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| by MakoRuu | (Inailedyoursister@herfriends.house) | | on Feb 3, 2010 02:34:18 AM | | (#28297) |
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I'm smart as shit and I can't afford the money for college. I got kicked out of high school because I punched a teacher in the face, that so kind of ruined my chances for a scholorship. (He had it coming because he spit in my face.) I went to an all black school on the East Side of Cleveland for most of elementally, so I was in fights every day, and never showed up, so I failed fifth grade.
But I would trade just about anything I have right now for an oppertunity to go to college. You have to stick with it, you can't quit. You can't have no in your heart, no is not an option. Life's a garden, dig it, you make it work for you. We only get one life (unless you believe in reincarnation, then I want to come back as a pair of Dora the explorer panties) and we have to make everything we can out of it. ( I say this now sitting at my computer at three thirty in the morning doing absolutely nothing.)
If you give up I'll kill you. Lol |
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if you were really smart you'd know exactly how much college means fuck-all in forging the life that you want.
Kudos though for posting your second GFD almost exactly two years after your first GFD. That was a nice touch. |
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"if you were really smart you'd know exactly how much college means fuck-all in forging the life that you want."
Thank you. |
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Nope, just trolling
| by egogg | (1337@clownpenis.fart) | | on Feb 9, 2010 10:20:42 PM | | (#28328) |
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I fully understand the shortcomings of my intellect in comparison to yours.
However, I am an electrical engineer (and gainfully employed as such!), whatever that's worth. |
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You sound like a real fool.
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Apparently you want something you can't afford, and the things you CAN afford (or will your folks be affording it for you?) you dismiss out of hand, while simultaneously insulting everyone that does decide to pursue these options.
Really? Everyone in a community college is a shithead? I wonder if you'd like to tell this to my dad, who got his Bachelor's and Master's degrees at community colleges, then went on to get his PhD at a university, and then spent twenty years teaching at an even better university. I was hearing stories about spoiled assholes like you well before you were even born, and I can't say how depressing it is to find that you and your kind haven't gone away.
"I want to go to a fancy as fuck liberal-arts college where everyone is pretentious as shit. At least then we can disguise our horny, meaningless existence behind big words like existentialism."
Dear christ you ARE a fool. You know how far the word "existentialism" gets you in college? That's right! Not far AT ALL. NOWHERE, in fact.
It costs $50,000 because it's a BUSINESS, kid. They sell degrees. And all a degree is, in the end, is proof that you were willing to jump through a series of hoops, which communicates to your prospective future employer that you will likely jump through whatever hoops he has in store for you as well. Not looking very promising if you can't even turn in your FREE MONEY APPLICATION on time.
On another note, speaking as a businessman, I wouldn't hire someone like you to wash my windows, degree or no. Your head is jammed completely up your infantile ass, and it's not gonna be removed any time soon.
So yeah, you fail at every possible angle of this situation, up to and including this post. I won't even start to suggest alternate life paths, because your attitude and assumptions make it clear that you'd fail at those as well.
Dumbass.
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For responding seriously and giving me some perspective! Really.
Although in response to one of your points..
Despite your father's rags-to-riches story, I think it's impossible to argue that the average level of intelligence (regardless of how you measure it) at a community college equals that of an elite liberal-arts college. Although it is true that I am always thankful for the occasional unique, hard-working person in a surprising situation. |
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Of course it's not equal...
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...otherwise it would all be one big school. You may find that smaller schools have even MORE dedicated staff, faculty, and students than an "elite liberal-arts college"...people going to night school and paying for it themselves tend to be a lot more serious about their education than the hordes of trustafarians and fuzzy-boot wearing Jersey Girls at a bigger school.
One of the most important lessons you'll get from any education is twofold: A)it's bad form to make absolute declarations about things you don't know, and B)you don't know anything.
Also, from what my dad has told me, his story is not unique, or even rare. Many, many people go "from rags to riches" (ha!) in this way..I'm sure some of the stories would bring tears to even your prematurely jaded eyes.
Do this:
Ask yourself the question "If I could wake up every day and do exactly what I wanted to do, what would that be?"
Answer this with complete honesty, and then take the steps to make this a reality. Every five years or so repeat this exercise.
One more thing: life is greatly enhanced by the simple rule of DON'T SPEND MONEY YOU DON'T HAVE. If you think you have troubles now, you will be AMAZED by how they are worsened by looming, unpayable debt.
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"...people going to night school and paying for it themselves..."
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Amen to that, sibling (I've been watching Life of Brian for the umpteenth time, sorry).
More years ago than I care to remember I got a day job (I got paid for driving a bike as fast as I could, O tempora o mores...), had to change shifts at college, and boy was it a surprise:
Everybody was older than me. Everybody had real lives with real problems, resulting in real conversation. There was a spirit of camaraderie and no-nonsense that was also a far cry from being humorless. And last but not least, I started getting laid like there was no tomorrow.
Long live night school and older college girls with small rental flats overlooking parks. Or back alleys, what the hell.
Oh yeah, about my degree: wasn't worth shit in the long run, so there you go. |
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The process is a bitch. I'm going through it now, but at a community college. I'm not horny or stupid or whatever you said. I'm just trying to get an education. I don't think it really matters what type of school you go to, you have to make the best out of it. Take what is there and run with it. Besides, I don't think having some school down on your resume will do shit in the long run. It's about what you have to offer and what you've learned and what you've experienced.
PS- %20 of graduates are getting jobs with the degree they just received.
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