But you don't use Your college & law degree?

100% not true. To begin with I did use all my degrees in a traditional sense, as I had a political science and speech communications background and my law degress which was used when I practiced law and worked on various campaigns and for various cities as a lawyer. And of course, the speech communications degree honed my skills as a litigator and public speaker. That being said, all of my degrees are so vital to my comedy career. I'm not saying you need a law degree to do stand up comedy but it helps.

Einsten said "education is not the learning of facts, but the training of minds to think." My legal mind helps me dissect observations I may write about and of course, my training allows me to think on my feet and respond to changes I face at shows. I love the fact that my undergrad and legal education provides me with the ability to think critically and use my logic and reasoning, not only when I write jokes and perform but it reading everyday news and responding to politically charged news articles. I used to think that a college degree was not needed unless you used your major, but thats simply not true in today's world. We see it with false narratives spread daily and a push to keep people uninformed on the issues facing the world.

Oh and college also helps with organization and planning, allegedly. I'm still working on the latter as my friends will tell you, I can't plan anything. Thanks for reading and hope to see you in Oak Park this weekend and Little Rock and Sarasota later this month! #standup #comedy #formerlawyer

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