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this boy needs the 411 from high school men
ultimamax:
--- Quote from: SeventhSandwich on August 08, 2017, 03:46:27 PM ---It's a way of resolving the cognitive dissonance caused by spending our best, most virile years of life preparing for a career that makes more money.
That being said, going into the arts/humanities is a good thing as long as you don't suck. The problem with those degrees is that they tend to attract people who were maybe 'A' English students back in high school, but have neither the talent nor the drive to actually make it as an author/journalist/whatever. The distinction between someone who 'can make it' and someone who can't is much less clear in the arts. There is also no filter to weed out the stuffty students going for an English degree.
On the other hand, it is nearly impossible to forget up with a STEM degree as long as you graduate from college. A degree in mechanical or electrical engineering means you can find a good-paying job somewhere, even if you're actually pretty dumb or unskilled. You might not be building rockets or pacemakers, but you can do some sort of pencil-pushing nonsense at a pipe-fabrication company for $80k a year.
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I graduated from high school in 2016. My advice is to not do drugs, and if you are going to do drugs, at least finish your homework first. Lots of extremely promising kids from my high school totally lost all their momentum after they started getting into substances because they'd stay out late and not finish their work. It becomes way easier to justify lower standards after getting that first C or D, and it'll hurt you if you're trying to go to a good college.
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i seriously cant believe youre in my grade, i thought you were like in your 20s for how mature you are :p
Conan:
--- Quote from: SeventhSandwich on August 08, 2017, 03:46:27 PM ---On-topic:
I graduated from high school in 2016. My advice is to not do drugs, and if you are going to do drugs, at least finish your homework first. Lots of extremely promising kids from my high school totally lost all their momentum after they started getting into substances because they'd stay out late and not finish their work. It becomes way easier to justify lower standards after getting that first C or D, and it'll hurt you if you're trying to go to a good college.
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this is actually me except i started "doing games" when i got into college. recovery is hard and you should take the effort not to fall in the first place cause it takes far less effort to prevent failure than it is to fix it :(
Kumquat:
--- Quote from: SeventhSandwich on August 08, 2017, 03:46:27 PM ---It's a way of resolving the cognitive dissonance caused by spending our best, most virile years of life preparing for a career that makes more money.
That being said, going into the arts/humanities is a good thing as long as you don't suck. The problem with those degrees is that they tend to attract people who were maybe 'A' English students back in high school, but have neither the talent nor the drive to actually make it as an author/journalist/whatever. The distinction between someone who 'can make it' and someone who can't is much less clear in the arts. There is also no filter to weed out the stuffty students going for an English degree.
On the other hand, it is nearly impossible to forget up with a STEM degree as long as you graduate from college. A degree in mechanical or electrical engineering means you can find a good-paying job somewhere, even if you're actually pretty dumb or unskilled. You might not be building rockets or pacemakers, but you can do some sort of pencil-pushing nonsense at a pipe-fabrication company for $80k a year.
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Appreciate the reply, i dont even have to go further into anything.
There is just so much flac floating around art degrees because of all the stereotypical pot heads and bums it gets me pretty heated when people bash a perfectly viable path. Especially when some rooster sucker from a general university thinks that theyre going to be working for google or nasa making 200k/yr with their 4 year degree and no external projects / internships that show the their worth. Then they go on about how theyre better than everyone when they havent even graduated.
Blockomaniac:
--- Quote from: Planr on August 08, 2017, 02:35:46 PM ---
* do your homework
* show up to class on time
* dont get involved in cliques/interpersonal drama
* be nice to everyone
if you do these 4 things, high school will be incredibly easy.
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this
join a club tho, makes it more fun
phflack:
note that instead of not doing homework, getting half done doesn't kill your grade as much
if for whatever reason you just really don't want to do all of it, as long as you're getting some credit you'll be fine