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pourmeanother · 04-20-2010, 04:13 PM

You come across as really condescending in this thread, and other posts I've seen you make on the topic of school/career.

Basically, here's my understanding of it: You shouldn't go to college unless you're an engineering major. You should get a job at your local Starbucks, because if you aspire to pursue a passion at a higher level, and, heaven forbid, pay to follow that path, you will ultimately wind up working at that Starbucks anyway.... like my cousin, which means everyone is like that.

Congratulations on being an engineer. You can now build stuff. I still fail to see how that makes your choices any better than, say, an Art major, if that's what they enjoy.

I still don't know what I want to do with my life, and my college career is about to come to a close. So, I guess instead of pursuing business and engineering at my university, I should have done what every other shmuck at my high school did... Go to a local JuCo for 6 years at little or no cost- taking non-academic classes like "Human Sexuality" and "Zumba Dance"- and working $10 an hour jobs like front desk attendant at Hotel 'x', or teller at Bank 'y', while living with my parents and never saving enough to have a shot at moving out.

Having seen you post before, I'm fairly certain your intent is NOT to come across that way, at all.... But, unfortunately, you are.

So there aren't jobs available right now. EVERYONE is under a crunch. When the jobs pick up, as they inevitably will, who do you think will be hired first? The person who sacrificed and succeeded in earning a bachelor's degree in these tough times, or the high school graduate with three years experience working that soft serve machine at Dairy Queen? I don't care if you were the first person to stack chocolate-vanilla swirl a foot high on a waffle cone- you aren't better off.

04-20-2010, 04:13 PM	#38 (permalink)
pourmeanother Saaaad Panda Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 852	You come across as really condescending in this thread, and other posts I've seen you make on the topic of school/career. Basically, here's my understanding of it: You shouldn't go to college unless you're an engineering major. You should get a job at your local Starbucks, because if you aspire to pursue a passion at a higher level, and, heaven forbid, pay to follow that path, you will ultimately wind up working at that Starbucks anyway.... like my cousin, which means everyone is like that. Congratulations on being an engineer. You can now build stuff. I still fail to see how that makes your choices any better than, say, an Art major, if that's what they enjoy. I still don't know what I want to do with my life, and my college career is about to come to a close. So, I guess instead of pursuing business and engineering at my university, I should have done what every other shmuck at my high school did... Go to a local JuCo for 6 years at little or no cost- taking non-academic classes like "Human Sexuality" and "Zumba Dance"- and working $10 an hour jobs like front desk attendant at Hotel 'x', or teller at Bank 'y', while living with my parents and never saving enough to have a shot at moving out. Having seen you post before, I'm fairly certain your intent is NOT to come across that way, at all.... But, unfortunately, you are. So there aren't jobs available right now. EVERYONE is under a crunch. When the jobs pick up, as they inevitably will, who do you think will be hired first? The person who sacrificed and succeeded in earning a bachelor's degree in these tough times, or the high school graduate with three years experience working that soft serve machine at Dairy Queen? I don't care if you were the first person to stack chocolate-vanilla swirl a foot high on a waffle cone- you aren't better off. __________________ Life is just blah, blah, blah You hope for blah And sometimes you find it, but mostly it's blah And waiting for blah And hoping you were right about the blahs you made And then, just when you think you've got the whole blah'd damn thing figured out And you're surrounded by the ones you blah Death shows up... anddd blah, blah, blah.