Just out of curiosity ... how far have you gone in school?

by JenSemPa Posted 2012/05/12 12:22:31

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		Doctorate
		Master's degree
		Bachelor's degree
		Associate's degree or vocational/technical certificate
		High school
		Other ___

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	Doctorate	2 votes	6%
	Master's degree	2 votes	6%
	Bachelor's degree	6 votes	19%
	Associate's degree or vocational/technical certificate	8 votes	25%
	High school	3 votes	9%
	Other ___	11 votes	34%

I finished a master's degree recently ... something that my high-school teachers probably never would have seen coming!

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Bingo's Faddah 2012/05/12 12:31:33 (edited)

Doctorate

+6
I came to the Belgian Congo after earning my Bachelor's in Cultural Anthropology. Studied while in the Peace Corps and became a Doctor. Have several degrees; history, political science, and was awarded a dickfer.

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beach bum 2012/05/21 03:49:59

Associate's degree or vocational/technical certificate

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Kathi Mcdermott 2012/05/13 07:44:40

Other ___

the other is appropriate as I was 1 year shy of Pharmacy degree when injured, I do have associate's in math and science but had 3 more years added on to that toward degree. Oh by the way you can add High school to that also. so when you people post these questions, maybe all of the above should be appropriat after all a Doctorate would include a plethora of the choices

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YodaHead 2012/05/13 07:07:41

Other ___

All the way...

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rosesvengeance BN-0 2012/05/13 06:39:19

Bachelor's degree

+1
Congrats on getting your masters!

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Mel 2012/05/13 04:34:42

Doctorate

+1
The big Doc!

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Link 2012/05/13 04:14:58

Other ___

All the way... in the restrooms... locker rooms... bleachers of the football field... under the goal posts on the field... bleachers in the gym.... once even on a teacher's desk....

Oh... wait... you're talking education... well, I got my education really very young... I mean... uuummm...

I graduated High School with a diploma and a certificate in Carpentry (Trade School)...

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Linnster 2012/05/12 20:22:57

High school

Congratulations!

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Vision of Verve 2012/05/12 20:13:22
JanHopkins 2012/05/12 15:30:55

Associate's degree or vocational/technical certificate

+2
I have a collection of vocational certificates in a trade that I really hate.

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littlebuffalo55TBA 2012/05/12 15:08:43

Associate's degree or vocational/technical certificate

+4
I never finished a full four years for what would have been a business degree. In my late 20s with credits and three classes I was able to secure an Associates Degree. Around 35 I took some technical classes based in my profession and am a CMTSE (Certified Machine Tool Sales Engineer). This did entail a Psychics, Geometry and Trigonometry class on a college level. Also some classes in procedures in Machine Tool Engineering.

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lonewolf 2012/05/12 15:03:13

Associate's degree or vocational/technical certificate

+1
will start working on my BA soon.

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Xitlalilolly 2012/05/12 14:58:53

Other ___

+3
i haven't finished high school but i have two more years to go

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JoeM 2012/05/12 14:57:10

Other ___

+1
Rather than comment on myself, I will mention a friend making a nice six figure income with a Fortune 500 (top 50) company that has a GED. he is currently working on a dissertation to get a doctorate. he has no bs, or ms... going from ged to PhD.

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Christi... to JoeM 2012/05/12 15:41:07

+1
What accredited school offers a Ph.D. program without the equivalent of a Masters degree?

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JoeM to Christi... 2012/05/12 16:33:05

+1
Most of them. If your peer reviewed published work (including patents) and your thesis are good enough the minor degrees and course work can be waived. A different friend, who graduated high school with a 1.7 GPA, and flunked out of Community Collage after two quarters got his PhD in Applied Mathematics from the U of Washington in Seattle.
(yes it is true, I hang out with ubergeeks)
Another guy I know real well has 32 commercially viable patents in Chemical Engineering, has been called as an expert witness, and spoken at several important symposia and has only three years of collage. his attitude on getting a degree is "why bother?"

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Christi... to JoeM 2012/05/12 16:42:23

Which school specifically will your friend be receiving his Ph.D. from?

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rknothead 2012/05/12 14:19:25

Bachelor's degree

+2
BS Mathematics/Economics Univ of Mich 1975

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Syl 2012/05/12 13:33:00

Bachelor's degree

+2
Actually I'm working on my Bachelor's degree. I do have a certificate which can get me a job as a teacher's assistant.

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L1 2012/05/12 13:23:01

Other ___

+2
College, more education right now is very expensive and doesn't translate into a better job nor more money, and college loans are non-defaultable.

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Redneck 2012/05/12 13:22:41

Master's degree

+5
I got a masters degree later in life than most folks, but better late than never right. I know what you mean, in high school, I told my councilor that I was thinking about going to college. She said that she never thought of me as college material, that I should think about trade school. She can kiss my ass, I graduated with honors!

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JanHopkins to Redneck 2012/05/12 15:33:10

+1
Sometimes I think their job is to discourage.

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!TARD~MUFFIN! 2012/05/12 12:47:22

High school

+4
I'm about to graduate high school in less than a month! :)

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TMan 2012/05/12 12:45:31
tredzwater 2012/05/12 12:39:00

Other ___

+3
Congratulations, Jen! Now you have options for your life.

I have two Bachelor's, one Master's and a certification from IBM for a 9-month, 5-days-a-week, 8-hours-a-day course in computers.

The certification paid better but the Master's was more fun.

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Dale 2012/05/12 12:34:07

Bachelor's degree

+3
With a couple of Associate's thrown in.

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Bingo's Faddah 2012/05/12 12:31:33 (edited)

Doctorate

+6
I came to the Belgian Congo after earning my Bachelor's in Cultural Anthropology. Studied while in the Peace Corps and became a Doctor. Have several degrees; history, political science, and was awarded a dickfer.

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tredzwater to Bingo's... 2012/05/12 15:18:43

+1
I am NOT going to ask. I'd probably have to stop peeking through my fingers.

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Bingo's... to tredzwater 2012/05/13 11:41:56

+1
And a henway too!

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tredzwater to Bingo's... 2012/05/13 11:49:49

+2
Dayum, Bing! People complain that they need a dictionary to read my posts because I won't dumb it down for the uneducated. But, I need to use the Urban Dictionary for your posts...a lot.

I love it! Keep on keepin' on!

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Shawna to Bingo's... 2012/05/12 20:27:44

Your mother must be very proud.

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Bingo's... to Shawna 2012/05/13 11:44:10

+2
No contact with her in over 40 years. I checked the social security website and both my parents made it into their 80s and died in Florida. They supported me in my decision not to return to the US back in the 70s.

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tredzwater to Bingo's... 2012/05/13 11:51:27

+1
Wise move. You're still here, tse-tse flies notwithstanding.

I lost my fiance in 'nam and I've long thought that killing off an entire generation of young men was a helluva way to run a country.

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Bingo's... to tredzwater 2012/05/13 11:53:57

+2
Don't get me started...............

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tredzwater to Bingo's... 2012/05/13 11:57:36

+1
Oh...don't say that. I LOVE to get you started.

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Bingo's... to tredzwater 2012/05/13 15:22:15

+1
But there's no "happy ending" possible here!

Sorry; I can't help it!

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tredzwater to Bingo's... 2012/05/13 15:33:45

+1
It's OK, Bing. Life doesn't have a happy ending. It just has an ending.

But, your humor makes me happy.

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Bingo's... to tredzwater 2012/05/14 12:13:36

Thanks. Perhaps you misunderstood the kind of "happy ending" I was referring to!

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tredzwater to Bingo's... 2012/05/14 12:28:26

Yeppers...I did. I should have known better.

That's OK. Plane fares to the Congo are sooooo expensive.

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Bingo's... to tredzwater 2012/05/15 13:02:03

I have no idea why anyone would want to come here. We're hidden and enjoy a great life but the rest of the country is kinda like New Jersey.

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tredzwater to Bingo's... 2012/05/15 13:17:49

I'm glad you're hidden. I imagine the gang warfare in the Congo is almost as bad as in New Jersey. Even a 600 pound gorilla might not want to tackle an Uzi.

New Jersey can be very pretty. If you stay where it's green. Keep out of Paterson. It's long dead and doesn't have enough sense to roll over and stick it's feet in the air.

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