racer12306 wrote:TNK wrote:bah. grades and school are overrated.
Grades, maybe a little, but as long as they are passing.
School, not so much. The housing market is rediculous here. Like a nice house on a little bit of land is >$300,000 and thats not anything big. We need every advantage we can get.
Take ride up 83 just on the otherside of shrewsbury and before glenn rock they have houses for 180k.
Otherwise you got to go out to carrol or farther west. Or go to the eastern shore to the middle of no where.
School is important depending what you want to do. I only needed an AA because I had experince but no one cared cause I had no degree. 7 years later out of school no one could give a damn about my degree they want my experince.
Being in the service industry while its not glamours nor do I make 6 figuers yet I have a good job with benfits and I know that even if some how I would loose my job today I'd have another tomarrow.
Being dependable, work with little instruction, being able to fix shit when it breaks and then fixing when no one else will makes you goldened.
Also getting into feilds that no one really thinks of helps in getting more money and more job security in a time when you never really know.
When I started my Job I didn't know the area only how to read a map book. Never seen the stuff I was going to be working on before just had my basic understanding of eletricons and motors and basic trouble shooting skill. 7 year later I can work on anything and make anything work that isn't they just got to be willing to pay for it lol.
During school I busted my ass I went to school M-F and I worked 12hrs shift at the plant (themoplastics) on the weekends I would get off work 11am on monday and be at school for my 12:30 to 5 class. Did that for almost 2 years and when they closed the plant I got a job working overnight painting parking lots trying to make ends meet till I finished my degree.
Finished with a 3.6 GPA, student of the term(like the dean's list) and academic honor
Sucks, yes, time is constantly wasted on here. But the upside about my sleeping disorder is I get caught up on reading 
