snugtop Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 What is your highest level of education? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camilo Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 22 views so far, only 4 votes. Maybe you should've added a "none" option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonehead Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I was edumacated on Cascadeclimbers.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Schuldt Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Just as I thought! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 You obviously don't consider any education past high school WITHOUT a degree applicable. Â Says a lot about the men you choose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 There are a lot of folks out there with BS and MS degrees that would die in horrible industrial accidents if they were ever forced to do real work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 There are a lot of folks out there with BS and MS degrees that would die in horrible industrial accidents if they were ever forced to do real work. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foraker Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 There are already enough idjits in the world doing that kind of work and dying without adding to the numbers. Â And would you call, say, Jonas Salk's work on the polio vaccince "not real work and of less value than someone who knows how to operate a shovel"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 What about the School of Hard Knocks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 A shovel eh? Quite a simple tool indeed; yet I've watched people beat themselves to death and get nothing accomplished because they couldn't figure out how to use it, or an equivalently simple tool, efficiently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonehead Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 PhD---posthole digger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 "I don't have time to sharpen my axe! I'm too busy chopping all this wood." -Just a saying that I'm fond of FWIW. Â The Tacoma paper did a story a couple months back about longshoremen making $100k per year! Some of them held masters degrees but found the hours/work/comradery on the docks more rewarding. Â On the other hand, taxpayers finance a good share of higher education. I'm not sure to what extent they should expect a return on their investment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeezix Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 My first NPS job I worked on a four man crew digging a ditch from Nisqually Entrance to Longmire for a buried electrical cable. Miserable work wrestling rocks out of the ground with hand tools... Made $11.75/hr. I know hand tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knotzen Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 'Course, some people with degrees can't figure out how to keep that nasty red X from sneaking into their avatars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foraker Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 A shovel eh? Quite a simple tool indeed; yet I've watched people beat themselves to death and get nothing accomplished because they couldn't figure out how to use it, or an equivalently simple tool, efficiently. Â Stick you in front of an ion microprobe, you probably wouldn't know what to do with it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Â Â Stick you in front of an ion microprobe, you probably wouldn't know what to do with it either. Â Ion microprobe? Is that what your wife calls it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foraker Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Ion microprobe? Is that what your wife calls it?? Â Still hanging around the little boys room during recess, are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mec Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Also, mistake in your pole, there is no difference between a Master's Degree and an MBA? An MBA is just a Master's in Business Administration? Â BTW, I have done that real work that AlpineK is mentioning. Grew up on an orchard. I've put in the long hours of physical labor. Now I have one of them masters, or is it two, I tend to lose track, anyway I now sit behind a desk wishing I was outside doing physical labor (well maybe not after a couple weeks of straight rain) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foraker Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I used to work in oil fields. Good friend of mine used to put up drywall for a living and is now a college professor. Some who have PhDs are now doing good work with their hands. I guess, for some, the world is larger than the back end of a pickup truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TREETOAD Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I thought that you had to have a degree to work at Starbucks because most of the barristas I have talked to have one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 History majors need jobs too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I suspect this thread is really about Snugtop's ongoing quest for her Mrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snugtop Posted October 7, 2005 Author Share Posted October 7, 2005 Hah! My mom used to complain that the other ladies in her masters program were just seeking "MRS" degree... Â no *Ms.* snuggies only has a bachelors...but one day she hopes to have a PhD. Or at least a Ph-balanced deoderant. Â Mr. E: it's just a poll I thought up in the spur of the moment. I'm not implying that one can't get an education without a degree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snugtop Posted October 7, 2005 Author Share Posted October 7, 2005 Also, mistake in your pole, there is no difference between a Master's Degree and an MBA? An MBA is just a Master's in Business Administration? Â You are correct, and I did consider that. But I guess I group the MBA in a different category than say, a Masters of Fine Arts or Russian History. It seems to be more of a professional degree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I'm feeling a bit snappy tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.