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   RM> That's one of those 'in a perfect world' situations. Many people going   
   RM> into University have no idea what they want to do after graduation.   
      
   DW>Then they didn't do their homework.  You should know that before your senior   
     >year of high school.   
      
   Again, in a perfect world. A lot of people just figure they need a   
   degree to get a lot of jobs out there, like working for the gov't,   
   but it doesn't matter what the degree is in. I know that's stupid but   
   that's how a lot of places work. They are willing to teach you what   
   you will be doing but I suppose they figure if they reqyire a degree   
   then the applicant is less likely to be a total idiot, which is how   
   they end up hiring so many idiots..   B)   
      
   RM> students know exactly what they need to take. And college is generally   
   RM> more for learning a job than a general education, although I guess you   
   RM> can't speak for all students.   
      
   DW>"Career" is probably a better word than "job", but yes.   
      
   Possibly I misspoke.. From my own experience trying out several   
   different occupations through my working life I never thought of   
   any of them as a career, just a paycheque as long as I didn't hate   
   working there too much. To my way of thinking a career is more that   
   you are trained to do just one thing and expect to do it for life   
   and may be in serious trouble if that occupation becomes obsolete.   
      
   DW>But, yes, that's not all students.  I had a cousin who went to college to   
   get   
     >her MRS degree (i.e. find a husband).  Others go to take some feel good   
   class   
     >that are worthless in the real world.   
      
   Yes, I've run into women like that before. They go to these meeting type   
   places, in my case it was a guided hike and I was there for the hike, but   
   I met a woman there I ended up dating for a year or so. But it became   
   immedietely obvious she was there 'fishing for a good catch' to date   
   and hopefully marry. You can usually tell because the first thing out   
   of their mouth is asking what you do for a living, which is code for   
   'How much money do you make?'..   
      
   RM> I bought University text books on programming and taught myself. I   
   RM> didn't stick with it long enough to get into learning the newer   
   RM> programming langauges though so I became obsolete   
      
   DW>Yup.  My first class was in FORTRAN.  Worthess?  Nope.  It got me a summer   
   jo   
     >fixing FORTRAN programs at a large auto company.  Another line on my resume.   
      
   We started off with Apple computers, actually clones that we built ourselves   
   that were better built and much upgraded from the genuine Apple systems.   
   Within a couple of years I was writing software for a company I worked   
   for and games and utilities for myself and others.   
      
   RM> Depending on exactly what they were teaching it could be handy just in   
   RM> your everyday life, coping with balancing spending and best ways to   
   RM> save for the things you want or need. There are far too many people   
   RM> out there who can't balance a check book..   B)   
      
   DW>And I would agree with you if that was what the Economics class was about.    
   B   
     >it wasn't.   
      
   I see..   
      
   DW>Balancing a checkbook and such was taught to me by my parents.   
      
   That only helps if your parents can balance a checkbook..   B)   
      
   My parents were break-aways from their family, the only ones to get   
   a better education and better jobs and be able to afford to buy a   
   house, what their relatives referred to as 'being lucky', the   
   relatives that paid the rent and then estimated how many cases of   
   beer they could buy with what was left.   
      
   So we were taught to be careful with money and avoid bad habits   
   which is how I survived in life without having to work full time   
   for my whole (much of?) adult life.   
      
   I think the younger people coming up are somewhat spoiled though.   
   They are given lots of money so they don't need to get part time   
   jobs in school to learn about working and intelligent spending.   
      
   They were recently talking on the news about a lot of 'careers'   
   where these days there are more workers in, say, a car plant than   
   in the past, but they are putting out less product.   
      
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