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Hi everyone. I hope you are all doing well.

They say college is overrated. I never accepted this statement as true while going to school back in the 1990s. A few years after graduation, the truth hit me like a ton of bricks.

I have a math degree. This means a B.A. in Mathematics from Lehman College. What is my job classification? Security guard, specifically PATROL GUARD.

So, I went to Lehman to take rigorous math courses beginning with MA175 aka Calculus 1 and 11 math courses later I found myself in Algebraic Topology with at least 15 students. Not too many students in a Topology course, if you know what I mean.

I studied my behind in that course and only got a B minus. It is insane mathematics!! All of this to end up patrolling floors. At the same time, most of my supervisors never set foot inside a college campus and they boss me around. Think about that. College is a band of goons collecting millions of dollars promising a bright tomorrow, a tomorrow that never comes. You say?

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@nycdad,

Maybe because you had a Sociology degree in last post about college being overrated.

If you got that math degree it is likely you would realize the importance of putting money even a very small amount in a 401k when you first started working.

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@Linkat,

In terms of my college degree, it was a typo. I actually have a math degree not a sociology degree. Typo here.

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@nycdad,

Then why did you explain in such detail on this thread how helpful a sociology degree is after getting a masters here

https://able2know.org/topic/564620-1

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@nycdad,

Don't talk rot. The only typo is maths.

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@izzythepush,

no way it was a typo...

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@Region Philbis,

I know, it amazes me the bollocks people think they can get away with.

If the OP has a degree it would make him an educated idiot.

I always find it best to be honest, it's so much bloody easier than trying to keep track of what you've told to whom.

Although in this case is a total balls up from the start.

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@Region Philbis,

What about maths, that a typo?

Sorry, you can tell me to eff off if you want.

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I think this is another of nono's sockpuppets, the bogus story and big downthumbing are a giveaway.

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@nycdad,

Got to say, I agree with a lot of that - college was not for me (16hrs short of a Bachelors in mass communication and technical writting), but the Drafting school gave me a great start. I've been back to collage for specific courses in mechanical design, but the books, specifically Marks Mechanical Engineers Handbook, were the most educationan and starting as a draftsman in a good shop.

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@izzythepush,

I believe you may be right. I've seen all sorts of nonono-ish posting this time back.

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@bobsal u1553115,

A successful career these days is an illusion.

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One view of an education is for self-improvement and not merely as a licence to work. If it's merely a license to work, then that would justify cheating, an act that the former president indulged in.

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@nycdad,

I'm just glad that your degree in mathematics didn't require knowledge of any of the many junior high maths questions you asked previously on this forum.

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