Of the frequent commenters here, What is your education level?

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  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    edited May 2018
    I read on my own
    I never finished HS. Did some tech school stuff later, on the company dime. 
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    Post grad
    oftenreading said:
    brianlux said:
    There are people with advanced degrees who believe in anthopogenic global warming and people with advanced degrees who do not believe in anthropogenic global warming.  So the fact is, college degrees "don't mean shit to a tree*".

    *I believe it was Grace Slick who came up with that great line.
    But for a tree, that would be a good thing, right? Fertilizer?
    Ha ha!  Good retort!
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    Post grad
    Drowned Out said:
    I never finished HS. Did some tech school stuff later, on the company dime. 
    Perfect example of a college degree not needed to be intelligent, educated (self, if not through  school), smart and wise.  You are all of these!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,560
    I have a bachelors in psychology and a masters in counseling. Both were invaluable and life altering, and I use them everyday. 
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Graduated with an undergrad
    Go Beavers said:
    I have a bachelors in psychology and a masters in counseling. Both were invaluable and life altering, and I use them everyday. 
    That is my fallback if I do not get accepted into postgrad in psychology.
    Do you currently work as a counsellor?
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,814
    Your life is my fallback.
    :lol:
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • Kev - Coat and Keys
    Kev - Coat and Keys Earth Posts: 357
    Post grad
    I have a doctorate as part of my three mathematics based degrees, but I am not sure I am necessarily a frequent user here?
    I was a research scientist for a while, but sadly I have fallen back to some part-time teaching.

    So I agree with the saying 'a PhD and $4 will get you a cup of coffee.' 
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    I read on my own
    brianlux said:
    Drowned Out said:
    I never finished HS. Did some tech school stuff later, on the company dime. 
    Perfect example of a college degree not needed to be intelligent, educated (self, if not through  school), smart and wise.  You are all of these!
    Thanks Brian :). I enjoyed my teen years....a lot.  Didn’t like the structure of school.  Don’t like the structure of work, either :lol:
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Graduated with an undergrad
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Your life is my fallback.
    :lol:
    Not sure I follow? 
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,814
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Your life is my fallback.
    :lol:
    Not sure I follow? 
    Just thought it was comical that Go Beavers shared his education and how it has been invaluable/life altering, that he uses those learned skills every day...and that you stated his education was your fallback.

    My buddy's dad has his Ph.D. hanging in his bathroom.  :lol:
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • MakingWaves
    MakingWaves Posts: 1,294
    Graduated with an undergrad
    BS in Mechanical Engineering. But I agree with a lot of the comments. I work with a bunch of people that are high school graduates and I learn stuff from them every single day and always value their opinions. 
    Seeing visions of falling up somehow.

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  • MakingWaves
    MakingWaves Posts: 1,294
    Graduated with an undergrad
    brianlux said:
    AA followed by certificate in Human Services
    BA with one year post grad classes and Teaching Certificate.
    Lots of other college classes ranging from business to ecological sciences to art classes to fuck knows what.

    This does NOT necessarily make me smarter, kinder, better, more wise or wealthier than some people with less than a high school education.  I have a wonderful family member who never graduated from high school but bought their first house at age 24 and can any piece of junk into something very functional.  An amazingly skilled individual.  There are numerous other example of people with far less education than I have who are more skilled or more intelligent or more wealthy or more physically fit or more mentally fit or more wise (or any combination of those) than I am. 

    I'm just a simple education junky.  I think I have something like 220 college credits.  I've lost count. But big whoop, right? :tongue:





    I could have guessed this about you. You come across as very smart and constantly soaking up new knowledge. 
    Seeing visions of falling up somehow.

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    New Orleans '95
    Birmingham '98
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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Your life is my fallback.
    :lol:
    Not sure I follow? 
    Just thought it was comical that Go Beavers shared his education and how it has been invaluable/life altering, that he uses those learned skills every day...and that you stated his education was your fallback.

    My buddy's dad has his Ph.D. hanging in his bathroom.  :lol:
    I picked up what you were laying down
  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,831
    edited May 2018
    Post grad
    mcgruff10 said:
    mace1229 said:
    BA - chemistry
    MA - secondary education
    You teach high school?

    Yeah. I have a friend who graduated with her chemistry degree with me, wanted to go into teaching. But got a summer job at a lab because she was putting off getting her teaching credential. Didn't quit at the end of the summer and now makes like 3 times what I do. Teaching isn't what it was 15 years ago. 
    I think you mentioned Colorado before? That midnight vote to raise PERA contributions. I would second guess my decision purely for financial reasons. 
  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,831
    Post grad
    Kev - Coat and Keys said:
    I have a doctorate as part of my three mathematics based degrees, but I am not sure I am necessarily a frequent user here?
    I was a research scientist for a while, but sadly I have fallen back to some part-time teaching.

    So I agree with the saying 'a PhD and $4 will get you a cup of coffee.' 
    That sucks, its only about $3 if you have a BA.
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,836
    Post grad
    I do find it funny that people seem to dismiss college education in some discussions and then we have threads about the importance of education and teacher's pay in others.

    I for one do not think a college degree makes anyone a better person than someone without it.  I find that many without college degrees have some great hands-on experience and have learned plenty.  But I still believe a college education can be invaluable if you choose it and use it correctly.  


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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    Post grad
    MakingWaves said:
    brianlux said:
    AA followed by certificate in Human Services
    BA with one year post grad classes and Teaching Certificate.
    Lots of other college classes ranging from business to ecological sciences to art classes to fuck knows what.

    This does NOT necessarily make me smarter, kinder, better, more wise or wealthier than some people with less than a high school education.  I have a wonderful family member who never graduated from high school but bought their first house at age 24 and can any piece of junk into something very functional.  An amazingly skilled individual.  There are numerous other example of people with far less education than I have who are more skilled or more intelligent or more wealthy or more physically fit or more mentally fit or more wise (or any combination of those) than I am. 

    I'm just a simple education junky.  I think I have something like 220 college credits.  I've lost count. But big whoop, right? :tongue:





    I could have guessed this about you. You come across as very smart and constantly soaking up new knowledge. 
    Thank you, I try.  The not-so-great truth though is that I am intrinsically rather mentally lazy.  At least I was all the way through high school and into my first few years of college.  I've always loved reading but I hated studying or having to challenge myself mentally.  It wasn't until I was 27 and went back to taking college courses after dropping out few a few years that I really started to push myself mentally.  I think a lot of it had to do with our educational system which, other than the few times where I had great teachers, was a system that did not inspire me to seek knowledge and understanding through formal education.  Once I became self-motivated that way, I never looked back.  There's so much to "life, the universe and everything" and I want to soak up as much of it as I can.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,560
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    Go Beavers said:
    I have a bachelors in psychology and a masters in counseling. Both were invaluable and life altering, and I use them everyday. 
    That is my fallback if I do not get accepted into postgrad in psychology.
    Do you currently work as a counsellor?
    I was a therapist working primarily with teenagers and their families for a lot of years. Now I manage an office if a bunch of people working with people. 
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,901
    Where is the dunce catagory ?


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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    Graduated with an undergrad
    Skooool is grate.
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