The Intelligence Estimate

As you may or may not know my wife is currently enrolled in an accelerated nursing program. Usually a nursing degree takes around 3 years to complete, but Jen will have her degree in 13 months. Because of the fast paced nature of the coursework she is already done with a "semester" of classes despite the fact that she's been in school for less than 6 weeks.

I got a panicked e-mail from Jen today alerting me to the fact that she was not at all pleased with her GPA. I thought, "Geez, you have like three tests a week...how can they expect you to do well." Then I found out that the GPA she wasn't pleased with was a 3.0. I was aghast.

I mean, I knew she was smart but...come on?! 3.0 in an accelerated program is off the charts in a regular program! With all the new information being crammed into her head I'm amazed that she can still remember things like, oh I don't know, her name?! She's astounding. I used to get 3's and 4's in my GPA too, but never IN FRONT of the decimal. And I got a LIBERAL ARTS DEGREE from a STATE SCHOOL!

My gawd, I love this woman...because she's smart enough to not need me, but, inexplicably, she still wants to be with me! Let's hope she never gets any wiser on THAT score!