Education Level

[Warik]

And it's not a value judgment or anything, but some of y'all are writing at about 4th grade level. Don't they teach freshman comp in college anymore?

Actually, they do. They also have a required (i.e. IMPOSSIBLE to avoid regardless of how many Advanced Placement credits, etc you bring) "Literary Analysis," which requires a lot of writing. For the final paper, the grading was 80% content, 20% grammar.

I'm one of the only people who scored higher than 80%. Education these days is laughable at best.

-Warik

 

[plifter]

Sometimes having a bullshit degree like history can get you a decent job that's totally unrelated. Some companies simply require any degree. They use a degree as proof of intelligence.

 

[Kryp2o]

Getting ready to go back to school in the fall. Not done and probably never will be. I'll always continue to educate myself.

 

[FrankRizzo]

Finally got my B.S. in 2000. It only took me until I was 29. (I was in the Army for 4 years) Construction Engineering is the degree. I wanna pave the world and make alot of money doing it.

 

[Snooker991]

Why wasn't...

Ph.D listed??

I saw at least one other person was listed, some of us have lives and lift. Really, I mean it...Stop Laughing .

B.A. Philosophy, B.S. CS
Ph.D Philosophy

Going back to school hopefully in the Spring, I hate this working everyday at the same time routine. Also being 24 it is somewhat unusual to have a Ph.D but possible, philosophy is not that hard or impressive to get a Ph.D in but I love it.

Later...Snooker

 

[madbomber31]

you are correct sir... they give out philosophy degrees in cracker jack boxes... phd requires a LITTLE effort though.. and money.

 

[Snooker991]

TRUE

you are correct sir... they give out philosophy degrees in cracker jack boxes... phd requires a LITTLE effort though.. and money.

More money than effort, Believe that.

 

[May1010]

Let me explain a few things.

I went to the University of California where I obtained a B.S. in Biology because I had grandiose plans of going to medical school. My GPA was barely 3.5. Simply put, medical school requires a much higher GPA and thus, I had to re-think my career plans.

I decided then to become a teacher but I knew I didn't want to teach science. So, I went back the University of California and got a History degree.

I then went to California State University at Long Beach and got my Teaching Credential.

I taught for a couple of years and HATED it! I HATED it from day one.

I then went to Korea for a couple of years where I taught English and French. While there, I saved enough money to go to graduate school.

I then went to California State University at Humboldt where I completed an M.B.A. While at Humboldt, I took the minimum number of accounting classes to qualify to sit the CPA.

I passed ALL FOUR SECTIONS of the California CPA exam on the first try in 1993. I was recruited from graduate school to work in public accounting.

In January of this year, I was fired from Deloitte & Touche in San Francisco. Not laid off. I was FIRED. I hated my job. I put in ridiculously long hours and was a manager in the Tax Department specializing in telecommunications taxes. I was good at what I did but my attitude sucked. In hind sight, I would have fired me too.

Anyway, I moved to Las Vegas to re-group. I decided I was still young enough to try something else. My cousin is a court reporter in Los Angeles and I was always interested in what she did. We chatted and I enrolled in school. What the hell? I have only myself to worry about so if this is a mistake, I'm not hurting anyone but myself.

I will also tell you this, any court reporter who is making $27,000 a year is a shitty reporter. The starting salary in Los Angeles County is $76,000 a year PLUS you receive an additional $7 per page of transcript.

... and Outlaw, usually CPA's are bright and intelligent people, I don't possibly understand how you passed the test. Why don't you tell us about your career? I honestly don't think you're an accountant.

 

[JohnnyO]

b a in music composition
a a in computer science

 

[Warik]

Nice story, May. I can only hope that my struggle with unnecessary education is much shorter.

-Warik