Administrators Rabbi Posted July 15, 2018 Administrators Share Posted July 15, 2018 Unless you are going now, we all stopped going to school even if after a terminal degree Why? Why did you stop where you did? Do you wish you went farther? What would it take for you to go back? (for this spirit of this thread we are mostly talking about normal academics and trade schools, not job related CE or the like) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Terminal degree and not interested enough in any other area to consider another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWARREN123 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Got to where if I got more education I would probably have to move away from where I wanted to be. Some folks are happy not being a boss. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glocks4Freedom Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 13 minutes ago, DWARREN123 said: Some folks are happy not being a boss. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueiron Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 In one degree program, the available Ph.D. student billets went to mostly better qualified applicants and in the second program, I have a house, a wife, and enough obligations that I am not free to relocate to whatever university would grant me entrance into a doctoral program. I'm virtually too old to be a viable candidate now. It's been an interesting journey, none the less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRed Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I got to the end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 21 minutes ago, Brad said: Terminal degree and not interested enough in any other area to consider another. Ditto. Plus, once I learned how to learn, I didn't need the pedagogical overhead anymore. Mainly went so I could get a piece of paper that said I went so other people would know that I went. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenoF250 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, tous said: Ditto. Plus, once I learned how to learn, I didn't need the pedagogical overhead anymore. Mainly went so I could get a piece of paper that said I went so other people would know that I went. Yeah, that is pretty much it. Higher degree does not offer enough more pay to justify the expense at the time. I have been doing edX online which is VERY good but having difficulty finding the discipline to do that when I should. Theoretically I would like to learn by working on my own projects but often end up just pissing time away. Getting pretty tired of it. Going to go throw myself a good beating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glocks4Freedom Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Supply and Demand is a bitch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie-pete Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I figured four Masters degrees was enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayzer007 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I needed a piece of paper stating I had a college degree to qualify for certain jobs; I got that. I think my major was ekonomix. Anyway, it got me some jobs. Also, I always wanted a college ring (catseye peridot 14k gold) and I got that too! Mission accomplished; other than that it's all nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASH Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Meh I knew what living I was gonna when I was 8. I got my master degree from dad and Grandpa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 (edited) Here was the problem with my doctoral program. I was working on one of the most advanced aircraft ever designed and built. Concepts that were years ahead of textbooks or a professor's knowledge and experience. I worked in a building with people that had been designing high performance aircraft for 50 years. I asked them questions, they answered them. Plus, I couldn't exactly write my dissertation on my current work; it was sort of classified. As I said, graduate degrees were considered 'professional development' and required if you wanted to move on up and I did learn a lot in the graduate program, especially on the mathematics side, but I much preferred to design the aircraft than learn how to design the aircraft. Good thing the company paid for it. T'weren't cheap. Edited July 15, 2018 by tous 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Rabbi is hot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crockett Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 9.5 years and 3 degrees was already way too much retrospectively seen. Wish I could start over. I'd only sign up for single semesters in different faculties ranging from accounting, mathematical economics, statistics, HR, business administration / management, industrial logistics, etc in order to learn how to run a business properly, and finally a bunch of dedicated semesters in the field I want to start my own company in. Never needed my degrees, could have easily wrapped everything up in 2 years, leaving me with more time to grow the business. Unless you want to be a MD or lawyer, degrees are overrated IMO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valmet Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I have a BA and an MA and am satisfied though I contemplate getting into a PhD program for history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 What era interests you the most? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crockett Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Thinking about it, I miss college. Had a great time all around, good friendships, really great teamwork in group assignments, had several worthwhile GFs in those years, good professors, and parties being available basically every night. That being said, one professor really sucked. He was teaching database design, but he was also constantly infusing his personal, religious perspectives. At that time I was basically an atheists, because I refused everything that wasn't logical to me. Anyway, he soon found out and let me literally fail the finals in his class, twice. Luckily he was assigned to a different location within the university (has facilities in 4 cities) and I was finally able to pass that crap. Because of this asshat I can now code SQL and Oracle in my sleep, in the dark, backwards. I have to look up some old GF now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aomagrat Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I discovered beer and women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 It took you until college to discover beer and wimmins? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccm2361 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I got to Associates degree. Shortly before completing the degree I discovered there was little market for it the area. As I had just met the woman who has been my wife for 28 years now, I did not want to leave. I found something else to do & have never worked in the field of my degree.? I have done a lot of volunteer work in that area, but nothing that has paid. But she was worth it. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 The rabbit died or I would be at Fermi or even CERN 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felixd Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 1 hour ago, tous said: Ditto. Plus, once I learned how to learn, I didn't need the pedagogical overhead anymore. Mainly went so I could get a piece of paper that said I went so other people would know that I went. Ditto, Plus, I work in the academy. I am surrounded by hypocrisy. Knowing, understanding, and discovery need no licenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taipei Personality Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I’m not interested in teaching, so a PhD would not have been useful. A master’s makes me more competitive in my field than a PhD would have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XSIV4S Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Criminal Justice degree and 2 years law school (They invited me to leave and in hindsight I agree). While I don't know if I'll ever set in a classroom again, I am always seeking out some new bit of knowledge or skill. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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