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Offline no1birdman

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Re: Did you have a plan after high school/college?
« Reply #15 on: August 10, 2008, 09:21:06 AM »
Well you have taught me in 10 secs how to rember the planets, u must be good.
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Re: Did you have a plan after high school/college?
« Reply #16 on: August 10, 2008, 10:01:38 AM »
Ugh, I don't know what I want bros.  I just know that its not finance and I'm afraid that things will be the same for me after I graduate (like having the degree won't do me anything, since I won't even want to do Finance).
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Re: Did you have a plan after high school/college?
« Reply #17 on: August 10, 2008, 11:36:54 PM »
I had no plan on what I wanted to do after school. Luckly for me I got inheretance and was able to move out. As a kid/teen I never had big plans, I always liked the guys at the feed store and such and I had a huge knowledge about farming and other ag stuff so I got a job there and thats where I still am today. Looking back I would have loved to have been an ag teacher and an FFA advisor, I had so much fun in FFA and I still support it whenever I can.
 
 I say do what you want to do, if you get a job that you dont like you will be miserable and never want to get anywhere in life.
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Re: Did you have a plan after high school/college?
« Reply #18 on: August 11, 2008, 01:48:22 AM »
When I was about to graduate from college I went to 5 people that I felt were very successful in life by different measures.  Two were professors who had successful careers before they became professors, two were entrepreneurs worth over 100 million dollars each, and the other was someone that seemed very happy.  The one thing that they all said that was that I should always take the path that was going to provide me the most education and by doing this the passion and the money would follow.

To date this advice has been 100% accurate.
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Re: Did you have a plan after high school/college?
« Reply #19 on: August 11, 2008, 05:12:02 AM »
I never graduated from college. I started out going to college for an electrical engineering degree. But then I got a job working for electrical engineers while i was going to school and saw what they did for a living. A bit too much paper pushing for me. I could always go back and finish if i wanted since I was half way to a EE degree....... but life is a bit too short for all that at my age........

I'm a big believer in hard work...... no matter what you do, work hard and good things will follow.........
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Re: Did you have a plan after high school/college?
« Reply #20 on: August 11, 2008, 09:50:06 PM »
Hey Dog,

One thing you may want to look into, and see if anyone is still doing it...  In some states, where they have a shortage of teachers, they have established "fast track" teacher certification.  In Illinois, a few years ago, if you have a bachelor degree, you would interview with a school district that would take you on, and more or less "mentor" you through the program.  You split your time between the school and going back to college for an accelerated course to satisfy your basic requirements.  IIRC, Trinity College in Elgin was quoting 18 months to complete the program.
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Re: Did you have a plan after high school/college?
« Reply #21 on: August 14, 2008, 02:38:40 AM »
I think you should do what makes you happy.  If you're not happy, you will not be any good at it.  At my house growing up it was a clear rule that at age 21 or if I get married, whichever came first, you were OUT!
It applied to all 3 of us.  Daddy said by 21, you should have a degree in something to support yourself.  LOL  I left home at 19, my sister at 18 and my brother at 21, just 2 days after his birthday.

I never finished college, but did go to x-ray school and have been fairly successful.  I support my family.  My mom just retired after 40 years of teaching and things have changed a lot.  Summers are shorter and shorter.  They take your salary and divide it by 12, so you don't actually get money for nothing.  The holiday breaks are nice though.  There are certain mandates that must be met during a school year, so there's not any time to watch a movie if you don't feel like working. ;D 

I'm a fly by the seat of your pants kind of guy, so I don't really make plans that well.  I leave that to my wife.  She is very good at it.  Good Luck at whatever you do!
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