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Post by McBenny on Jun 8, 2018 6:24:00 GMT -6
I just cannot even get deep into the higher education fight today but I generally don't agree with a lot of what is being said in here. I didn't see any anti college sentiment so I don't see what you would be so opposed to? |
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Post by McBenny on Jun 8, 2018 6:25:35 GMT -6
I mean why in the fuck did we spend so much time learning about triangle measurements and calculations? I will say tho... solving for X is 95% of what I have been doing my entire career. So big ups to algebra. I have never had to use this until this year with my 6th grader. Never ever my entire career.
Thank you algebra?
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Post by McBenny on Jun 8, 2018 6:31:42 GMT -6
I never got to calculus. #blessed I never took this either. I was once told by my high school boyfriend's mother that I would not be able to get into college much less finish without taking this or physics. She would never touched college and got married straight out of high school and never worked in her life was telling me this. I only say this in regard to her attempt at college and career counseling me.
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Post by McBenny on Jun 8, 2018 6:37:21 GMT -6
I have a lot of opinions about higher education, but I realize a lot of them come from a place of privilege-- much of my college was paid for and my parents mostly supported me. I changed my major about fifty times and spent almost 5 years of college getting an associate's as a result. BUT there was no way I was mature enough to go to nursing school at 18, and I would've struggled even more with a career (because of H's) had I stuck with my original degree. the thing is if you had no support and still had the initiative to get yourself to college then you would have had a different perspective and most likely would have been mature enough.
I am not saying how you went about things was incorrect or correct. I am saying when you have different life circumstances then of course how you react to them is different.
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Post by hawkward on Jun 8, 2018 7:42:04 GMT -6
I have a lot of opinions about higher education, but I realize a lot of them come from a place of privilege-- much of my college was paid for and my parents mostly supported me. I changed my major about fifty times and spent almost 5 years of college getting an associate's as a result. BUT there was no way I was mature enough to go to nursing school at 18, and I would've struggled even more with a career (because of H's) had I stuck with my original degree. the thing is if you had no support and still had the initiative to get yourself to college then you would have had a different perspective and most likely would have been mature enough.
I am not saying how you went about things was incorrect or correct. I am saying when you have different life circumstances then of course how you react to them is different.
Oh definitely- I started taking college classes when I was 16. They were free at the community college before HS graduation, and then later my mom was a prof so free tuition, so I only paid for a very small portion of my education. I would have gotten my ass in gear without those circumstances because I was raised with the idea that college was non-negotiable and the understanding that it wouldn't be paid for me (I just got lucky there). College itself was easy for me, but nursing school required an emotional maturity I didn't possess at that age- it wasn't a barrier to finishing school so much as I wouldn't have chosen that particular career field. And I totally went about things in the incorrect way  Being good at school didn't mean otherwise I was an immature brat. |
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Post by McBenny on Jun 8, 2018 7:47:33 GMT -6
the thing is if you had no support and still had the initiative to get yourself to college then you would have had a different perspective and most likely would have been mature enough.
I am not saying how you went about things was incorrect or correct. I am saying when you have different life circumstances then of course how you react to them is different.
Oh definitely- I started taking college classes when I was 16. They were free at the community college before HS graduation, and then later my mom was a prof so free tuition, so I only paid for a very small portion of my education. I would have gotten my ass in gear without those circumstances because I was raised with the idea that college was non-negotiable and the understanding that it wouldn't be paid for me (I just got lucky there). College itself was easy for me, but nursing school required an emotional maturity I didn't possess at that age- it wasn't a barrier to finishing school so much as I wouldn't have chosen that particular career field. And I totally went about things in the incorrect way Being good at school didn't mean otherwise I was an immature brat. I think you would have been mature hawkward. |
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Post by cribs on Jun 8, 2018 9:45:02 GMT -6
My dad has a PhD in history and economics. He also has one in Public administration. Nerd alert He has THREE?? That’s just greedy! The first one is combined. so he only has two. Still nerd alert |
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Post by piratecat on Jun 8, 2018 10:38:40 GMT -6
He has THREE?? That’s just greedy! The first one is combined. so he only has two. Still nerd alert He really should have applied himself a little more. |
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Post by cribs on Jun 8, 2018 11:38:22 GMT -6
The first one is combined. so he only has two. Still nerd alert He really should have applied himself a little more. He had both by 25. He's a weirdo lol |
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Being good at school didn't mean otherwise I was an immature brat. 
