Ain't no eduation like Michigan educationQuote:
Originally Posted by Rich
cuz a Michigan education don't stop
So when you see a young nigga
In a Soltice hittin' switches
Then ya gotta give a nigga his props
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Ain't no eduation like Michigan educationQuote:
Originally Posted by Rich
cuz a Michigan education don't stop
So when you see a young nigga
In a Soltice hittin' switches
Then ya gotta give a nigga his props
I dropped out like Kanye West.
Four years later, I still can't wrap my head around it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Korian
Just to back up Rich, last I checked Maryland was ranked like 12 or something for engineering.Quote:
Originally Posted by Othello Harrington
I adore how Cheeks, who hasn't graduated, and Rich, who is using his degree to bag groceries right now are telling me how the real world works. It's cute.
So Biff, how does it feel to have missed your guess by over 50%
I am pretty impressed by TNL Frog. However I would dispute this number being fully accurate.
I don't know... what is the point of lying?
Oh I would assume the "ha ha lol biff" factor has to be involved.
Average in a good community is 30% with college education. I don't think we're bucking the collective trend by a good 40% here.
You're not that important.
Also: think about the type of people that would be attracted (in their 20's and 30's) to an online video game forum. We are nerds. Nerds are, often, smart. Smart people, often, go to college.
I'm a magical snowflake, nigger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
Also, most "nerds" I know of bombed community college, live in shithole apartments, and take jobs in retail.
Unless you're talking about genius level nerds of which we don't have many at TNL, except maybe Yoshi.
The fact is most people who go to college are middle class, quite normal people who turn into sluts. mmmmm sluts.
The only thing magical about you is how you've managed to avoid a permaban.
Keep donating to the site, faggot!
Now is that nice? I thought we were having a good conversation.....
We are.
nigger? faggot? Don't make me call Chux in here with the switch!!
http://i.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs...watanabe_l.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Josh
The son of the owner of the bar I opened in Savannah graduated from Pace University with his bachelor's. He assumed the GM position when I resigned. I stopped giving a fuck about college senior year of high school because I couldn't get a scholarship because I didn't play sports. I went to community college for 1 year. I had to show this guy (the owner's son) how to use excel among many other things. On the one hand - college is a bunch of horseshit. On the other hand, now that I saved enough money I am currently attending college to finish what I started. Mostly because I feel like the restaurant game was a waste of my brain. Working for an idiot was anyway.
This is a big, huge, gigantic part of why I don't last very long at jobs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hubbitron
The Sidebar is the longest lasting job I've had since I ran a Babbages about 8 years ago.
The world is full of idiots, you're gonna have to work for one at one point or another Josh. Healthcare bill ain't passing and by the looks of your last year's health, you're going need to keep yourself in tip top shape.
yeah, it is pretty funny when someone in school corrects someone about things that happen in school.Quote:
Originally Posted by Othello Harrington
HE LAIR E US
You're arguing semantics. About a decade ago Nerd meant something like socially immature but intelligent. Now it means anyone that is obsessed with anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Othello Harrington
Shut up.
To be fair, they no longer really teach excel (or any software) in a lot of majors. I don't really know how to use excel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hubbitron
I plan on learning it sometime. It can be a pretty useful for just about anything.
this is true.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hubbitron
I'm not willing to settle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Othello Harrington
I can't help it if you want to talk about the real world in a thread about college.Quote:
Originally Posted by Othello Harrington
Hey, why don't we talk about life on mars while we are at it?
Is there life on mars, girl?
If there is I want to go there.
Just like Elton John, the rocketman.
He sure bought some fucked up clothes there.
Drink Whiskey. It preserves the systems.Quote:
Originally Posted by Othello Harrington
Get off his dick.Quote:
Originally Posted by Othello Harrington
It's gross.
I think he's offering you a job.Quote:
Originally Posted by JoshI'm not willing to settle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Othello Harrington
The funniest idiots on these boards don't have degrees, I'm learning. Besides me of course. I'm the exception that proves the rule.
I was going to disagree with you, but I think, to an extent, you're right: Some of the most consistently hilarious poster do not in fact have degrees.
You know, I voted 'No.' But truth be told, I do have a Bachelor's in Mammarology from the Texas Institute for the Technologically Savy.
The only things I know about mars are that fat women are bombs and the whores have 3 or 4 tits each.
In high school, a couple of friends and I actually made a whole video segment on T.I.T.S. (Tran Institute of Technology: his last name was Tran). I put on 2 balloons and squeaked out a commerical lol. I wish I still have that tape.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doc Holliday
It is the attitude, maturity, the eagerness - or lack therof - to learn, the work ethic, and basic raw intelligence that will determine if you personally acquire a high quality college education moreso than the actual school itself that you went to. Note that I said "education". Job prospects, networking, and the like will be impacted by the school itself.
Humor isn't learned at College. Or is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Drewbacca
Figures it's in in god damn ohio.
That clown morph .gif sucks. Couldn't he pose looking the other way?
BFA in Illustration from CSU Long Beach.
Some people laugh at it and I don't blame them. BUT I did get a job at Disney where most recruits were from Art Center - a super expensive private art school. That they spent as much in a semester as I did in my whole college life, and that we all wound up in the same job, made me feel pretty spiffy about a budget education.
I agree - there were too many at my school who behaved like they just had to make due and endure college, and be blessed with a rad job afterwards. The folks who worked hard through school and took advantage of every opportunity it offered are doing pretty well now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gooch
I was a half-and-half student. Wasn't til the last year or two that I stepped up my game.
It's on America's tortured brow that mickey mouse has grown up a cow. Now the workers have struck for fame cause Lennon's on sale again.Quote:
Originally Posted by buttcheeks
shoot i wish it didn't have the title
Dude, that's Knockout Ned in your video.
Care to elaborate? I'm curious to hear why you decided it was the worst decision you've ever made.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bojack
I essentially could have stayed home with my parents and gotten an auto tech degree and my ASE certifications quickly and cheaply while living with my parents at a near by community college but I decided to go get a degree from UCF which I decided to move to Orlando for.Quote:
Originally Posted by napalm
I went with the BA decision because most of my family talked me out of mechanic school so I decided to get a "nice sit down desk job". Many thousands of student debt, several years most likely wasted, 2 years in an accounting job to find out I can't stand an office environment, corporate dick sucking, or a desk job just to wind up back in mechanics school years later when I decided to say fuck off to any one who said differently.
Essesntially, I did what others suggested I do and it ended up poorly for me. Very, very poorly. I've done a lot of stupid shit but this I will have to pay for in lost time and debt payments for a very long time, hence, the worst decision I've ever made.
eh, maybe it wont be too bad in the end. That accounting experience could be helpful if you ever decided to open up your own business.
Thanks for the honesty. I'm going through my early 20's crisis of trying to decide between a degree and a "safe" job, versus doing what I want to do and potentially being poor, but happy. My mind changes every 30 seconds.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bojack
A degree is a good fall back and most likely my accounting experience will always help me in life. The same could happen for you, whether or not the time and cash involved will be worth a degree will be up to you. The most important thing is that you don't stagnate in life if it can be avoided.Quote:
Originally Posted by napalm
Take the poor but happy route. Time spent in misery is time wasted, your life's time is far too valuable. I'd rather the wife and I have a combined income of 70~100k or less and be happy to wake up in the morning than to be way more loaded but be divorced or have major family issues and therapy etc. etc. etc. that comes with most loaded people's lives.
I probably could have gone on to get the credits needed to get a CPA license but fuck it. Accounting is for the dogs. Owning my own auto repair/speed shop sounds much better to me.
Counterpoint: Just remember you won't always be in your early 20's. Having that income may matter a lot more to you later in life.Quote:
Originally Posted by napalm
Look, we can always second-guess ourselves. Whether you're "happier" getting the BA/S or going to cooking school is, in the end, irrelevant. You need to be "happy" with whatever you decide. Being content with your decision is the key.
I was taking community college courses when I got hired at my current job, mostly English and Journalism, but didn't get a degree. I love school, but for employment (in my experience) it's less relevant than skills and experience.
I've taught myself most of the skills I use for my job: writing, web design and mild graphic design. I started doing a lot of related stuff for my own personal enjoyment as early as eighth grade, throughout high school, and even after high school (I still do). The skills I've taught myself frequently best those people learned through college education, so I don't feel I've missed out. I have a genuine interest and passion for my marketable skills, and I think that's potentially more valuable than education. Not that education wouldn't help.
I won't ever be rich, but if I can make a living and a life for my family while doing something I enjoy, that's plenty for me.
college can kind of bog you down in actually learning something. I can think of a few semesters where I really wish the bullshit busy work would have went away so I could have actually taken the time to read more and talk to my teachers more about the material itself. It may not make any sense, but I've often thought "god, I might actually learn something if all this fucking school would go away"
The truth of it is, there is no safe job. If you get done with a degree and think "well I'm done learning, I'll just get my job now, and work until I retire" your already setting yourself up for problems later.Quote:
Originally Posted by napalm
You are not owed a job.
No one on this board is owed a job.
Not the lawyers, doctors, writers, engineers, or whatever.
Whatever you choose to do, you need to keep learning about it. You need to stay on your feet. You need to keep thinking. You need to diversify your skill set and always bring new stuff to the table.
If you choose safe job, and don't continue to improve, it will not be a safe job.