Education

[pegkerr]

Gacked from klig. I'd be interested to know what the level of formal education is among my LJ friends. I'm not snobby about education - I'm very well aware that a piece of paper is only part of the story.


[Poll #349908]

Leave details of your areas of study in the comments if you so wish.

Edited to add: I'm sorry I didn't have choices that fit some of the experiences that you have recounted, i.e., still in junior high, still in high school, finished some college but have no plans to complete, etc.

But I just wanted to say that you are all pretty damn impressive. It's been very interesting reading about the wide variety of your education and experience. Thank you, and congratulations to all those of you who have recently completed degrees!

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[ame-chan.livejournal.com]

currently doing an undergrad degree in History, but wiht the intention of completing my MLS immediately thereafter.

[akamarykate.livejournal.com]

Bachelor's in Elementary Education, minor in English Lit; Masters in Ed Psych/Gifted Ed.

I wouldn't mind taking more classes, but I'm not sure I'll ever want another degree.

[perimyndith.livejournal.com]

Bachelors' in History and Asian studies; Master's in International Studies focused on China. I mainly did the Masters' because the first two felt inadequate (my undergrad school was not known for either subject) and because I had no idea what else to do with myself.

[sangerin.livejournal.com]

Graduated in April with Bachelor of Laws (Honours)/Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Diploma in Modern Languages (German). In three weeks I'll finish a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice and then I'll be admitted in November to the Supreme Court of Victoria (Australia) as a Barrister and Solicitor. And then I'll finally be able to work and earn a little money.

Somewhere in my future is a PhD, and a degree of some sort in theology. I'm just not sure exactly *where* in my future.

[sheryll.livejournal.com]

Certified Library Technician, 2 year college course. Of course college and university are very different animals in Canada.

[baylorsr.livejournal.com]

Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. Presently employed as an executive assistant.

Yeah.

[wintercreek]

Just started my senior year of undergrad. I will have a BA in English Literature in May 2005.

Not sure where I'm going after that; depends on how many applications I fill out and who accepts/hires me!

[kayre]

Bachelor's in English Literature, Master's in Theology.

[elfundeb.livejournal.com]

You already know I have a law degree, but I recall that while there I considered it to be "learning a trade" so I was never sure that the J.D. deserved the lofty phrase "postgraduate education." Though I did write a published paper that hardly anyone read, so I guess it counts.

I do take pride, however, in being the first of my family ever to do postgraduate work, and even more pride in the fact that my sister followed my footsteps (sort of ) and obtained a real M.A.

[volkhvoi.livejournal.com]

Just graduated with a Ph.D. in modern (military) history from the University of Glasgow (UK) this past July.

Truepenny's comment that it's "eight years of bloody-mindedness" is absolutely dead on.

[tigergladys.livejournal.com]

Currently in school for a BS in biology, but at this point, it'll take me 5 years to finish, while financial aid runs out after the fourth. So chances are slim that I'll be able to afford $45K a year and actually finish.
Why 5 years? Two major changes (biology to chemistry and back again), terrible advisors, a knack for choosing courses that are fascinating instead of courses that are useful, the school being tightlipped on how to go about signing up for things you need to graduate. Overheard two professors talking in the department office about their plan to make it impossible for one kid to ever graduate by denying him projects until he gave up and went home. I'm feeling very discouraged at the moment.

[resqdog51.livejournal.com]

I'm one of the ones you don't have a choice for -- I've completed nearly 10 years of college, but only have an AA because 90% (or more) was aimed purely at education and it was only in the last 2 years of it that I went back and went "what do I need to get a degree, anyway" and finished up the last two courses mixed in with other stuff.

*grin*

[mark356.livejournal.com]

At the moment, I don't fit into any of those categories. I never completed formal high school (will get GED in November), so I can't claim even that level as of now, but I'm enrolled in courses at Boston University as a non-degree student with the hope of being a degree student somewhere soon.