Camilo Posted October 7, 2005 Posted October 7, 2005 22 views so far, only 4 votes. Maybe you should've added a "none" option. Quote
Stonehead Posted October 7, 2005 Posted October 7, 2005 I was edumacated on Cascadeclimbers.com Quote
EWolfe Posted October 7, 2005 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
AlpineK Posted October 7, 2005 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
Fairweather Posted October 7, 2005 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
foraker Posted October 7, 2005 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
AlpineK Posted October 7, 2005 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
Fairweather Posted October 7, 2005 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
Skeezix Posted October 7, 2005 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
knotzen Posted October 7, 2005 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
foraker Posted October 7, 2005 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
Fairweather Posted October 7, 2005 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
foraker Posted October 7, 2005 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
mec Posted October 7, 2005 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
foraker Posted October 7, 2005 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
TREETOAD Posted October 7, 2005 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
Fairweather Posted October 7, 2005 Posted October 7, 2005 I suspect this thread is really about Snugtop's ongoing quest for her Mrs. Quote
snugtop Posted October 7, 2005 Author 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
snugtop Posted October 7, 2005 Author 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
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