30 yr old+ black folks going back to school phenomenon

[QuintessentialBM]

Never tell yourself you are terrible at anything or it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Better to have irrational self-confidence than rational defeatism.

Stop acting like you can't get it and fukking get it mate.

I feel ya, bruh. I need to "git up, get out and do something."

 

[big bun]

am i lying?

Lying is not the word I had in mind...you just don't know what the hell you talking about.

 

[Tom Foolery]

I probably going to learn a trade soon. Ten years from now I want to create my own lane to make money and all signs seem to point at trade work.

 

[machine01]

Sometimes it takes longer to decide what you want to do with the rest of your life.

As long as I'm making a decent living by the time I hit about 32 or 33, I'm good.

Let the haters hate.

 

[Real N Quotes]

what yall think about this?

im about to register for school in the summer and was kicking it with my advisor about this yesterday
he said its funny how the older generation talks down to the youth about not goin to school but in reality we are the first generation since the 60s to value education so openly
after the 60s nikkas just wanted jobs and thought they would be good
and they kids, my parents age, followed suit
but only now its comin back around and alot of older people finally goin to school

how do yall think this will shape the future job market knowing its alot of new 30+ degree holders as well as young ones?

related to the McDonalds threads cuz i garauntee its OLDER people striking not just blacks either

do what you have to do bro. the job market is terrible. while Obama is in office get as much education possible. we live in a global economy and the competition for jobs is going to only get worse.

 

[The Mad Titan]

College isn't about education for MOST people.

Unless you really going into some kind or science of medical field, its more about saying yeah I did it so I'm worth hiring over the guy or girls that didn't.

Its the new High school degree.

You really need to have a piece of paper unless you are going into a field for life that requires certs more than a degree.

 

[msims]

You also have to consider how the work force was different for those living in the 60's. They were a lot of industrial jobs back then. Now everything is shipped from China or India.

The jobs that they were working are mostly overseas now. America has primarily a service providing work force not an industrial workforce that the 60's had.

Not to mention inflation and increased cost of living. A degree is a pre-requisite and it is still sometimes not enough.

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[Skooby]

I went back to college at 30 years old, graduated at 33 with a bachelors in accounting (I'm 35 now). It was an easy decision for me though since my employer paid for it. I went to school a year out a high school and got an associates Computer Info Systems (didn't have to pay or that either). So I've been lucky, I never had to pay tuition.

I want a masters, but it's not really necessary in my field. I figure I can get certifications to make up the difference.

you said you suck at math. well you dont have to stay that way.

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/addition-subtraction/basic_addition/v/basic-addition

go thru it no matter how simple it is. then look up to the top left. go there next. do that stuff. no matter how simple. then keep moving on.

you will no longer suck at math if you keep doing this. you will actually be very good at it.

you suck at math because you missed some basis stuff that your teacher should have stayed on you about. but didnt. so you never learned a couple of key principles. once you learn those. the Fog that covers math and makes it seem scary to most will go away.
i say do that above stuff before you go back to school. you can also mess around with other subjects on her to prepare you for school if you're going back. you could be ahead of the game by the time you go back.

remember we didnt have the internet game on lock like it is nowadays. school + the internet = easy C without thinking about it. school + the internet+ a little studying = a B to B+. if you actually are serious with studying. school + the net = an A.

I've always been terrible at math also (never got past trig) but I'm going to do this when I have free time. How far have you gotten in math?

 

[rapbeats]

I went back to college at 30 years old, graduated at 33 with a bachelors in accounting (I'm 35 now). It was an easy for me though since my employer paid for it. I went to school a year out a high school and got an associates Comuter Info Systems (didn't have to pay or that either). So I've been lucky, I never had to pay tuition.

I want a masters, but it's not really necessary in my field. I figure I can get certifications to make up the difference.



I've always been terrible at math also (never got past trig) but I'm going to do this when I have free time. How far have you gotten in math?

Calc I,