we are very very selfish and have some one else spent money on education so we can enjoy Doctors,Dentists,eyes specialists,engineers.The WBTS like those Lawyers,new advances high speed presses,computer engineers.
Now THAT is what always confused me...everyone was up my BUTT about 'going to Bethel' and being a temp worker (such a privilege???) because I am a computer GEEK and wanted to go to school for that. I was a gifted honors student from middle school all the way till I graduated, was in Honor Society, took all AP course (except for math) at my PARENTS urging - yet even the THOUGHT of college was a 'no-no'!!! I mean, why PUSH so hard for your kid to excel at schoolwork when in the end, it means nothing!! No company says in an interview "Oh, I see you got all A's in high school and were gifted/honors' - do they? -hahahahahaha. My father insisted I take the SATs, I aced a mandatory state test that had college letters AND the army recruiters knocking at my door every month - offering to pay for my entire college education if I would go for some kind of computer engineering job with them!!!! All the colleges I applied to (behind my parents back) I was accepted to - and when I took that 'idea' to my parents, they immediately sent me on a tour of Bethel to see the MEPS system. The brother talked to me for the longest time about how I could come up there, work on this program, pioneer, blah blah blah. So I asked him, "do you have a comp degree?" and he said "OH well yes...I went to MIT". OOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKK....so I'm supposed to leave my ghetto-ass high school, jump RIGHT up here to Bethel, work on a million dollar computer system with NO formal education? Really? I left there upset more then glad for the experience. Headquarters is FULL of dr's, lawyers, engineers, computer designers, chefs, hairdressers, dentists, etc - they didn't WALK in the door with no education. did they??? So it's ok for THEM to benefit from an education - but the rest of us can't?
What did I end up doing? Going to community college. And now? Well, the economy now calls for "4yr degree" as a BASIC requirement for entry level jobs...so it's TOUGH out there. All I have to fall back on is my experience, my 'fine' ass looks (hahahahah - just being silly), and street smarts. Nobody CARES that I was smart in high school, nobody cares that I went to community college. I resent how the org makes college look like the 'big bad wolf' that is going to EAT you up if you go...cause it makes these dingbat kids THINK that a diploma is enough! To do basic manual labor, yes a diploma is ok. But if you want a career (not just a job) then a degree is MANDATORY!!!
