Yes, I graduated from The Citadel in Charleston, SC in 2005 with a Bachelors in Business Administration. Were it not for all of the military, phys ed, fine art etc etc class requirements that El Cid requires for graduation (total of 144 credits... thats 18 hours per semester all four years to graduate on time), then I would have minored in English. My grammar is rotten, and my spelling is worse. I write it until I like how it sounds, because I write off the cuff, sort of the way I speak.

My mother is an Ivy League educated writer (BA English, Minor in French, Cornell, class of 1974... you can imagine how she felt about me going to The Citadel of all places!!!), so I have a fair amount of encouragement to hit the keyboard as much as possible. The woman, bless her soul, wouldn't know a slate call from a goose call, but she'll read every single letter I type about hunting...and would do a cartwheel if she could every time one of my articles gets published... its the way Mom's should be I suppose .