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Back To School...

JJM on Tue April 01, 2008 1:35 PM User is offline

In my old age, I decided to go back to school for an MBA, with concentration no less. Having put off my professional development for years, I finally decided to bite the bullet and do this, sink or swim. I really didn't think I could do graduate level work, considering I barely got by as an undergrad. To my surprise (though apparently not to those who know me) I got an "A" in my first course and am starting out with a 4.0 GPA. I still cannot believe it.

Perhaps my years of work experience played a role in my grade, because I didn't find the course work that difficult (at least thus far), though the work was extremely demanding... and the reason I haven't been around for a while. Now I'm on a much needed break, and if I disappear again, it'll probably mean I'm hitting the books again. Times have changed though since I was in school. No more hard-covered textbooks; "books" are now in electronic format... but just as expensive.

Then again, when I was in school almost 20 years ago, there was no such thing as the public Internet.

I honestly have to say though, the members of this forum put a number of my MBA classmates to shame. And I am not exaggerating. The critical thinking and analysis of the members of this forum seems to be on PhD level... at least from what I've seen at the graduate level.

So if any of you great folks here have any doubts about pursuing further educational endeavors, if I can do it - and get an "A" no less, you guys can do it.

Joe

TRB on Tue April 01, 2008 2:11 PM User is offlineView users profile

I've always wanted to you back and finish up what I started years ago. Just don't have the time currently to pursue it. Maybe when I retire like Chick I'll have a chance.

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CorvairGeek on Tue April 01, 2008 3:08 PM User is offline

I'm in school for the first time in 15 years attempting to complete my Bachelor of Business after being laid off from the last U.S. based DRAM manufacturer. I'm fortunate (in many ways) to have my educational benefits under the Trade Act program and have it approved to go to a faith based/conservative university rather than the local state supported school. The private school is less expensive and takes less time to complete my partially completed degree too (so much for the "inexpensive" publicly supported schools). I was very concerned about about being able to keep my mouth shut listening to a bunch of tenured state university professors talk about business (and everything else) that have never had another job in their life.
Some things get easier with age and some things get more difficult. School, so far, has been rewarding. I've got a defense contractor job again starting May 01, so I've got to see what I can do to still finish school but at a slower pace.

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Karl Hofmann on Tue April 01, 2008 3:47 PM User is offlineView users profile

Congratulations Joe... Not at all sure that I would be able to sit for academic qualifications anymore but I am back in the classroom also shortly to upgrade my electrical qualifications and to renew my Gas qualifications.... Over the last six months I have been endeavoring to make my business lighter and leaner so that I can weather the coming financial storm... I feel that an awful lot of manure is about to hit the ventilator.. Northern Rock and Bear Stearns are just the start....

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NickD on Tue April 01, 2008 7:30 PM User is offline

Ha, was thinking about going back to school, after all I have the VA benefits now finally after some 50 years. Could get a degree in civil engineering so I can say I am an unemployed civil rather than an electronic engineer. Or maybe get in political science, run for office, then bring electronics back into this country. But probably won't, will be getting fat paycheck just by BSing, so why should I care about the hundreds and thousands of other engineers that were laid off.

Or just play around, worked since I was ten years old, redoing the house, yard, making stuff, and the wife is doing so well, our upper middle income puts us back into the poverty range after taxes.

Two of my kids have their MBA's, one is doing quite well in Milwaukee, the other put family first and lives in a small town where those opportunities don't exist, but he's happy. Is everybody here happy?

I'm happy.

2005Equinox on Wed April 02, 2008 1:06 AM User is offline

I will be honest. I wish I made more money. But I have good co-coworkers and excellent bosses and owners. So that makes up for it. Dont have any schooling after high school.

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NickD on Wed April 02, 2008 6:17 AM User is offline

Ha, I already attended these veteran meetings with about 300 other unemployed vets, with some Washington speaker. The reason why you don't have jobs is because you don't have skills and need to be retrained, do any of you know how to operate copy machine? So I stand up and say, not only can I operate a copier, but can repair one, even design one, but who is looking for someone to make copies? If I want to design a copier would either have to move to Japan or to China. While the other vets applauded my statement, that woman speaker went on with her line of BS like I never said a heard, she heard me.

At the conclusion stood up and said it's our government trade policies that are killing us, she just walked off the stage and disappeared.

Take some business courses 2005Equinox plus learn all the skills of your trade, some day you will own the company, but in your trade, may get some stiff competition from the illegals.

2005Equinox on Wed April 16, 2008 1:40 AM User is offline

Thats the trouble. The illegals find a way to undercut the honest buisness person. And the trouble with this country is that every wants what they want for the cheapest price. Not always the highest quality.

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2008 Chevrolet Impala LS
1981 Pontiac Bonneville


2007 Sears Craftsman Lawn Tractor


1985 Chevrolet Caprice


1986 John Deere 165 lawn tractor

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