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11 Feb 2004, 18:11
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hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
What do I do? Do I get a job? Do I continue spending all day and night on IRC with myself? Since I've only got GCSEs (alright ones, A-Bs) is there anything actually worth going for? Or shall I just settle for a lame job with no pay?
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11 Feb 2004, 18:12
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Vermin Supreme
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
where's dace
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11 Feb 2004, 18:14
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:cool:
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
What was the point? There's only a couple of months left until the exams anyway
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11 Feb 2004, 18:16
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Registered User
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
I would have failed Media, as I wasn't doing any coursework... I would have probably scraped Maths as I'm pretty good anyway, and I hadn't been to a Computing class for 4 weeks (although we're only doing Pascal, which I can piss on, I hadn't started doing any project or whatever I was supposed to do for the exam)
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11 Feb 2004, 18:19
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Chief over all Monkeys
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
you quit college after us advising you not to...and you still want help?
dude..!
edit: go look for a job - and enjoy spending most of your life earning **** all (unless you're i) a genius, ii) lucky, iii) know someone who knows people (contacts) ), cause no one accepts drop-outs without the paper degree
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11 Feb 2004, 18:21
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Not Dark or Handsome
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
Laze about for 18 months on benefit.
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11 Feb 2004, 18:40
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
Just be prepared to work your way up from the bottom. I've come to realise getting my degree isn't everything, and for the line of work I want to do isn't really necessary anyway.
However, going into work straight from school might have been easier to explain to a prospective employer than dropping out.
[edit] In a few years your qualifications probably won't matter much, it will be experience that counts.
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11 Feb 2004, 18:53
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Happy
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
heh.. the company just asked me to give them a photocopy of my diploma so they could put it on file.
then again.. my profession pretty much requires you to be certified.
i dunno what area of study you were in or what line of work you want to get into.
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11 Feb 2004, 18:55
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Aardvark is a funny word
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
Suicide
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11 Feb 2004, 19:06
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, Mr. Fluffie
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
Quote:
Originally Posted by Phang
Suicide
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11 Feb 2004, 19:07
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NEWSBOT
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
you idiot.
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11 Feb 2004, 19:27
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Blatantly overcooked
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
You loser, you are going to spent the rest of your life filling tanks on a gas station i hope you are happy for destroying your life, infact, what did your family say?
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11 Feb 2004, 19:30
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Clerk
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
Nah, you'll be alright.
Just temp / do random jobs until you find a company which has even the vaguest hope of advancement. When you do, be ultra-helpful, make suggestions, show you're l33t, etc and they'll love you.
In the meantime, improve your vocational skills (learn to program C or something like that). You can also do worthless Word, Excel, etc courses just so you've got some kind of "proof" you're not a moron.
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11 Feb 2004, 20:18
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The Port Royale
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
dropping out of school isnt the be all and end all
you could get a job at a college or high school or something, and laugh at the other peoples
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11 Feb 2004, 21:28
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J to the C to the A G E
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
They are taking on apprentices all over, do that
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11 Feb 2004, 21:33
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Happy
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
yah
one day you could become a master baker
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11 Feb 2004, 21:42
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Registered User
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
suk c0ck
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11 Feb 2004, 22:43
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
My brother came straight out of school and started working for Barclays, they just had the applicants do an aptitude test. He's a complete fool and I don't know how he managed to beat other people to the job. But if that's all you have to do to get a start in a decent career then you won't be left serving burgers/petrol/whatever else people are saying.
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11 Feb 2004, 23:11
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Dirte
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
The whole educational system is built around the fact that it's "neccesary", so they (and the people that have been influenced by them) make you think that it is. Of course, it's helpfull in some situations, but i would just self-tutor myself in the things you want to learn, and then apply for jobs. I mean, if i were going to hire a new designer, i would choose the one that delivered the best samples, not the one whit the highest degrees or most papers, like some ****wits do and most ****wits say that other ****wits do.
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11 Feb 2004, 23:13
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Gone
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
Are you hot?
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11 Feb 2004, 23:17
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
I dropped out of college (uni) and spent a year doing precious little other than talking on IRC (internet for > 12 hours a day on average is ). It was fun, but then I actually had high school qualifications that would get me into uni later.
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11 Feb 2004, 23:18
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Clerk
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
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Originally Posted by Nodrog
I dropped out of college (uni) and spent a year doing precious little other than talking on IRC.
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11 Feb 2004, 23:20
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
It was longer than a year now I think about it. I dropped out of highschool in Feburary, done basically nothing other than internet until October, completed 2 weeks of uni, then internetted until the following September
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11 Feb 2004, 23:29
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
I'm gunna setup up (another) half-arsed shoddy web design company that will attract no customers, and I've been trying to learn c/c++ for ages but not really getting anywhere good enough, other than that i'm just looking for an reasonly unboring job
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11 Feb 2004, 23:36
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Kontrè*******
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
join the army.
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11 Feb 2004, 23:36
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
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Originally Posted by Anu
join the army.
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im too fragile
not gay though
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11 Feb 2004, 23:44
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Gone
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
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Dude, you're escort material!
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11 Feb 2004, 23:47
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Gone
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
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im too fragile
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In The Navy.
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12 Feb 2004, 00:15
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Lurker
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
Well done on ignoring us.
Join the circus.
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12 Feb 2004, 01:59
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Dirte
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
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Dude, you're escort material!
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Maybe you should start some big pimpin?
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12 Feb 2004, 15:20
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Das Scoot
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
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Originally Posted by Phang
Suicide
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It's really the only solution.
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12 Feb 2004, 15:25
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Registered User
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
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Originally Posted by Marilyn Manson
Dude, you're escort material!
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im but being butt****ed for a living
Quote:
Originally Posted by Marilyn Manson
In The Navy.
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im but being butt****ed for a living
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12 Feb 2004, 15:30
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Ball
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
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Originally Posted by Phang
Suicide
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12 Feb 2004, 16:05
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Historian
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
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Originally Posted by mbushell
I would have failed Media, as I wasn't doing any coursework... I would have probably scraped Maths as I'm pretty good anyway, and I hadn't been to a Computing class for 4 weeks (although we're only doing Pascal, which I can piss on, I hadn't started doing any project or whatever I was supposed to do for the exam)
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The fact that you dropped out of college speaks very ill for your future, but as others have said is not necessarily the end of all things.
The fact that apparently you dropped out of college because you were lazy and could not be bothered to do any work speaks exceptionally ill of your future, and dooms you to a life of poverty or sodomy for loose change.
I admit to a bias, I have several degrees, and make flipping great wodges of cash because of it. School was not necessarily easy, and at times I struggled, but I figured living well for the rest of my life and having a significant intellectual advancement was worth a few evenenings of not playing Starcraft or talking on IRC. If, as it appears, you have chosen the opposite... well... good luck with that...
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12 Feb 2004, 16:28
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nomen est omen
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
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Originally Posted by Dante Hicks
Nah, you'll be alright.
Just temp / do random jobs until you find a company which has even the vaguest hope of advancement. When you do, be ultra-helpful, make suggestions, show you're l33t, etc and they'll love you.
In the meantime, improve your vocational skills (learn to program C or something like that). You can also do worthless Word, Excel, etc courses just so you've got some kind of "proof" you're not a moron.
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To damn right. When I was at college a mate of mine droped out of his course after a year, whilst the rest of us stayed on. He started temping and that as a data input clerk. After a while, got promoted and went to work for some financial company, (whos name I can`t remember).
Eventually he became a manager at a well know Beer company (Bass I think) with his "finger on the pulse of the drinking nation"; he knew who was drinking what, how much, and where. On loads of dosh, (loads more than us lot, which he was well chuffed about) and a good free beer quota at chrimbo.
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12 Feb 2004, 17:16
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Gone
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Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to
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im but being butt****ed for a living
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Why not?
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