Exploration Three: Education

I learn best by watching and doing. I can be told countless times how to do something, and still not really figure it out. As soon as I watch it being done, I pick right up on it. Most of the stuff I know about motors was all picked up by watching people do it. I mean there is a fair amount of reading for torque readings and such, but the bulk of it was picked up by watching and doing.
The purpose of getting an education is to better my living possibilities. I tried the whole college thing directly out of high school and failed miserably. So after that I went from factory job to factory job, only to learn there is no good life doing that kind of work. You break your back for terrible pay, then you get stuck in it until you realize it's time to retire and you have absolutely nothing to show for it. I figured that if I didn't go back now I'd never get another chance.
I think education will be the best thing for my future. I've gotten to the point where I'm done being foolish and ready to look ahead. I don't know exactly what it will mean for my future, but what does anyone really know what their future will hold. I'm not optimistic or pessimistic, skeptical or concerned. I'm just doing what I can do, until I finish or can't do it anymore. To me, it's not the glass is half empty or half full. It's if there is a half glass, I'm not drinking fast enough!

How I feel about education. How I pretty much feel about life in general!