# school \*rant **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 6, 2007, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-rant/190360 "2007-06-06T11:15:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-rant/190360/21 "2007-06-06T14:18:10Z")
i’m smarter than yinz guys ---
**Author:** ![PurpleMongoose](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purplemongoose/32/3349_2.png) [@PurpleMongoose](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PurpleMongoose)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-rant/190360/22 "2007-06-06T14:39:25Z")
> [@WTB: Acoustic Bass](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-acoustic-bass/30565/3): > > You benefit more from those pointless studies then you think. It makes you well rounded. It’s sad to see the amount of people that have no grasp on the english language because they blew off those pointless classes. I have to read/rewrite the majority of Starboy’s professional corespondence because he blew them off. I think he is starting to see the value in those classes alone. No clue why he would even think about blowing off the rest of school. :whitey: In my opinion, there’s another reason these courses are required. They teach people _how_ to learn. ---
**Author:** ![OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/olds_rocketman/32/5942_2.png) [@OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OLDS_ROCKETMAN)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-rant/190360/23 "2007-06-06T14:41:30Z")
> [@There is a storm a coming](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/there-is-a-storm-a-coming/30569/40): > > :whitey: > > In my opinion, there’s another reason these courses are required. They teach people _how_ to learn. if u can’t learn by the time ur in college, ur in deep shit. ---
**Author:** ![tom\_vito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tom_vito/32/6000_2.png) [@tom\_vito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tom_vito)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-rant/190360/24 "2007-06-06T15:25:12Z")
Welcome to life. ---
**Author:** ![starboy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/starboy/32/5985_2.png) [@starboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/starboy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-rant/190360/25 "2007-06-06T18:24:33Z")
> [@CHODA \> White Civic Hatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/choda-white-civic-hatch/30572/2): > > Starboy is just a pussy! eh. will see what happens, I always find away around the system somehow. ---
**Author:** ![grandamld9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/48db29/32.png) [@grandamld9](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/grandamld9)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-rant/190360/26 "2007-06-06T18:45:58Z")
> [@Paris Hilton going to jail?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paris-hilton-going-to-jail/28785/93): > > yah so, ive been thinking about this and it just seems odd to me. > > Ive been working in the food industry for over 6 years now. 2 years ago I decided to goto school because I extremely hate the food industry. Plus go figure would like to have a career other then a dead end job. So recently Ive been looking for work while going to school. (keep in mind, my school goes year round) Of coarse, the only jobs I look at deal nothing with food/cooking etc. It seems everything that doesn’t involve food is a full-time job. Witch I can not apply for or get due to I am in school year round. > > School -1 > > Another thing thats been on my mind recently. My car, for the last year or so has sat and nothing changed due to lack of funds. That and reallying focusing on school. But lets think of it this way. If I still worked like I did before I went to school my car would be done, no questions asked. Not to add but I would have money right now. > > School -1 > > From what everyone tells me though it will all be better when I graduate. How so? Im more then likly going to move out of state (sorry, to the people that hate it here but I like Pittsburgh for some odd reason) Not to mention, leaving everyone I know etc. Then adding to that I will more then likly start off getting payed as much as I had when working with food. WTF MATE?! > > School -1 > > Even though all this adds up, its not like im going to be dropping out of school. I like what im doing and hopefully be able to pay the bills with it one day. But for now I dunno wtf. Yea, school is a pain. I know how you feel, i wish i could have some awsome job and make a bunch of money and spend it on cars and other things instead of being stuck in school. But all the fancy cars in the world arent worth missing an education. Im sure one day your going to get married, have kids, buy a house and all that other shit you do when you grow up. And when that happens whats a fancy car going to do for you then? I wouldnt worry about moving away, a lot of people will move away to, you just have to learn how to keep in touch with everyone, and youll make friends whereever you go im sure. And you can always come back to see family and stuff when you want. Hell, you might move somewhere you end up liking more then pittsburgh. So in the end, just stick it out. School will be done in no time. ---
**Author:** ![AeroKing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/aeroking/32/6011_2.png) [@AeroKing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AeroKing)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-rant/190360/27 "2007-06-06T19:02:29Z")
my company reimburses my tuition. It will take me abit longer to complete my degree, but gaining experience at the same time, and not paying for my education. $45k + Free School FTW. Tough part is finding a place that reimburses tuition. So good luck. BTW, if anyone here is an engineer, we’re looking for people at work. ohh, i agree, a degree gets you an interview, experience gets you the job! ---
**Author:** ![steelcitysix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/steelcitysix/32/5992_2.png) [@steelcitysix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/steelcitysix)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-rant/190360/28 "2007-06-07T02:06:12Z")
I am also taking viscom classes…but i did things in reverse I have been in the printing field for bout 11 years now.Honestly if you enjoy graphics look into digital prepress work. it pays ok and still allows you to be creative. I am going to school with the ultimate goal of being self employed. Even with a bs in graphics I couldnt start at what i make now as a union printer. Sadly ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-rant/190360/29 "2007-06-07T06:02:21Z")
> [@2jz + s2k = s2jzk?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2jz-s2k-s2jzk/30582/4): > > Tough part is finding a place that reimburses tuition. So good luck. i’ve yet to work for a company that did NOT reimburse for tuition… so it most likely differs depending on your field. ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-rant/190360/30 "2007-06-07T09:43:11Z")
school is good for some, a waste of time for others. I wish I would have stuck around and got a business degree, but oh well. I know it sounds kinda cocky but for most of the gen ed classes at RMU, not counting the math classes, I probably could have taught them as well as or better than the professors did. I hated that shit, and it bored me to tears… I failed English 101 3 semesters in a row, yet never got anything lower than a 97 on any of my papers. I just refused to do the stupid busywork that they would try to give us. To me, when I’m paying a shit ton of money to go to a school to learn, it should be on MY terms so to speak… for a professor or a system to tell me I’ve failed a class that I OBVIOUSLY excelled in just put me off of the whole thing. :dunno: oh, and starboy is a massive gaping vagina. ---
**Author:** ![KeithO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4bbf92/32.png) [@KeithO](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KeithO)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-rant/190360/31 "2007-06-07T13:36:47Z")
Do what it takes to finish school. It is worth it. I didn’t truly realize how valuable my education was until about 5 years after I graduated. …and you are correct. You might have to leave the Pittsburgh area upon graduation. I left the area because I couldn’t get a job with no experience in the 'burg when I graduated. I moved to Hartford, CT for 3 years. I had never even met anyone from CT until I interviewed and moved there. While in CT, I made alot of friends, picked up a wife, learned one HELL of alot about myself, then made it back 3 years later. It’s a well-trodden path and it’s not all bad. ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-rant/190360/32 "2007-06-08T08:39:15Z")
i think people that say you ‘have’ to leave because of any reason are selling themselves short… there are companies that hire out of school kids… and there are times and places for non-experience people to prove themselves… you can argue all you want… my situation was that i started with nothing and got to where i’m at all the while living in pittsburgh… don’t give up or think it’s impossible… otherwise you’re making it that much harder on yourself in the long run… [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-rant/190360.md?page=1)