{"id":160860,"date":"2026-01-04T09:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=160860"},"modified":"2026-01-04T09:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:57:09","slug":"diploma-tic-dispatches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/04\/diploma-tic-dispatches.html","title":{"rendered":"Diploma-tic Dispatches"},"content":{"rendered":"

The son-unit received his formal MA diploma from the University of Iceland yesterday, wrapping up his graduate work in Viking & Medieval Norse Studies.\u00a0 It’s kind of weird to think we won’t have a good excuse to visit Reykjavik (except maybe transferring through on Iceland Air) any more, but we’re both really proud of the work he put in on this, the knowledge he gained (and shared), and this journey he’s been on.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>For the record, I am now (besides the cat) the least-educated (by degree) person in the house. I’m not sure how I feel about that.<\/p>\n

Of course, the question (which we try not to bring up too much, not wanting to be\u00a0those<\/em> parents) is, what now. He is applying for museum work, some possible archaeological positions, and whatever else he can find in the field, focusing on local things here in Colorado but also a bit elsewhere in the States.\u00a0 Meanwhile, he has some part-time work (and is looking to improve that), and, regardless, he has a roof here over his head for as long as he needs it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Now I am the Master.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,23,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-parenting","category-school-daze"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/James-MA-Diploma.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133332,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/24\/how-iceland-deals-with-teen-substance-abuse-successfully.html","url_meta":{"origin":160860,"position":0},"title":"How Iceland deals with teen substance abuse (successfully)","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 24-Apr-17 6:59am","format":false,"excerpt":"Iceland brought teen drinking and drug use down significantly through providing and encouraging organized youth activities, parents spending quantity time (not scanty quality time) with kids, curfews, alcohol\/tobacco ad and sale restrictions, and frequent surveys, all managed at a national level.(Or, put another way, unsupervised kids out at night with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7422,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/03\/09\/who_needs_a_dip.html","url_meta":{"origin":160860,"position":1},"title":"Who needs a diploma mill …","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 9-Mar-05 9:08am","format":false,"excerpt":"... when you can use this diploma site? 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