How Much Education Have You Had?

[BG45]

BS in criminal justice, MS in criminal justice, and just finished my coursework for my PhD in Criminology, working on the dissertation and teaching next semester.

[Lil Red]

wow, now I really do feel dumb.

[Anomaly]

I'm proud to have graduated highschool and have college educated lackeys work for me. Now that must be dumb luck.

[BG45]

[quote name='Lil Red' timestamp='1336958899' post='2430335']
wow, now I really do feel dumb.
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I don't see why you should! Trust me, not everyone with a professional or higher degree (probably most) couldn't think their way out of a wet paper bag for things outside their field...we even joke about that in my cohort. "I used to be good at Jeopardy, then they took all my knowledge and replaced it with Crim." "Does anyone remember common sense, I used to have some..."

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I'm proud to have graduated highschool and have college educated lackeys work for me. Now that must be dumb luck.
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Or you're skilled and a good businessman who has educated employees?

[ContemporaryCaflicCrusader]

I graduated from high school and let me tell ya... I'm glad that was it. So isn't my mom. Everybody told me I belonged at FUS. (Franciscan University of Stuebenville) For what? If I'm not gonna study it's a waste of money no matter how many good catholic people I get to know, New Hampshire needs good catholics too and you come out of Seton Home Study School knowing a lot of theology even though I only did high school with them I was public school before that and completely and in all ways miserable.

[MissScripture]

[quote name='Lil Red' timestamp='1336958899' post='2430335']
wow, now I really do feel dumb.
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Don't. My mom constantly tells me that education is never wasted, but I have a hard time believing that when we have about a bazillion dollars of student loans hanging over us because I felt the need to study something I hope to never use (at the time, I did think I wanted to use it. I waited until my last year to have a meltdown and realized I hated what I was doing).

[BG45]

Edit: Double Post, not really sure how I managed it 10 minutes apart though.

Edited May 14, 2012 by BG45

[BG45]

I thought of this thread with the 80 year old guy changing the locks just now. To him, easiest thing ever. If it were me changing the lock, we'd still be on the easier of the two, not almost done with the deadbolt.

He said something I entirely believe too.
Me: So why are we changing the locks for the entire complex anyhow? It seems like it would be expensive.
Him: Not as bad as you'd think, but we're sick of so many idiots locking themselves out so we're just going with the idea that if they can't lock it from the inside, you're not going to lock yourself out.