What level of education did you achieve?

AAS in Machine Drafting Technology (Enjoyable when everything was done by hand. Computers made it tedious. Pay sucks.)
Bachelor's in Computer Science (I used to love programming. Good money to be made.)
Bachelor's in Art (I thought it would be a good way to meet artsy chicks. :cool:)
30 credits towards a Master's in Counseling Psychology (They kicked me out of the program. They said I'm not cut out for that kind of work. :ROFLMAO: )
 

Serenity4321 said:
I say any education you received, you use in life even if you are not aware of it. What you learned has benefited you and others in ways you possibly do not recognize? Being a housewife is tough work and I bet some of the skills you learned while receiving a college education have benefited you and others in your present work.
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Being a housewife is hard work and doing things like going grocery shopping and reading labels for the best prices.
 
Several levels. I did some college, a BA in Humanities, an Associates in Art, got some "Industrial College" certificates; certified HEO, certified Psych-Tech, certified diver, certified CNA, certificate of Phlebotomy, certified RCS/DD, and got a license to be a "Resource Family" (foster parent).

Looking back I wonder how I found the time, but it's no mystery why I stayed a bachelor for so long.
 
Serenity4321 said:
I have a BS in microbiology..still wish I had majored in psychology..that was my first love..
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I thought that my Psyh. degree would help me save the world. I was so young and idealisic. When I did my internship, I would zone out during therapy sessions and realized I had no idea what the patient/client was talking about. So, I returned to nursing and clinical instructor phase which I did love.
 
Murrmurr said:
Several levels. I did some college, a BA in Humanities, an Associates in Art, got some "Industrial College" certificates; certified HEO, certified Psych-Tech, certified diver, certified CNA, certificate of Phlebotomy, certified RCS/DD, and got a license to be a "Resource Family" (foster parent).

Looking back I wonder how I found the time, but it's no mystery why I stayed a bachelor for so long.
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Humanities seems like an interesting program. You get a good variety of subjects — none of which will get you a job. :ROFLMAO: Just kidding. It sounds like you've done just fine. :)
 
caroln said:
Graduated high school but I flunked out in math. First job after HS was in a payroll department. They had several different openings but since I aced the math test, I got that job. Go figure. :rolleyes: I just quit my last job as a bookkeeper. Scary, isn't it? :eek:
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Maths and accounting are very different. I was a maths teacher but I am quite ignorant when it comes to accounts. I have served as treasurer on some committees by I relied on the book keepers to know their jobs. I took their figures and created graphs that showed the trends. I'm good at reading graphs.
 
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My 8 years of study during my forties was very fruitful. I had failed as an undergraduate years before and after my children had grown up and left school I had another go at getting a degree. This time I was eager to learn all I could and to get a qualification. I was working full time and paced myself to make sure I could handle the work load. I really enjoyed it all and met some very interesting fellow students. Some subjects, like maths, computing and education I took as evening classes and for chemistry and geology I studied externally with intensive practical work during university mid semester breaks.

During the 8 years a lot happened.. There were two deaths in the family, both our children married and two grandchildren were born. Hubby and I took 6 months long service leave from our jobs to travel around the world. I didn't worry about how long it was taking to finish the degree but I was determined that I would get there eventually.

After it was all over I wanted to keep learning so I enrolled in a semester at a theological college. It was a course called God in Creation that looked at the biblical and historical ideas surrounding science and creation stories. It really stretched the mind, especially the chapter on theodicy. That was enough of that for me so the next thing I turned my mind to was gifted and talented education. I enrolled in a post graduate certificate course for the next two years, learning to identify exceptional students and provide them with the challenges they need to thrive in secondary school. I found plenty of them, hiding in plain sight in the classrooms and began accelerating some of them in mathematics. This experiment was very successful and enjoyable for both myself and my students. They rose to the challenge and grew in confidence.

I believe in lifelong learning but it is not confined to formal learning. Every time we open ourselves up to new challenges we are growing as people. It is the challenges that stretch us, that are difficult or out of our comfort zones, that offer us the most opportunity for personal growth.
 
Finished high school which really surprised all my friends because I was a pretty wild guy in high school. Then 5 years university and ended up teaching high school where I found some students "thirsting for knowledge" and some students thirsting for beer and parties. I tell you brother you got to have a sense of humour teaching kids or you wouldn't last.
 
Irwin said:
AAS in Machine Drafting Technology (Enjoyable when everything was done by hand. Computers made it tedious. Pay sucks.)
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Sounds very similar to my work but to be honest I rather liked CAD in the end but some employers seemed to think the computer did most of the work and you didn't need a qualified engineer to design machinery.

Pay wasn't too bad in the UK but lack of companies in the business of engineering meant that the work dried up.
 
Purwell said:
Sounds very similar to my work but to be honest I rather liked CAD in the end but some employers seemed to think the computer did most of the work and you didn't need a qualified engineer to design machinery.

Pay wasn't too bad in the UK but lack of companies in the business of engineering meant that the work dried up.
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What did you design? I was designing front end loaders and dump trucks used for unground mining. I designed operator compartments, engine mounts, shifters, hoods... The engineers did the critical, structural stuff. Some of it was pretty cool, especially since the factory was right behind the engineering/sales/administration building. We could go back there and watch the fabricators build our designs... to see our work come to life.

The main problem I had with it was the pay. I thought about studying mechanical engineering but then I discovered programming and I was hooked, so I majored in computer science. The only problem with software is, there's nothing tangible about it, other than the box it might come in, and most of the time any more, you just download it. With machinery, you can touch it, sit on it, drive it around. With software, you can look at and interface with the user interface, but you can't really show it to somebody and go, look what I made. There's good money in it, though, so that made up for it, somewhat.
 
MBA then a JD. I loved learning and love the story of the man who got his PhD in physics at age 89. Wish I weren't too old for vet school but I think they wouldn't admit someone who can't have a long career in the profession.
 

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