My school is r3v

[Turf1600]

his sarcasm counteracts your desire to try to devalue a college education from what everyone perceives.

That was never my intent - as I made clear many many times.

[Dave]

Yeah, del, your lack of sex life is really nothing we want to hear about.

[rwh11385]

since that is what everyone has been suggesting...

his sarcasm suggests your desire to try to devalue a college education from what everyone perceives, and counteracts your attempt.

[rwh11385]

My wife has a degree in sosiology and she hasn't stripped in YEARS!

I'm sorry to hear that. Ask for a private show for XXXmas.

[Turf1600]

Damn those lying statistics.

I should have just kept that job I had at the ice rink when I was 16. I'd be the next Bill Gates by now.

since that is what everyone has been suggesting...

[delatlanta1281]

It was probably in sociology which you studied and everyone other stripper was probably a GED or college dropout, or working on a degree so they could be an assistant... not to mention average college grad makes 50K overall. High school is 30K overall for all career. Even liberal arts average 30K STARTING.

My wife has a degree in sociology and she hasn't stripped in YEARS!

[Dave]

Damn those lying statistics.

I should have just kept that job I had at the ice rink when I was 16. I'd be the next Bill Gates by now.

[Turf1600]

Lance, statistics don't always make people smarter either, and I'm afriad you're one of those statistics. A lot of numbers I see, and sure, they may be entirely correct, but if you get your head from above the clouds and look at what is really being discussed, to the core, you can't really argue anything.

I'm off for a job interview to get some money to pay my way through some more classes after I got axed from my last job on Tuesday. The old one didn't let me have any time or ANY flexible schedule to do any school which is the reason I got the job in the first place to pay for it. I'm glad I don't work there anymore! Kthx. Peace out.

Thanks for seeing my point. And sorry about your job - though i know you didn't like that place anyways.

[Justin B]

Lance, statistics don't always make people smarter either, and I'm afriad you're one of those statistics. A lot of numbers I see, and sure, they may be entirely correct, but if you get your head from above the clouds and look at what is really being discussed, to the core, you can't really argue anything.

I'm off for a job interview to get some money to pay my way through some more classes after I got axed from my last job on Tuesday. The old one didn't let me have any time or ANY flexible schedule to do any school which is the reason I got the job in the first place to pay for it. I'm glad I don't work there anymore! Kthx. Peace out.

[Turf1600]

it will take off.

:rofl:

I know it will.

[325Projectz]

This is turning into an airplane thread. cough.

it will take off.

:rofl:

[Turf1600]

Whatever. I'm done - because I'm far more successful than you now and I always will be. End of story.

[rwh11385]

Experience yields much lower wage increase than does education. Who said this was working vs. parent-funded education. You're just shooting your argument in the foot, making it even weaker.

This argument was that my experience PLUS my degree will yeild higher pay.

A one year increase in education compared to you working four years is almost equivalent in percentage return to wage, given the study based on BLS data. Comparing one person, or two equal people, an additional year of education is more valuable than an additional year of experience.

And based on your use of the "word" "yeild" you could use more education.

You are attempting to make it seem like college will not most likely result in better success, simply based on your biased perception. And horrid argument ability. You can't stand the heet.

I never implied this.

Many*many*many people are not successful without degrees
Many*many*many people are unemployed or underemployed with degrees. See BLS links from a few posts back: http://www.bls.gov/emp/emptab7.htm

My point has always been that there is an exception to the rule.

Just a side note - college doesn't do shit. Period. I was at a strip club the other night and one of the dancers said she had a degree from The university of texas but couldn't find a job.

Stating that "college doesn't do shit" seems to imply that a college degree most likely won't improve your odds of becoming successful...

And your point was been flawed since your incorrect statistics and biased perception. Many people with degrees are not unemployed, about 2% are, considering advanced degrees as well. That most likely under the natural rate of frictional unemployment, if you know what that is.

And instead of many, you should say that FEW people are successful without degrees, which most reasonable people have been trying to get you to understand for this entire thread.

[Turf1600]

This is turning into an airplane thread. cough.

It's really annoying the shit out of me. This guy is just loving watching himself type.

[Turf1600]

In summary,

Actually, the average college grad with only a bachelor's makes 50K on average. http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/15/pf/c...ting_salaries/
"Even liberal arts grads as a group – those notoriously low-paid first-timers in the workforce – are enjoying a bump in pay of 4.2 percent, albeit to what is still one of the lowest starting salaries out there -- $30,337."

6.8% of HS dropouts are unemployed, and those fully employed make on average $21,788.
4.3% of HS grads who don't go to college are unemployed, and make on average $31K.
Only 2.3% of people with only a bachelor's degree are unemployed, and make on average $50K.
1.7% and $60K respectively for Master's.

Seems like the average person who goes to college are more successful and less likely to be unemployed.

You're still arguing a point I never made.