You are not in the real world until you are in your own place. Rent, electric, water, garbage, renters insurance, cable, phone, a bed to sleep on and a couch to sit. Trying to balance work and school while stil making the bills of a grown up.
You still got aways to go.
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SWEETS TO DO LIST:
Free Carlos X
Take over the world
Bungee Jump
SKinny dip X
Kiss a girl
Touch Coy XXX
You are not in the real world until you are in your own place. Rent, electric, water, garbage, renters insurance, cable, phone, a bed to sleep on and a couch to sit. Trying to balance work and school while stil making the bills of a grown up.
You still got aways to go.
Nope. I'll stay 18 for ever.
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Next time I have to edit this, you'll be banned.
^^I'm keeping this forever.
College doesn't get you a job that really pays above the median right out of the gate. It does, however, help further along in your career-depending on the industry. Going to college doesn't just net you a degree. You DO learn valuable skills and knowledge that will advance your career, possibly faster than you would without. Again, it all varies on your industry and what YOU put into it. It's a matter if personal ambition. I'm at mid-career now and now make in a year about half of what my condo is worth-and I didn't even graduate high school (dropped out at 16, got a GED) and didn't finish college-but I still do use what I learned in college every day. I'm on a sabbatical now, but I will be returning to work on a contract basis and will save every penny I can. I hope to take some time off in a year or so and go BACK to college. It's that valuable.
There's no shame in community college, either. You can go with a 2yr Associates in a field or go for a transfer degree if the college or university you want to go to will have you. For around 15 credits/qtr, community college (in WA) is around 4K/yr plus books/fees for a resident citizen. For under $12,000 you can have a degree in two years. You can take fewer credits and work part time and school part time. It takes 90 credits for a degree, so if you take 8 credits a quarter you're looking at 12 quarters or 4 years (3 quarters a year). 15 credits is average for a full time student, and that means a degree in 2 years.
College doesn't get you a job that really pays above the median right out of the gate. It does, however, help further along in your career-depending on the industry. Going to college doesn't just net you a degree. You DO learn valuable skills and knowledge that will advance your career, possibly faster than you would without. Again, it all varies on your industry and what YOU put into it. It's a matter if personal ambition. I'm at mid-career now and now make in a year about half of what my condo is worth-and I didn't even graduate high school (dropped out at 16, got a GED) and didn't finish college-but I still do use what I learned in college every day. I'm on a sabbatical now, but I will be returning to work on a contract basis and will save every penny I can. I hope to take some time off in a year or so and go BACK to college. It's that valuable.
There's no shame in community college, either. You can go with a 2yr Associates in a field or go for a transfer degree if the college or university you want to go to will have you. For around 15 credits/qtr, community college (in WA) is around 4K/yr plus books/fees for a resident citizen. For under $12,000 you can have a degree in two years. You can take fewer credits and work part time and school part time. It takes 90 credits for a degree, so if you take 8 credits a quarter you're looking at 12 quarters or 4 years (3 quarters a year). 15 credits is average for a full time student, and that means a degree in 2 years.
I'll concede that there are some industries where that is the case, but those are typically industries where a college degree is pretty much required to get into the field. The point I was getting at is that a degree is more than just a piece of paper.
I'll concede that there are some industries where that is the case, but those are typically industries where a college degree is pretty much required to get into the field. The point I was getting at is that a degree is more than just a piece of paper.
Yezzir. The new Baccalaureate = Masters MSN,arnp, here I come
heres something else to consider. when i went to college for two and half years it wasnt what i thought it was. i watched iraq break out on tv and decided to become a cav scout in the army, my parents hated my decision but they supported me. about a year ago i was supposed to ets, basically my contract was up. i applied to six schools and some wilderness outward bound camps in appalachias and was turned down. at the time bonus's were good so i reupped to go to fort lewis for four more years. now is the military for everyone...no but it is a place to find out what you don't want to do, i def. do not want to fight forest fires in california. after four years of service i've been around the country and some parts of the world. yeah sometimes it sucks when your on day eight of a patrol and your out of clean socks or when your up all night at the motorpool to figure out why your bradley's turret is jammed. if you want any incite just message me on here or look up my email on myspace Yahoo!. i agree with tim though airforce takes care of thier people better...thier bases in afganistan had heat in the winter my tent did not.
heres something else to consider. when i went to college for two and half years it wasnt what i thought it was. i watched iraq break out on tv and decided to become a cav scout in the army, my parents hated my decision but they supported me. about a year ago i was supposed to ets, basically my contract was up. i applied to six schools and some wilderness outward bound camps in appalachias and was turned down. at the time bonus's were good so i reupped to go to fort lewis for four more years. now is the military for everyone...no but it is a place to find out what you don't want to do, i def. do not want to fight forest fires in california. after four years of service i've been around the country and some parts of the world. yeah sometimes it sucks when your on day eight of a patrol and your out of clean socks or when your up all night at the motorpool to figure out why your bradley's turret is jammed. if you want any incite just message me on here or look up my email on myspace Yahoo!. i agree with tim though airforce takes care of thier people better...thier bases in afganistan had heat in the winter my tent did not.
We had heated floors and personal showers too!! Just kidding....good point about the military, it taught me exactly where I DIDN'T want to be Civil Service is as close as I will get to the man anymores
Yezzir. The new Baccalaureate = Masters MSN,arnp, here I come
What kind of nursing are you looking to go into? I'm almost considering changing careers. I've been looking at being an electroneurodiagnostic technician. Not sure if I want to work in scrubs all day in a place as biologically dangerous as a hospital, though.
I hope you're ridden motorcycles before, because if the R6 is your first bike, you might be welcomed to a hospital next. That's the real world for you.
be careful! i got a job right out of high school making 21 an hour thinking i was gonna go back to college after a year... now i own a house, and SRT, and a woman... college seems to be a lot farther away now... i could be making sooooo much more where i am if i had my degree (which i would have by now)... that was 4 years ago...
be careful! i got a job right out of high school making 21 an hour thinking i was gonna go back to college after a year... now i own a house, and SRT, and a woman... college seems to be a lot farther away now... i could be making sooooo much more where i am if i had my degree (which i would have by now)... that was 4 years ago...
Where do you buy women at? Mailorder?
This is the truth. I make pretty good money at the moment, but the last position I went for I was shut down for not having a 4yr degree... All the job requirements I have read state a 4 yr degree. Have yet to see one for an Associates Degree. Not even sure how I got my current job with my 2yrs of college!
This is the truth. I make pretty good money at the moment, but the last position I went for I was shut down for not having a 4yr degree... All the job requirements I have read state a 4 yr degree. Have yet to see one for an Associates Degree. Not even sure how I got my current job with my 2yrs of college!
associates degrees are jokes imo.. i have 2... and i make less now out of the military then i did when i was in as a SSgt.
This is the truth. I make pretty good money at the moment, but the last position I went for I was shut down for not having a 4yr degree... All the job requirements I have read state a 4 yr degree. Have yet to see one for an Associates Degree. Not even sure how I got my current job with my 2yrs of college!
Not sure about other industries, but mine (IT) usually require 4 yr degrees "or equivalent experience".
add me to the list of good money NOW, but no room for advancing LATER. its real tough because i don't want to go back to making a fraction of what i am now to continue schooling. i would have to change a whole lot of things in order to do that because i've grown accustomed to a larger paycheck. its either that or stay with my current job for much longer.
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MSN,arnp, here I come
Civil Service is as close as I will get to the man anymores
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