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poorboy87
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- Linton Indiana
At a pizza place I'm guessing
VAhasnoWAVES
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- Lake City, Mi
first rule of studying is to make it a point to go somewhere and study... the fact that you made a trip, to say the library, makes your mind focus on the task at hand, because your there for a reason.
if that doesnt work... i got nothing. i never studied for a variety of reasons.
BRIANHO13
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I was bad at studying, but I graduated so that's all I care about now
terrehautian
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That was me also. I did the in class stuff but rarely did homework. Even in classes for my major. My math class I always finish (or could have finished) before the class was halfway over with any work.
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- NE Indiana
^ me in a nutshell
4.0 in high school, 3.0 in college.
mac 'still paying off student loans' gyvr
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- bourbonnais IL
BRIANHO13
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89eliminator
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- Delphi, IN
lol i was the opposite. 2.1 in HS, 3.8 in tech school, 3.4 for bachelors.
w_howey
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I could not sit down and study, but I could do the assignments without problems.
3.4 in high school without any effort. 3.5 in college this time with some more effort.
3.4 in high school without any effort. 3.5 in college this time with some more effort.
RedHeep
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- NE Indiana
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- Sheboygan, WI
Same here, great in high school and a ~3.0 in college. I suck at studying, need to be hands on in order to learn it.
GPA gets you the first job then it is all about experience. At least that is what I think at my position and interviewing people.
GPA gets you the first job then it is all about experience. At least that is what I think at my position and interviewing people.
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terrehautian
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I don't think my GPA or my college degree got me anything, of course I started working at my current job as a Senior in high school and never left. In April, it will be 15 years since I first started.
BRIANHO13
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Then what was the point of getting the degree if you were not going to use it.
In general,
There are a lot of people out there that decide to get the college degree just to get a degree then complain that they are in debt, it is an investment. You want to get a return on your investment...
terrehautian
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I planned on going to college, didn't plan on getting a part time job in the field of study when I was a senior in high school. It might have taught me some things about my career field, but it hasn't helped me get any jobs here at work. I remember going into my first full time job interview when I was working a shift. I walked in, boss asks, "are you nervous?" (I say yes). His response was, "don't be, you got the job, this is just a formality". I have been in the same job (but different shift) since that time (2004 or 2005). Had I known that I was going to end up here after almost 15 years, I might not have gone. Who knows, down the road, that degree might do something. My original plan was to stay in Terre Haute for a few years and then go to Indy. After five job interviews for TV jobs in Indy (four I got passed on by and one I flat out said I couldn't work for the rate they were offering while living in Indy), I get a good rate of pay for my town, four weeks of vacation, my wife has a good job (which can be had anywhere since RN's are in demand) and we are both from here. Original plan didn't pan out but things are working out better then probably would have.
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If you've ever watched "That 70s Show", that pretty much describes my HS life in the 70s. IIRC, my HS GPA was about 2.8, never studied, never did homework, did great on tests.
Started working as a carpenter for my buddy's dad, as a sophomore, had no intentions of, nor saw any need for going to college. Graduated in '79, just in time for the recession. Buddy's dad went from building 100 houses/year, to 17, then nothing. Did some other shit that was going nowhere, started taking some classes at the community college. Did an industrial maintenance mechanic certificate program, then an AAS in electronic controls, while working at a local fine dining restaurant. College GPA was 4.0. Started helping out the manager's boyfriend with some remodeling projects, and by the time I finished my AAS, would have taken a big pay cut to get started in electronics.
The industrial maintenance classes included stuff that helped me in the remodeling business, the electronics program, not so much. The most advanced stuff we learned there dealt with Intel's Z-80 8-bit microprocessor. But I've never believed there was such a thing as useless knowledge, I even took calculus just for the fun of it
Started working as a carpenter for my buddy's dad, as a sophomore, had no intentions of, nor saw any need for going to college. Graduated in '79, just in time for the recession. Buddy's dad went from building 100 houses/year, to 17, then nothing. Did some other shit that was going nowhere, started taking some classes at the community college. Did an industrial maintenance mechanic certificate program, then an AAS in electronic controls, while working at a local fine dining restaurant. College GPA was 4.0. Started helping out the manager's boyfriend with some remodeling projects, and by the time I finished my AAS, would have taken a big pay cut to get started in electronics.
The industrial maintenance classes included stuff that helped me in the remodeling business, the electronics program, not so much. The most advanced stuff we learned there dealt with Intel's Z-80 8-bit microprocessor. But I've never believed there was such a thing as useless knowledge, I even took calculus just for the fun of it
