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How old is "too old" to go to grad school?

Started by merithyn, May 20, 2014, 12:59:10 PM

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Read the subject line, doofus.

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It's never too old!

DGuller

Quote from: Caliga on May 20, 2014, 04:17:13 PM
I normally try to ignore Seedy's sniping, but just in case I've not pointed this out in the main forum:  I'm not an HR person, have never been an HR person, don't want to be an HR person, and in truth hate HR people as much as the rest of you do.
Yeah, and you don't eat out of gas stations all the time either.  :rolleyes:  :yeahright:

DGuller

Another factor not mentioned is your probability of actually finishing your degree.  It's not going to be 100% for everyone.

CountDeMoney

Quote from: Ideologue on May 20, 2014, 06:13:43 PM
"Anti-intellectual" is, ironically, a label applied without a great deal of critical thought.

You still bitch too much about it.  If you're not anti-intellectual, you're certainly pro-bitch.

Ideologue

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CountDeMoney

Bitching about losing your job and forced to move back in with Mom > Bitching about higher education when you have a law degree.

Sorry, puddytat, but you've got no standing.  LOLZ, Con Law.

Legbiter

Unless that Master's means a guaranteed higher-paying paper-pushing job I'd consider not bothering. Get a library card and/or take a community college class here or there.
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Eddie Teach

Quote from: DGuller on May 20, 2014, 06:15:47 PM
Quote from: Caliga on May 20, 2014, 04:17:13 PM
I normally try to ignore Seedy's sniping, but just in case I've not pointed this out in the main forum:  I'm not an HR person, have never been an HR person, don't want to be an HR person, and in truth hate HR people as much as the rest of you do.
Yeah, and you don't eat out of gas stations all the time either.  :rolleyes:  :yeahright:

I'm not sure how a headhunter gets to look down at HR folks anyway.
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garbon

Quote from: Ideologue on May 20, 2014, 06:13:43 PM
"Anti-intellectual" is, ironically, a label applied without a great deal of critical thought.  It's not "anti-intellectual" to demand that supply of humanities-degree holders (indeed, all degree holders) be constrained to meet demand, so that the student debt crisis be ameliorated.

Your position may not be "anti-intellectual," but it's sure as fuck anti-human.

Quote from: dpsIde has the same problem as Mono, in that he doesn't see learning as something with a value in its own right

You know that's a mischaracterization of my arguments.

Is it? As far as I know there are affordable degrees out there - hell even ones you can complete while working.
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CountDeMoney

Quote from: garbon on May 20, 2014, 06:54:10 PM
Is it? As far as I know there are affordable degrees out there - hell even ones you can complete while working.

Certifications are the new hotness for a shitload of industries now;  affordable, and designed for working adults, i.e., provided online.

Caliga

Quote from: DGuller on May 20, 2014, 06:15:47 PM
Yeah, and you don't eat out of gas stations all the time either.  :rolleyes:  :yeahright:
Actually I don't think I've done that in a while now. :hmm:

I've been on kind of a health kick lately.  Cutting back on carbs and going to the gym all the time... I just got back from the gym an hour or so ago.
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Eddie Teach

Quote from: Caliga on May 20, 2014, 07:06:51 PM
Actually I don't think I've done that in a while now. :hmm:

Doesn't matter, Languish never forgets. Kinda like Katmai directing porno movies.
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garbon

"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Caliga

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