Super User Sam Posted August 14, 2011 Super User Posted August 14, 2011 As we enter the fall a number of things start to happen. Lakes turnover; the trees change colors; football starts; and we will be having a number of our members starting college. College will be the best five or six years of your life, however it will also separate the men from the boys. No more parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins or friends to bail your chestnuts out of the fire if you screw up. You will be on your own and will have to act responsibily with your time and expenses. You will have to make the right decisions and put off fishing, playing sports or spending time with your new girlfriends to study. We want you to be successful so you can start a career and pay a lot of FICA. Us old goats are depending on you to do this for us. How about some feedback on who is going where and if you are going to join your school's bass fishing club. Good luck and have a great time in school. Quote
Super User BASSclary Posted August 14, 2011 Super User Posted August 14, 2011 I thought most college's started this month? lol Quote
Super User clayton86 Posted August 14, 2011 Super User Posted August 14, 2011 Aug 26th here cuz all my summer help leaves me then lol Quote
Super User Sam Posted August 14, 2011 Author Super User Posted August 14, 2011 Yes, BASSclary, universities open their doors to students the end of August. Many college students are back at school preparing for the new class. Football and women's soccer teams have been on campus since August 1st. Will you go to college? Quote
Super User Root beer Posted August 14, 2011 Super User Posted August 14, 2011 Then at the end of those 4-6 years you will struggle like hell to find a job in your degree. Quote
Super User Sam Posted August 14, 2011 Author Super User Posted August 14, 2011 Root Beer, I cannot argue with you. But college does act as a "sifter" for careers and sometimes you have to start out doing something that is not aligned with your degree until you can find something within your degree's industry. Just get that degree!!!!! Quote
lynyrdsky1 Posted August 15, 2011 Posted August 15, 2011 Got another year but I got Senioritis like crazy haha. Got alot of work to do this last year but I am ready for it. Most of my friends have already graduated and have already started to leave and it just has me inticipating next year. Hopefully I am going to Alabama next year to study Metallurgical Engineering and hopefully I'll been on the bass club. Was thinking about being in a fraternity but I won't have the time nore the money to do it. Quote
Super User BASSclary Posted August 15, 2011 Super User Posted August 15, 2011 Not Quite yet Sam. Still got another great 2 years of my life. Quote
Super User Root beer Posted August 15, 2011 Super User Posted August 15, 2011 Not Quite yet Sam. Still got another great 2 years of my life. Contrary to popular belief, high school is not the best years of your life. You have no freedom, you are forced to go to school, you have no rights, you're treated with no respect, etc. Quote
Super User BASSclary Posted August 15, 2011 Super User Posted August 15, 2011 Didnt say the were the BEST years of my life Quote
Super User Sam Posted August 16, 2011 Author Super User Posted August 16, 2011 Be sure to keep your grades up so you can get into a university or you will have to go a community college and then transfer into a university. College is a lot of fun but at the same time you have to be responsible and mature. Otherwise it is back home for a semester. You can major in fisheries biology and become a bass expert like Dr. Jones at Berkley. Dr. Hayden the Bass Professor!!! Sounds good to me. Quote
brushhoggin Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 ahhh, nothing like being 50 grand in debt with student loans my first day on the job in the real world. good ole american dream! Quote
Super User Raider Nation Fisher Posted August 17, 2011 Super User Posted August 17, 2011 Root Beer, I cannot argue with you. But college does act as a "sifter" for careers and sometimes you have to start out doing something that is not aligned with your degree until you can find something within your degree's industry. Just get that degree!!!!! I agree, whole heartedly, just get that degree. The more people that chase that paper the fewer who enter the trades. That is why my price keeps going up. Us tradesmen are becoming fewer and fewer, and in direct correlation our rates increase. Never thought I would be so happy that I got thrown outta college. Don't get it twisted though my younger brother just graduated. I have nothing against Anyone getting a college education. It just amuses me how everyone today is so deadset on getting that piece of paper. Quote
Super User Root beer Posted August 17, 2011 Super User Posted August 17, 2011 I agree, whole heartedly, just get that degree. The more people that chase that paper the fewer who enter the trades. That is why my price keeps going up. Us tradesmen are becoming fewer and fewer, and in direct correlation our rates increase. Never thought I would be so happy that I got thrown outta college. Don't get it twisted though my younger brother just graduated. I have nothing against Anyone getting a college education. It just amuses me how everyone today is so deadset on getting that piece of paper. I don't understand why guidance counselors and others are always telling young kids to go college when trade is the future. Nothing wrong with going trade school in my opinion. It's useful to learn things that keeps society going. I only went because I had dreams of running a business. I almost went to trade school. My cousin did and he is barely out of trade school and already got a very quality job. But I don't *** him, one day I'll have it made. Quote
Super User Raider Nation Fisher Posted August 18, 2011 Super User Posted August 18, 2011 I don't understand why guidance counselors and others are always telling young kids to go college when trade is the future. Nothing wrong with going trade school in my opinion. It's useful to learn things that keeps society going. I only went because I had dreams of running a business. I almost went to trade school. My cousin did and he is barely out of trade school and already got a very quality job. But I don't *** him, one day I'll have it made. I know right. I went to a university for a year and half and bombed right out. Personally I didn't want to sit behind a desk all day. That seemed to be all I could find there, were classes training you for a desk job. However after a year doing menial jobs, while trying to figure out what to do with my life. My dads friend offered me a go at electrical work. He put me in his apprentice program and I haven't looked back. I got a journeyman electrical card and am a year and a half away from getting my masters license. I can also past any welding test up to and including a 6G test. Anyway, I wish more schools would push trade schools and apprentice programs, as well as college. The best advice I was ever given was by an old man that worked a casting machine at US PIPE with my father. It was the month before I went off to college. He told me, "Son always remember that some of the happiest people in this world are those that come home nasty and smelling like %&*# at the end of the day." And you know what? I'll be danged if he wasn't right. Quote
SDoolittle Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/How-Higher-Education-Affects-usnews-1001103912.html?x=0 Here are a couple of quotes from the above link for those of you who don't want to read the entire article: "Those holding bachelor's degrees earn about $2.27 million over their lifetime, while those with master's, doctoral, and professional degrees earn $2.67 million, $3.25 million, and $3.65 million, respectively." "Those with bachelor's degrees, no matter the field, earn vastly more than counterparts with some college ($1.55 million in lifetime earnings) or a high school diploma ($1.30 million lifetime), indicating that no matter the level of attainment or the field of study, simply earning a four-year degree is often integral to financial success later in life." Quote
Super User Root beer Posted August 18, 2011 Super User Posted August 18, 2011 Lot of trade folks can make good money...I don't measure success by money anymore. That the problem. I'm just simply saying that some counselors should encourage kids to look into trade school instead of feeding them "go to college" B.S. Lot of those kids go to school and get into crap load of debt problems and fail out. I've seen too many of my ex-classmates go to UT or other big schools and end up at junior college the next year because they partied too much. You don't have to go to college to party...My biggest complaint being in college is seeing kids wasting money, resources, and time. It bothers me so much when students don't show up to class simply because they don't feel like it. Or when I have group projects other members are slacking and refuses to actually try. If kids' motivations are like that, they shouldn't be in college. Lot of them drop out, but some of them manage to barely scrape by. It's ridiculous. I'll get off my soapbox now. lol. P.S. I have to share this, my principle of accounting professor told the class this on first day: "If you are here because mommy and daddy wants you to be here, walk out of my classroom right now." One of the best things I ever heard. Quote
SDoolittle Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 I don't measure success by money anymore. I like to measure success based on happiness. If one is happy in a low income occupation, they are more successful than a rich man who is miserable, right? With that said, it makes me happy that I can provide my children with things that I never had when I was growing up. I also have some fairly expensive hobbies (bass boats, hunting trips, etc.) that make me happy. So if success is based on happiness, and happiness is tied to income, then money=success. Call me crazy. Quote
OHIO Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 Man I love these topics. Exactly what I'm going through right now. Nothing wrong with a trade school as long as you're happy. If being happy corresponds with having a lot of money, you can still achieve that in a trade. It just takes a lot of hard work and dedication. You won't make a lot of money starting out, but you can definitely work your way up. Oh, and enjoy high school while you can. You may think it sucks now, but there are times you wish you were back there. Quote
Super User Catt Posted August 18, 2011 Super User Posted August 18, 2011 For 12 years you claw your way to the top & become a high school senior After high school graduation it’s off to college where you soon realize you’re at the bottom again 4-6 more years of clawing your way to the top & become a college senior After college graduation it’s off to your chosen career path only to realize once again you’re at the bottom. Life is a journey, not a destination… Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
Sfritr Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 Just remember Hard work beats Talent when Talent doesn't work hard.......... 2 Quote
SDoolittle Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 Just remember Hard work beats Talent when Talent doesn't work hard.......... I like that! Here's one of my favorites: "You do not rise to the occasion in combat, you sink to the level of your training." - LTC Dave Grossman Quote
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