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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 06:31 PM
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Poll question: What Level Of Education Do You Have?
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Thothmes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 06:33 PM
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1. Combination
Two years community college, two years state university.
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GreenTea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 06:36 PM
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2. I graduated 6th grade with my good buddy Jethro Bodine
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 06:37 PM
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5. Do you know your gozintas?
6 gozinta 12 2 times

5 gozinta 25 5 times

Jethro definitely knew his gozintas. :)
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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 06:37 PM
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6. Which was it, fry cook or brain surgeon? ;) n/t
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L0oniX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-13-07 05:59 PM
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29. Hi. My real name is Beef Jerky and I am a brain surgen too
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MnFats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 06:36 PM
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3. four-year degree on the five-year plan.
i'd still like to know the education level of every member of congress. not to knock those who didn't go very far in school, it just seems there are so many who are willfully ignorant in Congress.
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Wwagsthedog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 07:39 PM
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10. Don't feel that 5 yrs minimizes your accomplishment.
It took me 8 yrs to get my BA and I don't feel bad about it: simply didn't have the bucks to go full time.
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 08:59 PM
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13. Amazingly, ignorance has little to do w/education. I know
several highly educated people that are about as smart as a brick; and I know farmers that never made it out of grade school that can fix just about anything, from a kids toy to a sophisticated half million dollar combine.

Ignorance is self induced. There will always be people that deny gravity or have a geocentric view of the universe...or some other nonsense.

It is all relative...we are all ignorant of some things, where it all comes in to play is, are we willing to stop learning?

Stupidity s a whole 'nother beast. I can deal w/the stupid, they can't learn, just ask the bush family.
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Egnever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-13-07 01:19 AM
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21. Perfectly stated!
:toast:
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 06:37 PM
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4. College drop out. n/t
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Chovexani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 06:37 PM
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7. I got my Good Enuf Diploma
Took classes at a 4 year and burned out very quickly due to a combination of terrible home life and depression/anxiety.

I was planning on going back to school for the upcoming spring semester, but having to find another job in the wake of a layoff put the kibosh on that. :(
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goodgd_yall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 07:49 PM
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12. There's always time.
I have this funny idea of getting a master's for the hell of it. I'm 53 now and I know time is on my side. I won't do it though until the money is on my side. :-)
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Chovexani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 09:35 PM
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15. That's the spirit!
:)

Love your screenname, btw. :rofl:
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-13-07 03:59 PM
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27. I finished up my BA at age 56 and went to grad school at age 59,
finishing 4 and 1/2 years later. I LOVED going back to school. It was a delight. It was a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) degree and I studied philosophy, the arts, religion, history, literature, political science and a writing workshop. It was a relief to go one night a week for a few hours as a break from my hideously stressful job of fundraising.

You will love going back to school if you choose the right program, IMO. Older students are really at an advantage, I think. It helps having all that experience in life!
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 06:52 PM
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8. If you conducted this poll in freepville, you could
condense the choices to dropped out of grade school, dropped out of jr. high, dropped out of high school.
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Egnever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-13-07 01:17 AM
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20. Sorry but I have met a ton of people with degrees
That are complete retards.

Some of the most successful people in the world have no degree.
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 06:59 PM
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9. You need a "some college" choice :)
So I voted CC since I only lasted a year. Dropped out to take a full time job on Capitol Hill as a staffer which paid more than Northern Virginia school teachers at that time :evilgrin:
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mentalsolstice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 07:40 PM
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11. A JD and a Masters
However, my dad (high school grad) and his mother (didn't get past the 8th grade) are two of the most intelligent people I know. In fact, they know when to come in from the rain, while I'm out there drenching wet and freezing.
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kineneb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 09:21 PM
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14. ABT- Life got in the way.
All But Thesis (for MA in Music History)

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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 09:45 PM
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16. Some would say
that 20 years of experience working at a management and or professional level without the college degree is a higher level of education.

(I might be one of those folks)
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 10:11 PM
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17. Ph. D. from an Ivy League institution
:-)
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 10:28 PM
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18. Four years of college
and 40 years in the school of hard knocks.
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-13-07 01:14 AM
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19. Took 6 years on my BA as a kid; returned to grad school in my late 40s & went for the whole shebang
Enjoyed the heck out of my education as an older student -- I now have an MA and PhD in Mythological Studies, an interdisciplinary program. It was very hard work, but because I loved what I was doing the writing and research were a joy. The kids were both out of the house at that time and Mr. H was supporting me, or I never could have done it.

My grandfathers both had 8th grade educations, the norm for their day I think. My grandmother was a schoolteacher before she married. My parents both had some college, but no degrees.

College was my mom's Holy Grail, but in my experience the key is to be a reader and have an inquiring mind. There are a lot of jobs you need a degree for in this day and age, but aside from that, I've certainly known and enjoyed a lot of intelligent people who never got to or finished college but who are very informed about the world around them. The general level at this discussion board illustrates that belief for me.

Hekate


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watercolors Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-13-07 10:07 AM
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22. University of Mass. 1961
nt
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-13-07 12:54 PM
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23. I've "dabbled" in college.
:P

FTR, George has an MBA from Harvard.
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0xDEADBEEF Donating Member (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-13-07 01:30 PM
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25. Affirmative Action
Having a father in Congress will do that for you.
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JMDEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-13-07 12:56 PM
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24. Working on my third degree
I often feel like I'm getting the third degree, too.

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0xDEADBEEF Donating Member (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-13-07 01:31 PM
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26. Batchelor of Science - Computer Science
Completed at age 43.
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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-13-07 05:54 PM
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28. working on the masters. n/t
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IndyOp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-13-07 06:00 PM
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30. Warning: People with more education will be attracted to this poll -
Results will not represent DU as a whole, I do not think.
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NewHampster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-13-07 06:52 PM
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31. COHK
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mrigirl Donating Member (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-13-07 07:17 PM
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32. Associates Degree in Radiology and Certificate in Magnetic Resonance
Edited on Sat Oct-13-07 07:20 PM by mrigirl
Also studying to become Cat Scan certified. My prior degrees were all done at Community College level. Radiology and Nursing are by far the best degrees you can earn for 2 yrs at any comm college with the most bang for your buck. The education is affordable and you reap the benefits w/ your salary being quite comparable to any 4 year degree. MRI techs make anywhere from $25-45 an hr. depending on how may years you have under your belt. Also where you live plays a role in what you make, Mass is #2 in the country for medical salaries. Where else can you make $40 an hr. on less then $10,000 on tuition? Competition is fierce to get into these programs. And you have to bust your ass and study like hell. Well worth it!
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QueenOfCalifornia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-13-07 07:37 PM
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33. One comment
WTF is this supposed to prove?

The only reason anyone would want to answer this poll is to brag about their college degree.

I am not saying that going to college is bullshit but this poll is.

(The only answer that is valid is from Jethro.)
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midnight armadillo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-13-07 08:42 PM
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34. 2 B.S., 1 M.A., 1 Ph.D.
Man, was I in school for fracking ever. 1993-2004.
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