My school is r3v

[quikveedb2]

Im just using myself as an exception to the all knowing rule.

there are exceptions, but average incomes speak volumes, and degrees do open doors. i wouldn't plan my future wellbeing around being the exception though.

hey, you have your whole life to go to school, maybe in 10 years you'll be ready, or maybe never. there is nothing wrong with working with your hands, most of us enjoy it apparently or we wouldn't be here. do what makes you happy, i do, with my degree. i work 1-2 days a week and snowboard or bike the rest, with full year-round salary. i'm not motivated by money, i make enough to live & support my vaious hobbie & habits. if wrenching is your calling go for it, but i like to keep business & pleasure separate. insinuating that a tech school degree is superior to a BS or masters stinks of ignorance, no pun intended. and i'm a degree snob i guess...i can live with that. there are some tech school, or no-school snobs 'round here too apparently. it takes all kinds...

[Turf1600]

Granted, I learned alot in those classes - but in retrospect I would rather have taken all core classes.

[Turf1600]

and I never disagreed with you. I'm only noting that it makes it easier - but it's certainly not required. Everyone seems to think that I'm saying degrees are a terrible idea - I'm just saying a lazy asshole with a degree is still a lazy asshole. A degree is not a shoe in.

[Jesse30]

12 a day, 6 a week. I couldn't fit school in there, can you? I need to sleep after work. And, before work too.

depends what time the shop closes. night classes are always available.

:)

[LINUS]

I wasted 2 years at the University of Houston going after a dual major ain psychology and sociology. Granted, I learned alot in those classes - but in retrospect I would rather have taken all core classes.

OK - but don't those classes look good on a resume, and aren't you a bit more well rounded for taking them?

I'm just saying that in the culture we live in here in the US, that school tution & time spent normally pays off, either directly from the vocation you choose or to round out your personal knowledge base as a person, that's all.

[Turf1600]

You guys should also note that equate is planning on taking business classes while in tech school. That's a clear advantage over the average mechanic.

[Turf1600]

I'm far from a degree snob - I think every person has a calling in life, and they should persue it.

That said, degrees open more doors & provide an opportunity that you may not get if you have a GED.

If I have kids, they won't have jobs in high school - I'll make it real clear that school is their job & that if they can map out a decent path for their post-HS life, then they aren't bound to head off for college. If not, at least going to community college buys you 2 years to decide what you want after that. If they still don't know, at least a Bachelors in a generic field will give them a small leg up on whoever else might apply for the job they want, or give them a broad base of knowledge to draw on if the decide to pursue some unknown path.

Degrees open doors - that's a truth, not snobbery.

Besides, you never hear anyone talk about how they wasted too many years in school.

I wasted 2 years at the University of Houston going after a dual major ain psychology and sociology. Granted, I learned alot in those classes - but in retrospect I would rather have taken all core classes.

[Farbin Kaiber]

GED + Automotive hobby (17years) + Photographic Memory + Sales Skills = Service Manager (100k+/yr.)


Dropped out at 17, Service Advisor at 17, Community College for EMT-1a, It's all on the job skills, but school is what my three other sibilings did, and that's great for them, It just was not my path.

[aaron.j]

Yeah, because all 20 Step kids are going to be promoted to parts managers when the next class of step kids comes out. And of course you need the skills you learn at STEP to purchase, inventory, and sell a wholesale good.

and here in the goold ole' south you have to be related to somebody to go anywhere or get anything. im sure its not much different anywhere else. or at least it wasnt at the dealer in hawaii

[LINUS]

I'm far from a degree snob - I think every person has a calling in life, and they should persue it.

That said, degrees open more doors & provide an opportunity that you may not get if you have a GED.

If I have kids, they won't have jobs in high school - I'll make it real clear that school is their job & that if they can map out a decent path for their post-HS life, then they aren't bound to head off for college. If not, at least going to community college buys you 2 years to decide what you want after that. If they still don't know, at least a Bachelors in a generic field will give them a small leg up on whoever else might apply for the job they want, or give them a broad base of knowledge to draw on if the decide to pursue some unknown path.

Degrees open doors - that's a truth, not snobbery.

Besides, you never hear anyone talk about how they wasted too many years in school.

[Turf1600]

Fuck that shit. BOAST! Everyone else is. Im not boasting, Im just using myself as an exception to the all knowing rule.


Mariano

It's not in my character to boast - but people have the idea that you go nowhere without a degree. I've got my own office and I'm getting paid while posting on r3v. Doesn't get any better than this.

[CleanAzzE30z]

I didn't want to use myself as an example - at risk of looking like I'm boasting

Fuck that shit. BOAST! Everyone else is. Im not boasting, Im just using myself as an exception to the all knowing rule.


Mariano

[Turf1600]

You guys are degree snobs. If you read carefully - you'll note that he has already taken many math classes. Also, if you didn't learn how to balance a check book in middle school you are a loser. Also, if you didnt get a solid amount of history in highschool you didn't pay enough attention.

I didn't want to use myself as an example - at risk of looking like I'm boasting - but I feel the need to make a point. I'm 22 - my wife is 21. Combined we make 4-5x the average income for an american family of 4. I own my own brand new house - have no debt other than my mortgage - and can pretty much buy whatever I want. My IRA has been maxed out for the past 3 years - my credit score is creeping up on 800 - and I do not have a degree. If I stayed on this path I could retire early. I am however in the process of getting my degree. It's not hard to have an easy life without a degree. At the age of 22 I'm living better than my parents ever have. Hard work is the answer.

[quikveedb2]

I quit regular school

I don't have to take any bullshit classes like history or math

Also, everyone swears a lot which is fun, teacher included.

Women are objects, foul language, talk about some fucked up shit. And yes, we had a good 10 min conversation about 2 girls 1 cup.

So its pretty awesome that I am the favorite.

Tech schools FTW, real 4 years schools FTL.

so you're learning:
1. that history, how we got to where we are today, is not important.
2. real people don't need math to pay bills, balance checkbooks, buy homes, etc.
3. cursing & sexual deviancy, and sexism is socially acceptable.
4. and favoritism is ok.

wow, sounds like a real hotbed of higher education, have fun with your future role as a manual laborer.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/25/pf/college/census_degree/?postversion=2006102606

food for though.

[LINUS]

If you want to say you do better in life without a degree, more power to you.

I recently screwed my back up to the point where I really don't plan to return to blue collar of any sort, and once past my BA I think I'll stick around long enough for a Masters.

It's a lot like cubic displacement in a motor - there's rarely an exception to it in order to have a sucessful career - sure there are exceptions, but really it's just so much easier to start with a 454 motor or a solid degree.