Re: College

Thread Question: If you found out you were going to make the same amount of income with a high school diploma as you would with an advanced degree, would you still bother to pursue an advanced degree keeping in mind the years and tuition required?

Addendum: Would be interesting to include your current level of education and the final degree of education that you would be satisfied with achieving at the moment.

No.

... have no affect on your future income for the future compared to...

firstly: redundant.
second: no.

firstly: redundant.
second: no.

Ooh thanks. I'll correct that right now. Not in the best state of mind.

No, which is why I feel burdened to have to go to college. ._. I would love to just go into the job market where I stand right now, but I can't due to this college shit.

I feel like how Futurama stated it -- Colleges are just like daycare centers for adults.

Ooh thanks. I'll correct that right now. Not in the best state of mind.

i got yo back man.
speaking of typo's, TYPOS TYPOS EVERYWHERE on those forms i had to fill out today. i laughed, the guy just "dude is he seriously laughing at this pomegranate?" laughed back at me.


OT: college, where you learn how to drink without losing your guts, and brown nose enough to come out smelling like a rose.

I'd drop out of college right away, and go to Culinary School although some colleges do offer that kind of program

I'm currently in college, completed High School.

It would also spice up the conversation if you volunteered to list what level of education you have obtained and are currently tackling at the moment.

Added after I first posted, so:

Completed highschool, currently in my third semester of community college. Going after a degree in Computer Science now.

Here is another question, do most of you guys & gals who responded "no," consider your academic studies as you would a career or a means to getting a career? Or something else entirely (don't want to drag you into a false dichotomy here).

Added depth: Gauging from your previous response, do you actually treat your academics as you would treat a career?

"Student" is a vague term. do-nothings call themselves "students of living," so would you question the validity to their claim if they actually put forth an effort into being involved in a social scene and making acquaintances?

If it would be a practical thing to do (i.e. if tuition was paid and my family fed), I'd enroll in university for the rest of my life.

Edit: Well, not really. I'd seek to learn for the rest of my life; but at some point it would no longer be sufficient to be taught what other people already know.

But the point is, I don't care for the income. I want to learn for its own sake. But no one's going to pay for me to do that.

If it would be a practical thing to do, I'd enroll in university for the rest of my life.

technically, if you get a job as a teacher/professor...

Here is another question, do most of you guys & gals who responded "no," consider being a student as a career or a means to getting a career? Or something else entirely (don't want to drag you into a false dichotomy here).

Added depth: Gauging from your previous response, do you actually treat your academics as you would treat a career?

I would call it my career for the time being, but I certainly don't treat it like one. I don't work as hard with school as I (feel like I) would if it was a paying job.

"Student" is a vague term. do-nothings call themselves "students of living," so would you question the validity to their claim if they actually put forth an effort into being involved in a social scene and making acquaintances?

Fixed to pertain exclusively to academic studies. I'm procrastinating though from my mid-term in 7 hours. Will contribute more at a later time, but the cake could possibly be a lie.

technically, if you get a job as a teacher/professor...

Not the same.

Fixed to pertain exclusively to academic studies. I'm procrastinating though from my mid-term in 7 hours. Will contribute more at a later time, but the cake could possibly be a lie.

Would i treat studies as i would a career?

Yes. they are both an endeavor to reach an ends OR a means, so yes, putting in the required amount of effort +x is always the best way to go about it.

I see a career just as a way to earn money to live life normally. So, I suppose going to school is quite similar to a career in my eyes. I envy those who make decent pay and love their job.

I don't really aim too high; don't need to have a six figure salary to live happily. I'd love to be a chef but I just can't see myself earning enough money and I'd probably lose face too. (How many times did I use the word I? D: )

Would i treat studies as i would a career?

Yes. they are both an endeavor to reach an ends OR a means, so yes, putting in the required amount of effort +x is always the best way to go about it.

This. Studies are important. They always will be. Studies are something you dedicate yourself to for a sake of a career or another specific purpose. If you're not taking it seriously, then you're not really performing your studies, are you?

Not the same.

i know they arent. but you can always become a professor and teach others. you'll get to be in a university nigh all the time at least.

I edited the thread opening statement to reflect the comments in this thread. Thank you for attempting to make the question more coherent. If there are any problems, then I am happy to adjust the opening question again. But I feel that this version encapsulates the feeling that I was originally aiming for in the first place (par spelling or grammar errors that I missed in haste). Thank you.