Woodrow
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I am planning on going to Alabama!!
Hell thats about as good as a high school diploma
I am planning on going to Alabama!!
Sigh. Vietnam and Europe were just made up examples just to illustrate the point, they themselves were not the point...
I am not knocking trades, people in them who are certified to do what they do, have the ability to satisfy a lot of demands for their skills and make very respectable amounts of money doing it.
The point is, there is no such thing as "useless" or "wasted" education, especially when you have a degree to go along with it. For every step you succeed in, from a high school diploma, to a bachelor's degree, to an MBA, to a doctorate, there is a huge pay scale difference for 99% of people who use their degree. If someone with a B.A. in history works as an electrician, he probably won't, after all, make any more money then the guy next to him because that B.A. is not applicable to the job.
If, on the other hand, you have an MBA in financing, and you work for a financing arm of a large company or corporation, there may be no foreseeable limit to how much you can make.
Hell thats about as good as a high school diploma
Oh yeah right... their honors college is sending me all sorts of stuff to go there, plus my dad went there and he makes ALOT of money, but he also went to 3 other schools and has 4 degrees total. He's a beast what can he say?
Yeah, I'm 17 and now know what happens when ppl don't go to college/finish HS. I am planning on going to Alabama!!
I am currently an honors student at my HS, I got a 2100 on the new SAT!!!
As silly of a place to get this thought from.....this actually helped me a while back....
In the movie Office Space, one of the themes repeated was "If you had a million dollars, what would you do with your time?". Whatever the answer, you should find a line of work that falls into it.
I had been working in retail management for years....pretty much retail since I was 15. My first though was that if I was rich enough to not have to work, I would spend my time fixing cars or building cars. So I started looking in the automotive field for a career....and I was in my late 20s at the time. I ended up being lucky enough to know someone who was a parts manager for a Lincoln Mercury dealer, and he got me in and started teaching me the counter.
I am now 33 and work the shop counter at a Ford dealership. Basically I am the parts guy for the technicians. When they need parts, they come to me. I LOVE my job. Everyday I am thankful for my job. It had taught me so much about cars, I have a Ford shop at my disposal, along with all the tools, lifts, and technicians to help me. I get my parts for cheap, and I have a great time everyday....plus I make an awesome salary. Enough to have been able to build my car, and my Wife stays home to raise my daughter.
So figure out what you really want to do, then find a way to get into that field. When you love your job, you really do enjoy going to work. 40 hours a week is a lot of time spending doing something you don't like. It is a great feeling not hating to go to work.
Funny you say that; I'm watching it right now and just a couple minutes ago they went over that thought.
Wouldn't work for me though. If I had a million dollars I'd spend a lot of times w/cars but I sure as hell wouldn't want to make it my life I know others have to be the same!
Yeah, I'm 17 and now know what happens when ppl don't go to college/finish HS. I am planning on going to Alabama!!
Who said I dropped out??? I worked at Wally world 4 days a weeks and I am currently an honors student at my HS, I got a 2100 on the new SAT!!!
I am currently attending Iowa State University, and I would agree that all of my classes are a huge waste of money, BUT, that little expensive piece of paper that says I can learn at a higher level is the only thing that matters in the end. Trade schools, well, you make bank right away but I would predict a plateau based on what guys say that went to trade schools and work at John Deere ( I know its only one company.)