All I want for Christmas... =)

aaharvel
aaharvel Posts: 4,489
edited April 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
I hate school. I hate school so much I want to start firebombing. I just want to apply the knowledge I've accumulated (which is more than enough for my career aspirations and more than most others btw), earn tons of $, buy that Audi I've always wanted, the dream Loft by the beach I've always lusted for, and my 2 favorite pornstars- one sitting on each side of me on my custom- made leather sectional, watching Scarface on my 10' plasma, listening to EuroTrance on my THX audio system, with both of them feeding me grapes and dry martinis under the biggest blacklight ever concocted while telling me just how much I rule. Is that too much to **** ask? I didn't think so.

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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,083
    edited September 2005
    Yeah, um, ok.

    Stay in school. Don't become an adult. Trust me on this.

    BDT
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited September 2005
    Andrew, you been drinking again?
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited September 2005
    i'm already there. I'm 28, working on my masters in polysci and soc. Trust me on THIS, i'm seriously ready to hang my ballz out there... if you know what I mean. :)

    Have I been drinking again? No, not since this morning. ;)
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited September 2005
    Haha...28...an adult. Age doesn't always directly correlate with 'adulthood', especially at such a young age as yours.

    Oh, and yeah, I think that's just a little too much to ask for. :p
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited September 2005
    It'll come brother, slow down, nobody gets there overnight---at least legally. I'm 43 and just now things are beginning to fall into place. By retirement (17 years), everything will be paid for, except of course Uncle Sam and utilities....
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited September 2005
    That's it, quit school and see how long it takes. Don't get me wrong, the educational system is not for everyone. If you've got it, USE IT.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited September 2005
    Eff school. Who needs it. Certainly not I. And once I win the lottery Ill prove it.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited September 2005
    MacLeod wrote:
    Eff school. Who needs it. Certainly not I. And once I win the lottery Ill prove it.

    hahaha.

    just a rough day guys, no biggie. merely wanted to be a little stupid that's all. :D
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,083
    edited September 2005
    We all have days like that.

    I look back to my college days and what I thought was stressful then. Yeah, riiiiiiiiighht.

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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,605
    edited September 2005
    Then you get out to the workplace. After spending hours dealing with
    clueless management, unreasonable customers, and all the responsibilities of adulthood, all you'll be able to think about was how great it was in school!
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited September 2005
    Guys, if you are going to school then study something that you enjoy. Getting a degree for the mere purpose of pleasing Mom & Dad, spending some education money or just another place to hang out it a TOTAL FUC(IN& waste of time. I know tons of people that have their degrees and hate what they do. WHY? They studied something that was easy and had no interest in the subject matter. School is easy. Trust me. My degrees are Computer Science and one in Business. I studied them because I enjoy it. Going to university full-time, 3 part-time jobs for a total work week of 90+ hours and still maintaining an "A" average was a piece of cake. WHY, not because I am smarter than the next guy, because I LOVE it. Working full-time is a lot harder than going to school. Sorry, I am not a fan of the "ARTS" program unless you plan on doing post Grad. Degree. A degree in Geography or Sociology is not worth the paper it is printed on unless you plan on doing a Masters, teaching or some job related to that field.

    NORTEL released a study about 4 or 5 years ago and predicted that they would be able to hire every Engineer graduating from a Canadian University within 10 years. Write your own ticket if you are good at Math.

    If you believe in existentialism, then you are the Master. I know many people with degrees that hate their job, many people with degrees that love their job and many rich people with no degree at all. By the way, those people with no degrees are VERY, VERY smart people. Select Your Destiny. Be Happy. Good Luck.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,605
    edited September 2005
    janmike wrote:
    NORTEL released a study about 4 or 5 years ago and predicted that they would be able to hire every Engineer graduating from a Canadian University within 10 years. Write your own ticket if you are good at Math.

    .
    I wish they had spent their money on something other than stupid crap like that study. They have laid off so many people down here in Dallas, the Nortel campus looks like a ghost town! We had a job opening for a tech in my dept and we had about a 1000 ex-Nortel engineers trying to get back into the company.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited September 2005
    sucks2beme wrote:
    I wish they had spent their money on something other than stupid crap like that study. They have laid off so many people down here in Dallas, the Nortel campus looks like a ghost town! We had a job opening for a tech in my dept and we had about a 1000 ex-Nortel engineers trying to get back into the company.

    man, that's sad. Kind of reminds me of my home town of Wilkesboro, NC.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited September 2005
    Yup, engineering/science fields are getting tighter and tighter-Less jobs, more foriegners taking them in addition to the jobs being moved oversees.

    However, as long as you get good grades from a a good school you'll be allright, but you can't just get the BS from a podunk directional school and expect to be making $50K out of the gates.

    What is it you want to do anyway?
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited September 2005
    lol. that's funny. If I started making 50k out of the gates i'd be estatic. haha!

    either Social Pathology/Theory or Political Commentary, with Social Pathology and focusing on the problem of poverty in this country as my #1.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited September 2005
    Effin hippy... ;)

    My guess is 24-28K range would be expected with that work (to start). Which, according to some sites, would put you into the group you're studying... Hmmm....
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited September 2005
    yup. but sometimes it's not about the money. (going against my original comment, but oh well)
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited September 2005
    Well, if you can find a way to get the poor off of government subsidies and motivated to work, you could do worse things with your life.
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,055
    edited September 2005
    I say stay in school it's easier to stay than to drop everything and go back
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited September 2005
    It would also depend on if you're still having fun and can keep making ends meet. If so, stay there. Seems wierd giving advice to someone who's my own age...
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • jet2001
    jet2001 Posts: 180
    edited September 2005
    Keep working hard Andrew. I finished my Masters in May and graduated this past August. Let me tell you, since completeing the course work these past few months have been the least stressful in what feels like years. The job market is so much larger after you get those silly letters after your name. The money will come, trust me it will. Keep fighting, you'll be done before you know it. And say hello to your two **** star friends for me ;).
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,055
    edited September 2005
    jet2001 wrote:
    And say hello to your two **** star friends for me ;).

    Ask them if they are recovering well from last night ? :eek:
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited September 2005
    lol. nice to always know i can just let loose on here once in a while.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited September 2005
    And I shall call him mini-hippy....
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited September 2005
    Dude, I've always struggled in college! Most of the instructors I get are so damn lame and boring that I lose focus and interest. Having ADHD doesn't help, but i've learned to get around it for the most part. My instructor in Microsoft school ROCKED! He kept our attention all the time, took timely 10 minute breaks so we don't space out or get bored and simply knew how to teach.

    I would love to finish my degree, but it's so damn painful to sit through those classes with piss poor instructors who spew the same **** over and over right from a book.

    Not to put down anyone in here, but i was on track for a computer science degree years back. I looked over the course schedule and determined I was wasting my time. I sunk 1 year of my life (every Saturday 9am-4pm) in Microsoft school and never looked back. Best 1 year and 8+ grand I ever spent!

    Good luck!

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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited September 2005
    MacLeod wrote:
    Eff school. Who needs it. Certainly not I. And once I win the lottery Ill prove it.

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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited September 2005
    sucks2beme wrote:
    I wish they had spent their money on something other than stupid crap like that study. They have laid off so many people down here in Dallas, the Nortel campus looks like a ghost town! We had a job opening for a tech in my dept and we had about a 1000 ex-Nortel engineers trying to get back into the company.

    That's sad & whats worse is that Nortel WILL NOT REHIRE ANY OF THEM, because they would rather take a college kid just graduted & pay them a lot less money than it would cost them to rehire an old engineer & have to pay them more for all the work experience that he has.
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