#4373705 - 08/10/17 04:35 PM
Re: College and career question
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#4373752 - 08/10/17 08:41 PM
Re: College and career question
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M.A. in Political Science (major), with minors in EU law and American Cultural History. The plan was to become a Pulizer-winning, hard-nosed political commentator at one of the top newspapers. Ended up in digital marketing, via a brief stint in (light) journalism (entertainment-related topics such as games, movies, consumer electronics). Would like to focus on content creation (I love to write), but sadly, there's not much money in that, and lots of competition (there's an army of struggling journalists out there)
Why men throw their lives away attacking an armed Witcher... I'll never know. Something wrong with my face?
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#4373753 - 08/10/17 08:42 PM
Re: College and career question
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Why do Americans get tap water out of a faucet?
My 'Waiting for Clod' thread: http://tinyurl.com/bqxc9eeAlways take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.Elie Wiesel. Romanian born Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, Holocaust survivor. 1928 - 2016. Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. C.S. Lewis, 1898 - 1963.
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#4373769 - 08/10/17 09:48 PM
Re: College and career question
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Why do Americans get tap water out of a faucet? Interestingly, both are appropriate. Faucet has an old French origin, and tap an Old English/Germanic one. Both originate from the words for the bung used to seal a barrel or other container. I'd be interested to know if "faucet" has some commonality with French-colonial areas of the USA.
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#4373774 - 08/10/17 10:21 PM
Re: College and career question
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Why is it Europeans refer to time at a university as time at university? I have utmost confidence that your German is better than my English. Ha. Nope. Russian though.
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#4373775 - 08/10/17 10:21 PM
Re: College and career question
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Why do Americans get tap water out of a faucet? Where would you expect us to get it ; out of a stream ?
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
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#4373807 - 08/11/17 01:30 AM
Re: College and career question
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Major >>> Political Science (Russian language minor)
I flew airplanes for the USAF >>> I flew airplanes after the USAF >>> Now retired, I fly airplanes...taildraggers.
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#4373834 - 08/11/17 08:38 AM
Re: College and career question
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Why do Americans get tap water out of a faucet? Where would you expect us to get it ; out of a stream ? What the US calls a 'faucet' the UK calls a 'tap'. Hence in the UK we turn on the tap and call the water that comes out 'tap water'. Surely in the US faucet water should come out of a faucet.
My 'Waiting for Clod' thread: http://tinyurl.com/bqxc9eeAlways take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.Elie Wiesel. Romanian born Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, Holocaust survivor. 1928 - 2016. Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. C.S. Lewis, 1898 - 1963.
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#4373870 - 08/11/17 02:40 PM
Re: College and career question
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Wow, there's some real smart asses...I mean, really smart *people* on this board! I keep flip-flopping around on finally going to school and deciding what I want to do/be when I grow up, as if I have all the time in the world. Yeah, people like Nixer are very inspirational, an older gent toughing out college. Do you get a discount on tuition when you turn 50? Age means nothing if you want it, go for it. When my brother graduated w/ computer science, there was a 71 year old in his class, same degree. And he was in the top 10% of the program IIRC. That's very encouraging. I've been a little obsessed with aging lately, reading how it's not only important to try to keep yourself physically conditioned, but also staying mentally sharp as well. I'm not sure what I'm going to do just yet, but my lack of education and accomplishment demons are pestering me again and with urgency as time is fleeting. Advanced math? Heck, I still have problems with simple spelling and grammar! ++++++++++ On a side note, for almost 30 years I've attended my wife's company events (anytime spouses are invited, I go), from cruises to parties, but most often a nice dinner, sometimes *very* nice. As we're exiting the building I always ask her, "I didn't embarrass you, did I?" Now, I'm not talking about over drinking and then acting stupid or anything like that (I know better). I mean, just having regular dinner conversation. It's never been a comfortable situation for me, I can tell that I'm sitting at a table with educated people (in this crowd, even spouses are usually educated) and that I just don't think on their level. I almost never relate to the conversations nor do I share most of their interests (similar to why I stay out of PWEC ). So I sit quietly and eat, hoping I'm using proper etiquette and the correct fork. Fortunately, as we leave I only get a smile and that I didn't embarrass her at all, along with a thanks for even going (like I would turn down free dining which may include lobster, an exotic fish and pure crab meat. ). But I can also tell that when she's in that environment with other educated people, she uses a part of her brain that I don't see at home. I don't know why it's bothering me now, decades later, but it's as if I missed the smart bus or something.
The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in Gives way and suddenly it’s day again The sun is in the east Even though the day is done Two suns in the sunset, hmph Could be the human race is run
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#4373874 - 08/11/17 02:52 PM
Re: College and career question
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My brother's catering company does some higher end contracts. He loves when ever any of the local University's call. The extravagance that the people who run the schools enjoy is unbelievable. Wayne State University spends an unreal amount on entertainment and food for the upper level staff on a regular basis. These people live like kings while each year they jack the price of school up more and more. Why does a dean of a school need a $50,000 ice sculpture for a party ? And who do you think paid for that ? We have outrage and an ongoing scandal over here regarding the vast salaries paid to vice-chancellors here at the moment. On the other hand Universities do often help revitalise the host cities' economy and regeneration. I'm thinking both of my nearest city, where vast amounts are being spent on adding to the faculty, historic structures that would otherwise fall into disrepair. An Art Deco ex-car showroom that was falling into dereliction becoming part of the Arts Dept. for instance. My youngest daughter went to Bangor in Wales, a failing scruffy seaside resort that now has more students that residents, and the cash injection into it's economy that goes with that.
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#4373879 - 08/11/17 03:03 PM
Re: College and career question
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You have no reason to feel inferior at all Mark. I believe you have been doing computer programming for a long time if I'm not mistaken? The great majority of the general population can't do that. My only real programming "accomplishments" were with <cough> Visual Basic 6. Trying to change that now, though. Still, it would be nice to give off an everyday impression of being educated, regardless of any mentally demanding skills you may have.
The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in Gives way and suddenly it’s day again The sun is in the east Even though the day is done Two suns in the sunset, hmph Could be the human race is run
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#4373889 - 08/11/17 03:43 PM
Re: College and career question
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No university or college background here. I enlisted straight into the RAF after leaving school with very mediocre grades. I completed the 9 years I signed up for, after which I did a 3 year spell in IT Tech support, which I thought I would enjoy but really didn't. After that, I moved to the States and chased the dream of being a pilot. That has worked out better than I could have ever expected. I have had some luck and a lot of help along the way, but I strongly feel that we over emphasize the importance of a college degree for a lot of jobs.
Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people. Carl Sagan
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