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Fri Oct-12-07 06:31 PM
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Poll question: What Level Of Education Do You Have? |
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Fri Oct-12-07 06:33 PM
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Two years community college, two years state university.
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Fri Oct-12-07 06:36 PM
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2. I graduated 6th grade with my good buddy Jethro Bodine |
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Fri Oct-12-07 06:37 PM
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5. Do you know your gozintas? |
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6 gozinta 12 2 times
5 gozinta 25 5 times
Jethro definitely knew his gozintas. :)
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Fri Oct-12-07 06:37 PM
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6. Which was it, fry cook or brain surgeon? ;) n/t |
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Sat Oct-13-07 05:59 PM
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29. Hi. My real name is Beef Jerky and I am a brain surgen too |
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Fri Oct-12-07 06:36 PM
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3. four-year degree on the five-year plan. |
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i'd still like to know the education level of every member of congress. not to knock those who didn't go very far in school, it just seems there are so many who are willfully ignorant in Congress.
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Fri Oct-12-07 07:39 PM
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10. Don't feel that 5 yrs minimizes your accomplishment. |
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It took me 8 yrs to get my BA and I don't feel bad about it: simply didn't have the bucks to go full time.
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Fri Oct-12-07 08:59 PM
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13. Amazingly, ignorance has little to do w/education. I know |
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several highly educated people that are about as smart as a brick; and I know farmers that never made it out of grade school that can fix just about anything, from a kids toy to a sophisticated half million dollar combine.
Ignorance is self induced. There will always be people that deny gravity or have a geocentric view of the universe...or some other nonsense.
It is all relative...we are all ignorant of some things, where it all comes in to play is, are we willing to stop learning?
Stupidity s a whole 'nother beast. I can deal w/the stupid, they can't learn, just ask the bush family.
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Sat Oct-13-07 01:19 AM
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Fri Oct-12-07 06:37 PM
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Fri Oct-12-07 06:37 PM
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7. I got my Good Enuf Diploma |
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Took classes at a 4 year and burned out very quickly due to a combination of terrible home life and depression/anxiety.
I was planning on going back to school for the upcoming spring semester, but having to find another job in the wake of a layoff put the kibosh on that. :(
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Fri Oct-12-07 07:49 PM
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I have this funny idea of getting a master's for the hell of it. I'm 53 now and I know time is on my side. I won't do it though until the money is on my side. :-)
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Fri Oct-12-07 09:35 PM
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:)
Love your screenname, btw. :rofl:
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Sat Oct-13-07 03:59 PM
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27. I finished up my BA at age 56 and went to grad school at age 59, |
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finishing 4 and 1/2 years later. I LOVED going back to school. It was a delight. It was a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) degree and I studied philosophy, the arts, religion, history, literature, political science and a writing workshop. It was a relief to go one night a week for a few hours as a break from my hideously stressful job of fundraising.
You will love going back to school if you choose the right program, IMO. Older students are really at an advantage, I think. It helps having all that experience in life!
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Fri Oct-12-07 06:52 PM
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8. If you conducted this poll in freepville, you could |
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condense the choices to dropped out of grade school, dropped out of jr. high, dropped out of high school.
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Sat Oct-13-07 01:17 AM
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20. Sorry but I have met a ton of people with degrees |
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That are complete retards.
Some of the most successful people in the world have no degree.
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Fri Oct-12-07 06:59 PM
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9. You need a "some college" choice :) |
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So I voted CC since I only lasted a year. Dropped out to take a full time job on Capitol Hill as a staffer which paid more than Northern Virginia school teachers at that time :evilgrin:
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Fri Oct-12-07 07:40 PM
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However, my dad (high school grad) and his mother (didn't get past the 8th grade) are two of the most intelligent people I know. In fact, they know when to come in from the rain, while I'm out there drenching wet and freezing.
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Fri Oct-12-07 09:21 PM
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14. ABT- Life got in the way. |
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All But Thesis (for MA in Music History)
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Fri Oct-12-07 09:45 PM
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that 20 years of experience working at a management and or professional level without the college degree is a higher level of education.
(I might be one of those folks)
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Fri Oct-12-07 10:11 PM
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17. Ph. D. from an Ivy League institution |
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Fri Oct-12-07 10:28 PM
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18. Four years of college |
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and 40 years in the school of hard knocks.
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Sat Oct-13-07 01:14 AM
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19. Took 6 years on my BA as a kid; returned to grad school in my late 40s & went for the whole shebang |
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Enjoyed the heck out of my education as an older student -- I now have an MA and PhD in Mythological Studies, an interdisciplinary program. It was very hard work, but because I loved what I was doing the writing and research were a joy. The kids were both out of the house at that time and Mr. H was supporting me, or I never could have done it.
My grandfathers both had 8th grade educations, the norm for their day I think. My grandmother was a schoolteacher before she married. My parents both had some college, but no degrees.
College was my mom's Holy Grail, but in my experience the key is to be a reader and have an inquiring mind. There are a lot of jobs you need a degree for in this day and age, but aside from that, I've certainly known and enjoyed a lot of intelligent people who never got to or finished college but who are very informed about the world around them. The general level at this discussion board illustrates that belief for me.
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Sat Oct-13-07 10:07 AM
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22. University of Mass. 1961 |
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Sat Oct-13-07 12:54 PM
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23. I've "dabbled" in college. |
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:P
FTR, George has an MBA from Harvard.
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Sat Oct-13-07 01:30 PM
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Having a father in Congress will do that for you.
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Sat Oct-13-07 12:56 PM
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24. Working on my third degree |
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I often feel like I'm getting the third degree, too.
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Sat Oct-13-07 01:31 PM
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26. Batchelor of Science - Computer Science |
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Sat Oct-13-07 05:54 PM
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28. working on the masters. n/t |
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Sat Oct-13-07 06:00 PM
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30. Warning: People with more education will be attracted to this poll - |
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Results will not represent DU as a whole, I do not think.
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Sat Oct-13-07 06:52 PM
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Sat Oct-13-07 07:17 PM
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32. Associates Degree in Radiology and Certificate in Magnetic Resonance |
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Edited on Sat Oct-13-07 07:20 PM by mrigirl
Also studying to become Cat Scan certified. My prior degrees were all done at Community College level. Radiology and Nursing are by far the best degrees you can earn for 2 yrs at any comm college with the most bang for your buck. The education is affordable and you reap the benefits w/ your salary being quite comparable to any 4 year degree. MRI techs make anywhere from $25-45 an hr. depending on how may years you have under your belt. Also where you live plays a role in what you make, Mass is #2 in the country for medical salaries. Where else can you make $40 an hr. on less then $10,000 on tuition? Competition is fierce to get into these programs. And you have to bust your ass and study like hell. Well worth it!
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Sat Oct-13-07 07:37 PM
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WTF is this supposed to prove?
The only reason anyone would want to answer this poll is to brag about their college degree.
I am not saying that going to college is bullshit but this poll is.
(The only answer that is valid is from Jethro.)
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Sat Oct-13-07 08:42 PM
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34. 2 B.S., 1 M.A., 1 Ph.D. |
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Man, was I in school for fracking ever. 1993-2004.
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