Notices
Insert BS here A place to discuss anything you want
View Poll Results: What is your level of education?
High School
6.15%
Some collage
38.46%
Bachelor's degree
36.15%
Advanced degree
16.15%
none of the above
3.08%
Voters: 130. You may not vote on this poll

Edgamacation Pole

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 02:04 PM
  #1  
thymer's Avatar
Thread Starter
Senior Member
iTrader: (5)
 
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 822
Total Cats: -2
From: VA
Default Edgamacation Pole

So with the recent "grammar" thread I got really curious about the folks that subscribe to this forum and their education level. My theory is there are a lot of college grads or folks in collage thus the preoccupation with spelling and grammar. Now this goes against another theory I have about collage grads not being able to find their *** with both hands so.... lets see the numbers.
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 02:20 PM
  #2  
Ben's Avatar
Ben
Supporting Vendor
iTrader: (33)
 
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 12,659
Total Cats: 134
From: atlanta-ish
Default

I voted for "some collage," forgiving the simple spelling error made by someone with an "advanced degree."
5 years college. No degree. Dropped out of a dual degree program just shy of completing. Seemed like a good idea at the time.
__________________
Chief of Floor Sweeping, DIYAutoTune.com & AMP EFI
Crew Chief, Car Owner & Least Valuable Driver, HongNorrthRacing

91 Turbo | 10AE Turbo | 01 Track Rat | #323 Mazda Champcar

Originally Posted by concealer404
Buy an MSPNP Pro, you'll feel better.
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 02:21 PM
  #3  
neogenesis2004's Avatar
Elite Member
iTrader: (12)
 
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 4,413
Total Cats: 20
Default

"collage"....really?
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 02:22 PM
  #4  
buffon01's Avatar
Elite Member
iTrader: (9)
 
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 5,609
Total Cats: 13
From: Michigan
Default

Collage ...
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 02:25 PM
  #5  
hustler's Avatar
Tour de Franzia
iTrader: (6)
 
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 29,085
Total Cats: 375
From: Republic of Dallas
Default

I haz 2 BS degrees in coll@g3.
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 02:26 PM
  #6  
neogenesis2004's Avatar
Elite Member
iTrader: (12)
 
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 4,413
Total Cats: 20
Default

I can already feel the win developing in here.
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 02:26 PM
  #7  
Doppelgänger's Avatar
Elite Member
iTrader: (12)
 
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 6,850
Total Cats: 71
From: Charlotte, NC
Default

Believe it or not, I'm actually a HS dropout. Yup, a GED is what I have. Honestly though, I wish I hadn't as it's a case of "if I knew then what I know now", but there isn't anything I can do about it now. I will eventually get back to school though. Sometimes I feel very justified about making fun of people who show blatant abuse of the English language as most people automatically think that education equals being smart whereas by that same rule I should be speaking/typing like some street thug. Though I will admit my proof reading skills seem to go AWOL sometimes or my fingers feel like adding an extra letter.
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 02:30 PM
  #8  
kotomile's Avatar
Elite Member
iTrader: (24)
 
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 7,537
Total Cats: 42
From: Monterey, CA
Default

I've taken a few community "collage" classes, and an AA in Arabic. Nothing like learning a foreign language to make a grammar and spelling **** out of you...
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 02:37 PM
  #9  
thagr81 us's Avatar
Elite Member
iTrader: (5)
 
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,697
Total Cats: 1
From: Wellford, SC
Default

Bachelor's Degree of Chemistry here... Going back to Grad school in a few years to get my PhD.
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 02:38 PM
  #10  
gospeed81's Avatar
Elite Member
iTrader: (51)
 
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 7,257
Total Cats: 26
From: Spring, TX
Default

I did some collages in grade school...
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 02:40 PM
  #11  
secretsquirrel's Avatar
Junior Member
 
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 101
Total Cats: 3
From: Santa Fe, TX
Default

King of the Hill Quote - Hank: "You got a C in English? Bobby, you speak English!"
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 02:41 PM
  #12  
webby459's Avatar
Elite Member
iTrader: (8)
 
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,461
Total Cats: 4
From: Albany, NY
Default

Originally Posted by Doppelgänger
Believe it or not, I'm actually a HS dropout. Yup, a GED is what I have. ...
Wow. Doing well.

I was dual ME/engrish major. Dropped the ME after dynamics and thermo 1, finished with BA in English with minor in Philosophy.

If there were a cheap state school around here offering Engineering BS degrees, I would definitely finish up the BSME. Sometime in the future I will.
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 02:41 PM
  #13  
thymer's Avatar
Thread Starter
Senior Member
iTrader: (5)
 
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 822
Total Cats: -2
From: VA
Default

Originally Posted by Ben
I voted for "some collage," forgiving the simple spelling error made by someone with an "advanced degree."
5 years college. No degree. Dropped out of a dual degree program just shy of completing. Seemed like a good idea at the time.
My degree is a Doctorate in Divinity. Cost me 30 bucks and I can baptize people in my swimming pool. Even get a cool parking pass. I was thinking of starting my own church but then figured I'd go to hell if I did that.
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 02:55 PM
  #14  
rharris19's Avatar
Elite Member
iTrader: (41)
 
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 2,417
Total Cats: 20
From: Seabrook, TX
Default

2 BBA degreees in Accounting and Finance. I was in law school, but decided I didn't need to make a lot of money to be happy and would rather spend more time with friends/family than work 70 hours weeks until I am 40. I will be getting my MBA soon.
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 02:58 PM
  #15  
buffon01's Avatar
Elite Member
iTrader: (9)
 
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 5,609
Total Cats: 13
From: Michigan
Default

Originally Posted by rharris19
2 BBA degreees in Accounting and Finance. I was in law school, but decided I didn't need to make a lot of money to be happy and would rather spend more time with friends/family than work 70 hours weeks until I am 40. I will be getting my MBA soon.
Nah you just need a good secretary and paralegal to do all the work from you
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 03:00 PM
  #16  
ArtieParty's Avatar
Senior Member
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,118
Total Cats: 0
From: Trenton, NJ
Default

BS in Pharmacology/Toxicology.
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 03:01 PM
  #17  
Scuba_Steve's Avatar
Junior Member
iTrader: (4)
 
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 409
Total Cats: 0
From: Minneapolis
Default

I went to "**** U"
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 03:02 PM
  #18  
papasmurf's Avatar
Junior Member
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 127
Total Cats: 0
From: Utah County
Default

BSME here, going to law school now to be a patent attorney.
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 03:08 PM
  #19  
icantthink4155's Avatar
Elite Member
iTrader: (12)
 
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 2,566
Total Cats: 13
From: Longs, SC
Default

I have an associates degree, and Im looking to go back to get more. "Some College" is not the same as associates degree, so I did not participate in the poll.
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 03:23 PM
  #20  
buffon01's Avatar
Elite Member
iTrader: (9)
 
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 5,609
Total Cats: 13
From: Michigan
Default

Originally Posted by papasmurf
BSME here, going to law school now to be a patent attorney.
Interesting that's my plan... where are you planning to go to law school??



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 03:38 AM.