One Step Closer...

After eight hours of writing essays on topics like the power of sport in the modern world, the ethics of competition, the compatibility of science and philosophy, and Aristotle's view of naturalism; and two hours of defending his answers in front of some of the world's leading experts in the aforementioned topics, Chad is one step closer to getting his dissertation. He passed his comprehensive exams and can now begin writing the dissertation - woo hoo!! (Notice the relief in his usually stress-sunken face.)
Chad now has only two more hoops to jump through before becoming a doctor of sports philosophy (which is only slightly different in pay scale from medical doctors). Right now he is considered an A.B.D. (you fill in the blanks with whatever you want but it actually means All But Dissertation).

By age 28.5, Einstein had produced a theory of relativity, Michael Jackson had produced 5 Platinum albums (and shown countless little boys his new "release"), Tiger Woods had won 10 major golf tournaments, Barack Obama had become the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review, the German's had bombed Pearl Harbor, and Chad is within one semester of having to get a real job.

Please join Kathi in congratulating Chad on his impressive feat. She couldn't be more proud.