The Professors at Manhattan were very involved with the students and were interested in telling us about the real world.  If you asked for help or were curious about certain topics they would help you and direct you to outside libraries, museums, associations and people who were experts.  They also followed up with you to make sure you got what you were looking for.

Manhattan was also a very social place and we had the ability to mix with the alumni and visiting experts from all walks of life.  My buddies and I were introduced Nobel Prize winners and went with them to various lectures and bars in the city.  It was amazing for the first time in my life I was treated like a knowedgable person. 

The School had many Christian Brothers then, most of whom were brilliant.  Some were in their 30's some in their 70's and all had a great sence of humor and loved teaching.  The casual conversations about history, business, the future and the city were mind opening.

The best thing they taught me is to get a position that I loved in a field that challenged me mentally and physically.  I did what they said and I really don't feel like I worked a day in my life since then.  Sure I faced a lot of pressure, I would have been bored out of mind if I didn't.

The other students there were great to me.  Manhattan is the kind of school where Freshman to Seniors all hang togeather and share ideas and teach one another.

If I could do it all again I would spend more of my time reading to learn and not just to get good grades.  I also would have continued my education and spent more time after I graduated taking adult ed and doing it at different schools to meet people and Teachers from a more varied backround.  Business gives you some of that, I didn't realize that it only gave you some of that untill my daughter started getting close to college age. 

I'm glad I learned and because it is never to late.

I recommend H.S. and College Students to interact with all the minds at school and try to learn something from every one they are with during college.  Share new ideas and thougts and look for new ideas.  Really learn how technology can help you to expand your mind and not just use it as modern telephone or for games.  Get involved and improve your school and help out others who need it.

Further, I hope they go into a field because they love it and not just one because the job market is hot right now.  That changes quickly and becomes cold at the worst time possible for many who go that route.  Don't ever look for a job but rather look for a position or profession that serves as a source of income and pleasure.  You may be in your office for 16 hours a day but it will never seem that long and you'll never be upset that your vacation is over.

Also watch out who you associate yourself with.  DO NOT hang around with negative people who believe that the world owes them a living or crooks, Be yourself and always make yourself better.