discussion Do you have a degree?

[Communion]

Stretching the **** out of this Communications degree and thankful a ***** learned InDesign along the way! 

[She-Rah]

No and I regret it so much but I did not have a good enough support system right after college. 
 

thankfully I have a good job with insurance, 1 month vacation, 401k and a lot of good benefits. I make more than my cousin who went to college and can’t find a job and now has to pay back all those student loans.

 

I would’ve been a lawyer tbh. 

[Gaia]

Yes luckily I just have a bachelors but made some good career moves after university and was able to advance as a scientist without a masters or PhD.

[Pepo]

Bachelor's in Foreign Languages and Business Communication 

 

Thinking about getting a Master's in International Business eventually. 

[AvadaKedavra]

Not yet. I'm 31 years old 
I finished high school when i was 15. I studied in very low quality schools in tiny towns from my country, and I attended about 6 different ones due to my father's transient job. Still, my grades when i graduated were very good-above average (similar to an American GPA-SAT-ACT).  
 

I tried to get into a public university, but there were only 25 spots available, and there was competition from 1500-2000. I managed to improve my grades a lot, and they were good enough for all the programs-bachelors-careers except the one I wanted. I come from a family with a good economic position (for my country standards), so I started applying to private universities. However, I had to compete with kids who had studied in the USA-CANADA, children of doctors and politicians, very wealthy people. Even with good grades and interviews, money wasn't enough. I didn't have the right connections. In my country meritocracy doesnt exist. Everything is the people u know.......even for jobs 
 

The first years of my life-my youthness went into this, trying to get into the program I chose and failing fuckin hard  Thanks god i had all those singers from the electropop era helping me to cope with the pain.
 

Then I fell into depression because I couldn't pursue my dream bachelor's degree and had other family problems. So, I started exploring new sides of me and enrolled in the public university of my city to become an "English teacher" because I liked English. The university was a disaster. I never had classes cause they were rioting all the time. The english classes were all in Spanish. In pedagogy, my professors taught that Cuba was a paradise, and how you needed to hate all americans-europeans. The university was unclean. it was a disaster. I was also paying so much money (more than all my classmates) and i didnt even have access to the uni restaurant and scholarships cause i was from the middle class
 

I decided to move to a fancier private university in the metropolis of my country to study the same thing (English Teacher), and I loved it. Had classmates from different countries (including Korea) The teachers and my classmates were so nice. The uni was so beautiufl.......But then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and I had to drop out.  My dad lost his job, and I felt lost.....but at least i was able to take care of my mom and dad and protect them.  
 

My dad eventually found a new job, and we moved to a small wealthy town (Town im currently in). I wanted to go back to my teaching career, but my family said they wouldn't support me because the salaries here are abysmal for teachers. They said I should look for something with a better future. So, among all the options i analyzed, I got into coding because I love technology and emerging technologies   I've fallen in love with the field, and I'm in my second semester. But honestly, the university is moving too fast. It assumes you already know Java, Python, and others. I feel like I should have taken an introductory course before. So, this semester, I'm going to cancel those two courses and study on my own Coding. 
 

Sometimes, I feel like trying to study after high school was a  big mistake. I should have started working on my own instead of investing in my education. Sometimes, I also feel like I should have moved to the United States or Europe right after high school and i had the chance. Things haven't gone well for me in my southamerican country, LOL. Everyone talks of how their 20s is a pivotal time where they start to live their best lives but for me it was a fuckin trainwreck. The 2010s were really bad for me. The 2020s are lookin better thanks god   So yep. This has been my life in the last 10-12 years  Academically a failure but personal wise has been great. The good outweight the bad.  I still have hope i will be able to have a good future
 

 

Edited September 25, 2023 by AvadaKedavra

[Genius1111]

Yes, a Bachelors and a Masters from the same uni. 

[TightBoochie]

I got a masters in cuntology with a major in motherlogical studies from the university of servington 

[Movimento Perpétuo]

Yeah, I'm a bachelor in Geography. Currently mastering in political sociology