I never got much into the Longhorns vs Aggies. I didn't even go to college. I graduated HS early at 16yo and immediately signed up for the USAF as soon as I hit 17. Delayed enlistment (because they were full) kept me waiting until I was almost 18 - graduated basic on my 18th birthday. I stayed in for 10 years, and got out when a headhunter (now called recruiters) found me and offered me a job making about 5x what I was making in the Air Force. The job was in San Antonio, and in 6 months Cisco bought the company and moved us to Austin.
My boss was an Aggie but he tried to get UT season tickets so he could at least see some games. He couldn't get them but somehow when I tried I got 2. That happened to be the year the Longhorns won the championship with Vince Young. I kept the tickets until my daughter went off to Florida for college and eventually we moved there until I got sick of FL and we moved back to East Texas. Fortunately I had been contracting for a company in ETX and they offered me a full position and a relo package. Easy choice.
As for A&M - I would've probably gone there because they are more conservative on the whole. But - I'm not sure about some of the traditions. I'm not a fan of UT politics either. Their whole "Cocks, not Glocks" protest for guns on campus was way over the top. Plus, I have an ex-coworker that also teaches there and he invited me to guest-teach one of his classes. I was supposed to talk about pen-testing and cyber in general but UT wouldn't let me because I didn't have a degree. Their loss. At this point in my life you couldn't pay me to go to school, so I'll stick to just going to football games if I get out that way. I'm what you guys call a T-Shirt fan, but I would call it a Hat fan. I wear my hat all the time - black fitted with a black Longhorn logo. I have a polo shirt for the games.
Wow, what a story. My ex-husband went into the USAF on a 6 month delayed enlistment during which time we got married. He stayed in for 6 years. I really wish he would have made it a career because I got to see some cool places. I did not go to college and like you have been rejected from several jobs because of it. But now I'm retired and living with my husband in a smallish town called Spring Branch. We absolutely love it here though it is growing by leaps and bounds. I raised my daughter in Austin and it sickens me what the democrats have done to that town. My daughter and I can't stand going back for anything there except to see my niece who is a liberal and loves the place. We are staunch conservation and I like to call myself a "passive activist" as I am now retired and enjoy gardening and papercrafting, reading and baking cookies. I don't get into the whole UT/Aggie thing either but I certainly can't say the same for my husband and my daughter. I guess once you get into those traditions, they get in their blood. Thanks for sharing your story and God Bless you and yours.
First - I'm glad your daughter made it out alive.
I never got much into the Longhorns vs Aggies. I didn't even go to college. I graduated HS early at 16yo and immediately signed up for the USAF as soon as I hit 17. Delayed enlistment (because they were full) kept me waiting until I was almost 18 - graduated basic on my 18th birthday. I stayed in for 10 years, and got out when a headhunter (now called recruiters) found me and offered me a job making about 5x what I was making in the Air Force. The job was in San Antonio, and in 6 months Cisco bought the company and moved us to Austin.
My boss was an Aggie but he tried to get UT season tickets so he could at least see some games. He couldn't get them but somehow when I tried I got 2. That happened to be the year the Longhorns won the championship with Vince Young. I kept the tickets until my daughter went off to Florida for college and eventually we moved there until I got sick of FL and we moved back to East Texas. Fortunately I had been contracting for a company in ETX and they offered me a full position and a relo package. Easy choice.
As for A&M - I would've probably gone there because they are more conservative on the whole. But - I'm not sure about some of the traditions. I'm not a fan of UT politics either. Their whole "Cocks, not Glocks" protest for guns on campus was way over the top. Plus, I have an ex-coworker that also teaches there and he invited me to guest-teach one of his classes. I was supposed to talk about pen-testing and cyber in general but UT wouldn't let me because I didn't have a degree. Their loss. At this point in my life you couldn't pay me to go to school, so I'll stick to just going to football games if I get out that way. I'm what you guys call a T-Shirt fan, but I would call it a Hat fan. I wear my hat all the time - black fitted with a black Longhorn logo. I have a polo shirt for the games.
Wow, what a story. My ex-husband went into the USAF on a 6 month delayed enlistment during which time we got married. He stayed in for 6 years. I really wish he would have made it a career because I got to see some cool places. I did not go to college and like you have been rejected from several jobs because of it. But now I'm retired and living with my husband in a smallish town called Spring Branch. We absolutely love it here though it is growing by leaps and bounds. I raised my daughter in Austin and it sickens me what the democrats have done to that town. My daughter and I can't stand going back for anything there except to see my niece who is a liberal and loves the place. We are staunch conservation and I like to call myself a "passive activist" as I am now retired and enjoy gardening and papercrafting, reading and baking cookies. I don't get into the whole UT/Aggie thing either but I certainly can't say the same for my husband and my daughter. I guess once you get into those traditions, they get in their blood. Thanks for sharing your story and God Bless you and yours.