|
View Poll Results: How educated are you? (What level are you working on, if still in school?) | |||
High School | 35 | 17.50% | |
Bachelor's Degree (BS, BA) | 104 | 52.00% | |
Multiple Bachelors' | 16 | 8.00% | |
Master's Degree (MS, MA) | 25 | 12.50% | |
Multiple Masters' | 3 | 1.50% | |
Doctorate (Ph.d) or Law (JD, julius doctorate) | 13 | 6.50% | |
Multiple Doctorates/Law | 4 | 2.00% | |
Voters: 200. You may not vote on this poll |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools |
09-27-2003, 03:31 PM | #1 (permalink) |
Banned
Location: UCSD
|
What is your education?
I was wondering, due to the amount of knowlege to be found on this forum, and quality discourse, what peoples education is.
Note: if you are in progress in any of these, please mark it. For instance if you are working on a Bachelors Degree right now after High School, please mark Bachelors Degree, not High School. That should be clear enough. ----------------------------------------------- I am working on a Computer Science Degree (BS), almost halfway through. |
09-27-2003, 07:57 PM | #2 (permalink) |
Turn off your TV.
Location: ... .- -. ..-. .-. .- -. -.-. .. ... -.-. --- --..-- -.-. .-
|
Working on a BA in broadcasting/electronic media studies. Should be graduating in the next year (hopefully).
__________________
"inhuman fiery goat worship" is an anagram for "information superhighway" -kingvolc |
09-28-2003, 05:32 AM | #6 (permalink) |
comfortably numb...
Super Moderator
Location: upstate
|
__________________
"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
09-28-2003, 09:27 AM | #8 (permalink) |
comfortably numb...
Super Moderator
Location: upstate
|
numist, don't worry about it, just build on it...
__________________
"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
09-28-2003, 10:27 AM | #9 (permalink) | |
Sky Piercer
Location: Ireland
|
Quote:
__________________
|
|
09-28-2003, 03:47 PM | #12 (permalink) | |
comfortably numb...
Super Moderator
Location: upstate
|
the original was started by a Pole...
Quote:
__________________
"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
|
09-29-2003, 10:47 AM | #14 (permalink) | |
Banned
Location: UCSD
|
Quote:
Cant think of everything, I'm afraid. If your level isnt on here, just check off the one that would require a similar amount of time to complete. |
|
10-01-2003, 09:23 PM | #23 (permalink) |
Pissing in the cornflakes
|
I want a check box for a Doctorate and a seperate masters!
More paper!
__________________
Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps. |
10-01-2003, 10:36 PM | #24 (permalink) |
Junkie
Location: Florida
|
Fuck college. I got fed up with it and dropped out last year; I'm 21 now. Found out I learn a lot more from real life and some good literature (science and philosophy are favorites of mine) than any of my bullshit college courses. Oh, and I'm better off than my college-educated parents doing work I enjoy more, too. Anyone who says you need college in order to get anywhere in life is full of shit. Hard work, independence, skill, and knowing the people who want to help you out vs. those who want to fuck you over are about 99% of what you need.
|
10-02-2003, 09:48 AM | #25 (permalink) | |
Junkie
Location: NJ
|
Quote:
By the same token, college has provided the confidence, knowledge, and skills to a lot of people to achieve great things. College is more useful for some people while real-life experience is more useful for others. |
|
10-02-2003, 11:58 AM | #26 (permalink) | |
Upright
|
Quote:
The sad thing is, most of society requires college now-a-days. We wont even look at anyone who doesn't have some sort of college degree. |
|
10-02-2003, 11:21 PM | #28 (permalink) |
lost and found
Location: Berkeley
|
BA in Lit. The full title is actually specific enough to give away exactly what college I graduated from at what university, but I won't share that since that seems to be how everyone else responded anyway .
__________________
"The idea that money doesn't buy you happiness is a lie put about by the rich, to stop the poor from killing them." -- Michael Caine |
10-06-2003, 08:36 AM | #30 (permalink) | |
Psycho
Location: In the garage, under the car.
|
Quote:
The argument that college isn't necessary because a few rich and famous folks didn't get a college education seems to me to be a way to justify avoiding the time, effort and cost of college. For every Bill Gates, there's gotta be 100 CEO's making serious cash. Gates is an example of the exception to the rule. |
|
10-06-2003, 09:12 AM | #32 (permalink) | |
Junkie
Location: NJ
|
Quote:
A few rich and famous folks? Get a clue. There are tons of people who have done extremely well for themselves without ever going to college. If you think college is for everyone then I suspect you have not been exposed to a great many people. In case you missed the point to my post, college does not guarantee success any more than not going to college guarantees failure. |
|
10-06-2003, 09:49 AM | #33 (permalink) | |
Psycho
Location: In the garage, under the car.
|
Quote:
As to my level of exposure to a "great many people", I've had, and continue to have, plenty. It's complete nonsense to believe that a person has an equal chance of making a $100K+ salary with or without a college education. I assist clients in, among other things, buying and selling businesses, both privately- and publicly-owned. In my experience there ARE people who are successful with just a high school diploma. It is also my experience that there are MANY MORE successful people who have post-high school educations. College, I agree, is not for everyone. Best of luck. Last edited by FastShark85; 10-06-2003 at 09:51 AM.. |
|
10-07-2003, 05:05 AM | #34 (permalink) | |
Junkie
Location: NJ
|
Quote:
But I digress. As you've taken my original post completely out of context. Read the post I was responding to and you may understand my point a bit better. That post said that anyone that says you NEED college to do well is full of shit. That is an absolutely true statement. Anyone who would like to improve their odds of doing well (as your point seems to be) would do well to educate themselves. Whether that's through a college curriculum or some other method is obviously up to them. Just as there are vastly different ways of learning, there are vastly different curriculums out there. Certainly someone that goes through a degree factory and never learns anything is probably worse off than someone who starts their own business out of high school and learns what they need to survive. But that's just me. You seem to see anyone that doesn't go to college as someone that wants to avoid the work involved. Certainly some feel that way. Others recognize that they do not learn well in that environment and choose to avoid it. To each his/her own. |
|
10-12-2003, 05:34 PM | #40 (permalink) |
spudly
Location: Ellay
|
I've got a Bachelor in Music and am trying to get the Masters degree now. But you know, I would characterize my school (Juilliard) more as a trade school, even though we are accredited and offer degrees. It is definitely the kind of place where what you can do counts for more than what you know - and I think that is very appropriate here.
__________________
Cogito ergo spud -- I think, therefore I yam |
Tags |
education |
|
|