Returning College Junkies!!! - Page 3

**HorseTechie** · 09-09-2003, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by HorseTechie

You like torture, don't yah? Oh, and have you found a job of your liking, Sci-freak?

No one has hired me.....the job market is horrible right now. I am trying to get to a master's degree. If I do, it will be my greatest accomplishment.

*nod* *nods*

That will be one for me too. But it's only half the battel. If I can find that betetr paying (web) design job, I'll be a pretty happy camper afterwards.

Unfortunatley, that would mean less time on these forums though...

~~Leo656~~ · 09-09-2003, 03:42 PM

Sigh. I'm almost afraid to go to college, since by the time I actually am able to go I'll be living on my own or, more likely, with my girlfriend, and the job market in Jersey is absolutely pathetic unless you work in pharmaceuticals. So I'll probably end up working as a fry cook somewhere just to be able to afford food, scamming the gov't out of financial aid and student loans just to be able to AFFORD college (cuz I really can't but I know I'm gonna have to go one day whether I can afford it or not). Meanwhile, I just got a raise at my job, and it pains me to think that one day I'll have to quit and start working somewhere for minimum wage just so I can go to school, get a degree, come out, and STILL be forced to work a barely higher than minimum wage job regardless until the economy improves.

If the moving business didn't suck so bad, I'd say the hell with college and just stay where I am rather than just start over somewhere else. Problem with that is the only people in this business who can live off it comfortably are the people who run companies and I'm not cut out for that crap.

Sigh. HT and the others who know me can tell you just how much I hate my life.

~~Reznorite420~~ · 09-09-2003, 06:15 PM

Leo, if it cheers you up any, I'm having to pay my way through college via student loans at the moment, and with any luck I'll qualify for at least some government aid soon...yet I have high hopes for after I graduate. Then again, my major is in an area of study/skill that will ALWAYS have a demand to it ANYWHERE, IMO (computer science).

~~Leo656~~ · 09-09-2003, 06:48 PM

Well, all I can say is hopefully the computers and technology industries have an upswing, because most of the places I move are big computer, technology, internet and communications companies that need entire buildings emptied out due to massive downsizing. Plus a lot of my friends went to college for computer science and programming etc and they can't even find jobs right now. It's tough. The industry is in a downturn, but hopefully it will turn back up once the economy settles. Good luck with it though, man, nothing could ever be more disheartening than going to school for years to be able to do something, and then not be able to do it anyway, in my opinion anyway.

Edit: But this is a golden age for the moving business. One that shall never end! (lights a cigar with a hundred dollar bill)

Quick, tell me where I took that (paraphrased) quote from and you get one of GK's special brownies.

~~Reznorite420~~ · 09-09-2003, 09:12 PM

Actually, some if it all depends on past work experience and such. Usually when I hear of college graduates having a hard time finding a job, they usually graduated from a college/university that didn't have the option for students to work paid internships on a job in their field of major. UTD does offer that, however, so again, I have high hopes (plus it's a good school anyway).

Despite all I'm saying, don't let your level of formal education be the basis of who and what you really are. I can honestly say that if I didn't know any better, I'd think you were at least attending college solely from how you write. Heck, my maternal grandparents never actually graduated high school, yet my grandpa was a mathematical genius. It's not that he didn't want it, but he couldn't get a formal education on his salary.

Just know there's always hope.

~~Leo656~~ · 09-09-2003, 09:29 PM

Heh that's cuz I read a lot and my best subjects in school were language arts and creative writing.

My language arts teacher had a weird way of grading me, I was "special"... I never bothered doing the reading, so when it was time for a test or quiz on the books, I would write some other kind of essay. Sometimes it would be like, "Sometimes, in life, things don't always go the way we plan. Sometimes, we set out with the best of intentions, only to look on, helpless and distraught, as the passage of time tears those plans asunder. With that said, understand that I had every *intention* of reading the book you assigned to us, but for reasons explored within these paragraphs, I will explain why..." And I'd get, like, a score of 10 out of 100. The first time I saw that I was like "How did I get a 10? I answered them all wrong..." And she'd smile and be like "Well, what you DID write was just so darn creative I thought you deserved *something*. Most kids would've just left it blank!"

Damn I miss high school.

*Cascadia* · 09-11-2003, 12:38 PM

I miss high school.....it was way too easy. I did not have much of a social life because I took 8 classes each semester....2 of them would be honors classes--science. Plus, I had my research to do with no supervision.

~~Reznorite420~~ · 09-11-2003, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Scienctific freak

2 of them would be honors classes--science.

Really? I never would've guessed

Dinogrrl · 09-11-2003, 08:45 PM

Bleh, semester's back in and all the little stupids, er, students are back to cover the campus.

And I'm back from Oklahoma City's summer job (third summer gig running with this particular oil company, hopefully they'll hire me once I'm done) and into it again.

This time it's going to get tough. Gotta get through the Qualifying Exam for my PhD this semester, and after that it's 'All But Dissertation', which means I have to write the bastard thing and defend it. I hope to be out of here by December 2004. Most likely to a job in the oil industry, for which I certainly don't need a PhD, but I figured I'd get one in case I hated industry, as academia and related fields are the only other ones I'd work in. Can't wait to get a job where I won't be in a constant financial panic, and where I can send my welfare surviving mother back home money regularly. Of course it also means I will most likely be working over here, and will still be half a planet away from my parents.

I'll be bumming around Pittsburgh and Washington DC for the next two weeks going to two conferences. And before you whine about me being so lucky, if the Uni doesn't get it's shite together and pay me on time next week, I'll be walking back to Indiana. Conferences can be great, but holy Jaysus Christ do they cost a crapload.

Oh, that and my visa runs out this January, which means I can't leave the US until I change status and get a new one.

*The Defibrillator* · 09-12-2003, 09:37 AM

Hey, Rez, I'm right up your alley, in Plano, I think about a 45 minute drive from UTD. Right now I'm going to a community college (Collin County) but after I get my associates degree I'm gonna transfer to a university, although I have no idea where yet. So yeah, it's pretty fun so far, except for my GOVT professor is crazy, and she's always ranting about drinking and driving and all that fun stuff.

**HorseTechie** · 09-12-2003, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Dinogrrl

...I'll be bumming around Pittsburgh and Washington DC for the next two weeks going to two conferences. And before you whine about me being so lucky, if the Uni doesn't get it's sh** together and pay me on time next week, I'll be walking back to Indiana. Conferences can be great, but holy Jaysus Christ do they cost a crapload.

Oh, that and my visa runs out this January, which means I can't leave the US until I change status and get a new one.

Ilk... that doesn't sound like fun.

But clarify one thing for me: how is it that you are stuck in the US if your visa runs out? Sounds kind of backwards, if the visa was your permit to stay in the US. Or maybe I'm confused.. as usual.

*Cascadia* · 09-13-2003, 11:33 PM

HorseTechie.....I am confused too on the Visa deal.

*Cascadia* · 09-15-2003, 09:23 PM

I am trying to decide where to go for my 2nd bachalor's degree.....to help me, go to the "I am moving" thread with the poll.

View Poll Results: Ready for school again???
Woohoo, Ethernet, Here I come!!!	5	22.73%
College? flips burger who needs that?	1	4.55%
College Rocksh! falls over in drunken stupor	8	36.36%
Just a few more months of high school, then I will be outta here!!!	5	22.73%
This option here for the Master degree/continuing education types...	3	13.64%
Voters: 22. You may not vote on this poll

09-11-2003, 12:38 PM	#47
Cascadia Oregonian in heart & soul Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,731	I miss high school.....it was way too easy. I did not have much of a social life because I took 8 classes each semester....2 of them would be honors classes--science. Plus, I had my research to do with no supervision. __________________ Formally known as Scientific freak

09-11-2003, 08:45 PM	#49
Dinogrrl Foot Soldier Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 176	Speaking of College... Bleh, semester's back in and all the little stupids, er, students are back to cover the campus. And I'm back from Oklahoma City's summer job (third summer gig running with this particular oil company, hopefully they'll hire me once I'm done) and into it again. This time it's going to get tough. Gotta get through the Qualifying Exam for my PhD this semester, and after that it's 'All But Dissertation', which means I have to write the bastard thing and defend it. I hope to be out of here by December 2004. Most likely to a job in the oil industry, for which I certainly don't need a PhD, but I figured I'd get one in case I hated industry, as academia and related fields are the only other ones I'd work in. Can't wait to get a job where I won't be in a constant financial panic, and where I can send my welfare surviving mother back home money regularly. Of course it also means I will most likely be working over here, and will still be half a planet away from my parents. I'll be bumming around Pittsburgh and Washington DC for the next two weeks going to two conferences. And before you whine about me being so lucky, if the Uni doesn't get it's shite together and pay me on time next week, I'll be walking back to Indiana. Conferences can be great, but holy Jaysus Christ do they cost a crapload. Oh, that and my visa runs out this January, which means I can't leave the US until I change status and get a new one. __________________ Exceedingly Spherical Goldfish

09-12-2003, 09:37 AM	#50
The Defibrillator Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Dee Eff Dubble You Posts: 1,631	Hey, Rez, I'm right up your alley, in Plano, I think about a 45 minute drive from UTD. Right now I'm going to a community college (Collin County) but after I get my associates degree I'm gonna transfer to a university, although I have no idea where yet. So yeah, it's pretty fun so far, except for my GOVT professor is crazy, and she's always ranting about drinking and driving and all that fun stuff. __________________ My newest signature.

09-13-2003, 11:33 PM	#52
Cascadia Oregonian in heart & soul Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,731	HorseTechie.....I am confused too on the Visa deal. __________________ Formally known as Scientific freak

09-09-2003, 03:42 PM	#42
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Sigh. I'm almost afraid to go to college, since by the time I actually am able to go I'll be living on my own or, more likely, with my girlfriend, and the job market in Jersey is absolutely pathetic unless you work in pharmaceuticals. So I'll probably end up working as a fry cook somewhere just to be able to afford food, scamming the gov't out of financial aid and student loans just to be able to AFFORD college (cuz I really can't but I know I'm gonna have to go one day whether I can afford it or not). Meanwhile, I just got a raise at my job, and it pains me to think that one day I'll have to quit and start working somewhere for minimum wage just so I can go to school, get a degree, come out, and STILL be forced to work a barely higher than minimum wage job regardless until the economy improves. If the moving business didn't suck so bad, I'd say the hell with college and just stay where I am rather than just start over somewhere else. Problem with that is the only people in this business who can live off it comfortably are the people who run companies and I'm not cut out for that crap. Sigh. HT and the others who know me can tell you just how much I hate my life.

09-09-2003, 06:15 PM	#43
~~Reznorite420~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,851	Leo, if it cheers you up any, I'm having to pay my way through college via student loans at the moment, and with any luck I'll qualify for at least some government aid soon...yet I have high hopes for after I graduate. Then again, my major is in an area of study/skill that will ALWAYS have a demand to it ANYWHERE, IMO (computer science).

09-09-2003, 06:48 PM	#44
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Well, all I can say is hopefully the computers and technology industries have an upswing, because most of the places I move are big computer, technology, internet and communications companies that need entire buildings emptied out due to massive downsizing. Plus a lot of my friends went to college for computer science and programming etc and they can't even find jobs right now. It's tough. The industry is in a downturn, but hopefully it will turn back up once the economy settles. Good luck with it though, man, nothing could ever be more disheartening than going to school for years to be able to do something, and then not be able to do it anyway, in my opinion anyway. Edit: But this is a golden age for the moving business. One that shall never end! (lights a cigar with a hundred dollar bill) Quick, tell me where I took that (paraphrased) quote from and you get one of GK's special brownies.

09-09-2003, 09:12 PM	#45
~~Reznorite420~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,851	Actually, some if it all depends on past work experience and such. Usually when I hear of college graduates having a hard time finding a job, they usually graduated from a college/university that didn't have the option for students to work paid internships on a job in their field of major. UTD does offer that, however, so again, I have high hopes (plus it's a good school anyway). Despite all I'm saying, don't let your level of formal education be the basis of who and what you really are. I can honestly say that if I didn't know any better, I'd think you were at least attending college solely from how you write. Heck, my maternal grandparents never actually graduated high school, yet my grandpa was a mathematical genius. It's not that he didn't want it, but he couldn't get a formal education on his salary. Just know there's always hope.

09-09-2003, 09:29 PM	#46
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Heh that's cuz I read a lot and my best subjects in school were language arts and creative writing. My language arts teacher had a weird way of grading me, I was "special"... I never bothered doing the reading, so when it was time for a test or quiz on the books, I would write some other kind of essay. Sometimes it would be like, "Sometimes, in life, things don't always go the way we plan. Sometimes, we set out with the best of intentions, only to look on, helpless and distraught, as the passage of time tears those plans asunder. With that said, understand that I had every intention of reading the book you assigned to us, but for reasons explored within these paragraphs, I will explain why..." And I'd get, like, a score of 10 out of 100. The first time I saw that I was like "How did I get a 10? I answered them all wrong..." And she'd smile and be like "Well, what you DID write was just so darn creative I thought you deserved something. Most kids would've just left it blank!" Damn I miss high school.

09-15-2003, 09:23 PM	#53
Cascadia Oregonian in heart & soul Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,731	I am trying to decide where to go for my 2nd bachalor's degree.....to help me, go to the "I am moving" thread with the poll. __________________ Formally known as Scientific freak