just thought, you know, they have- cause they have- they're- they got the wheels on the bottom.
Kacey: [migraine sigh] OK...
Chris:: [interjecting more] But that was so many years ago.
Kacey: OK, do you remember anything substantial from school? Besides you made a mall and... you made a mall.
Chris:: I remember... taking my accounting classes for the first major I picked out. Even though I was confused, and lost, when I was- when I picked it out. And can't say any more cause I told her about that fresh from my memory. I talked with her earlier tonight.
Kacey: Why don't you go back into accounting? It's really not that bad of a job. It's not like you'd be getting a degree in philosophy or something.
Chris:: I don't even remember- I- I don't even remember if it really was an accounting degree, I think it was something else. Something like marketing or something. But then, years later, my father and I talk to my- talked to my couns- talked to my counselor- my guidance counselor. Eh, yeah.
2002, something like that. Anyway, turns out there were not as many jobs that that degree could get me, and uh, then there were more jobs available for Computer Aided Drafting and Design, so my father encouraged me to switch over because-
Kacey: Well obviously that's done you a lot of good. Cause you're not getting those jobs. You can't even find them. You can't even google them.
Chris:: Because I was- Because I'm very avid with computers that's why- and then I made the switch, and I just did, I agree with that-
Kacey: Apparently you're not very adept at computers if you can't even google something.
Chris:: I can google things!
Kacey: Then why don't you do it?
Chris:: I'm going to google the financial aid. And look for the S-A-F-S-A, F-A-S-A...
Kacey: The FAFSA. That's-
Chris:: Yeah, I remembered that! And I'm going to do it.
Kacey: [pause then sigh]
Chris:: Anyway, yeah. Anyway yeah, switch- it was a major switch, but yeah, at least the credits are transferable. And also I do remember something from my accounting class. You know, the first-in, first-out method-
Kacey: You do know that if you already used credits towards a degree they don't count, right? Like, you're gonna to have to start over.
Chris:: Wait, what?
Kacey: You can't transfer them. They've already gone towards a degree. Chris, seriously!
Chris:: This is like- this is like years ago. And those credits did transfer from my [unintelligible] major to my next major.
Kacey: [interrupting] OK OK OK OK. Chris, Chris. How long have you been out of school?
Chris:: I would say over three years now.
Kacey: Then most of your stuff isn't gonna mean crap anyway. The classes expire. They will make you take them over. That's a problem I'm going through right now. You're probably not gonna be able to transfer anything. You're gonna have to start over.
Chris:: [sighs] But I've already got the degree and the certificate.
Kacey: Doesn't matter, then that's over! E-e- I mean, some things are just not transferable. I- I can't believe that you do not know how this works.
Chris:: [pause] Yeah, I was pretty much there to learn what was going on during the time and... yeah, my father did most of the bra- most of the brain- most of the brainwork there. I was just mostly- um- I was- I mean- it- in 2000-
Kacey: So what? You're gonna let them do that for the rest of your life? You need to know things. You need to be informed. [Chris sighs] I-I- It's up to your brainwork. I- It's- You might as well have never gone to college. Look at you!
Chris:: Yeah, but at least I went to college and I earned a degree.
God bless Kacey. All her calls were fantastic.