How old are you and what is your education level? • Hacker News Board

spking wrote: post #44

25 + Struggling to finish my last year as an undergrad; taking pointless bullshit required GE classes that I couldn't bring myself to complete the first time around.

Sometimes I think the whole point of college is, "If this person can bring themselves to complete pointless bullshit, then they can bring themselves to complete anything."

Re: How old are you and what is your education level?

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Post by edw519 » Fri, Oct 05, 2007, 12:46 PM UTC

tokipin wrote: post #74

spking wrote: post #44

25 + Struggling to finish my last year as an undergrad; taking pointless bullshit required GE classes that I couldn't bring myself to complete the first time around.

i must have failed english four or five times before i dropped out. doesn't help that i could have taught the teachers 24 i think (lost count) + almost electronics engineering BS + 100k debt. just dandy ^_^ i'm looking to return for physics/math soon, but i'm wondering if my time would be better served atm in another endeavor

"doesn't help that i could have taught the teachers"

You're right about that. Doesn't help a bit.

Re: How old are you and what is your education level?

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Post by edw519 » Fri, Oct 05, 2007, 12:48 PM UTC

bluishgreen wrote: post #57

ajmoir wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All that time spent in school you'd be better off sticking it out,

I don't want my children to find out the amount of bullshit I can take. Thats one of the reasons I am considering dropping.

Why not? You make it sound like a bad thing.

It's not, as long as YOU are the one making the decisions about your life.

Sometimes the last one to blink wins.

Re: How old are you and what is your education level?

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Post by yubrew » Fri, Oct 05, 2007, 12:56 PM UTC

24 + B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Minor in CS, Accounting