Quick Question from an Ex-Enthusiast...

Or syrup. You can eat it on pancakes too.

Reality check - where you go to school has very little bearing on how successful (however you choose to define that) you'll be in life. Especially in regards to the important stuff....coasters!

I left, Wow, HERE I AM! but I left.

SBNO,

Only REAL mayo, not that Miracle Whip crap.

-Tina

^owwww, no SpinBlend?

Ding ding ding ding ding! Given the stereotypical enthusiass dietary cheapness, I'd say we have a winner!

Only the Original Sammich Spackle (tm) will do!

-CO

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Avalanche Sam said:

EDIT: Did I mention I went to what is supposed to be a top 50 university? (I graduated from the former CWRU).

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Why do you say former CWRU? Have they changed the name? I used to work in University Circle before I moved to Texas. Since I've moved I don't really know much about what's happening there.

They're in the midst of a gradual rebranding to be just "Case" now.

I was really feeling sorry for Stitch until reading his diatribe about curing Alzheimer's disease. It sounds as if he's a nervous-breakdown-in-the-making. Trust me, Stitch, you're really going to get your ass kicked when you get to college. REALLY smart people don't put in half the time you're spending behind the books. You would be surprised how much "extracurricular activity" take place in college - and beyond. Take some advice now and HAVE FUN - you're a freaking KID. You have the rest of your life for stress. It will come to you, don't go out and look for it. *** Edited 11/16/2005 6:57:09 PM UTC by ophthodoc***

Seriously. You're going to wake up one day and realize that what you define as success as almost nothing to do with what makes you happy. I was lucky enough to start to understand this around 30ish... some people don't figure it out until they're retired or on their death bed.

And no one will ever care what your GPA was.

One thing that I know makes me happy, besides rollercoasters or miricle whip, is affording a house in San Diego with a high school diploma. Not that I'm bitter or anything. ;)

I'm in high school and surprisingly i have ALOT of time to ride coasters. Usually the parks are open on weekends in the pre-summer season which you could go to, you could go on early dismissal etc, March break, Christmas Holidays, and not to mention the 2 Months of summer break.

opthodoc....trust me...I'm a 'really smart kid,' and there's no way I can get around writing 100+ pages of school work a week just from being 'really smart.' And when I do go to Harvard (or an equivalent), I won't need to stress out for the rest of my life, because frankly, my life will be set.

Stitch, it sounds like you really have the world by the balls. Kudos!

PS (to everyone else): What the hell ever happened to modesty? *** Edited 11/16/2005 9:35:27 PM UTC by ophthodoc*** *** Edited 11/16/2005 9:38:54 PM UTC by ophthodoc***

Difference between high school and college: I never went out drinking with my teachers in high school.

lata, jeremy

--who notes that U of Ill is a better school than Havard, Yale and Princeton...at least in engineering ;)

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Stitch said:
And when I do go to Harvard (or an equivalent), I won't need to stress out for the rest of my life, because frankly, my life will be set.

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That is simply not true.

1) Financially money won't just fly in the window. You still need to work for it...hard.

2) Other important things - people skills, social habits, self esteem that isn't based on a piece of paper - don't have anything to do with your degree.

3) As Jeff mentioned, the habits and identity you make for yourself in high school and college will live with you for life. If you're super stressed all the time in HS and college, you'll be super stressed all the time in the "real world."

I only advise you this way because I thought the same things when I went to college, got my high powered degree, and now I'm doing something completely unrelated that I love for crap pay and am way happier.

Not saying I do but working hard enough and making the right moves with that money. I could be better off making $10 an hour that if I was making $50.

Chuck, currently making more in his 401k than his take home per year.

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Stitch said:
opthodoc....trust me...I'm a 'really smart kid,' and there's no way I can get around writing 100+ pages of school work a week just from being 'really smart.' And when I do go to Harvard (or an equivalent), I won't need to stress out for the rest of my life, because frankly, my life will be set.

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Wow, I feel really sorry for you. You think you have the world figured out but you have no idea. The world is going to kick your ass. Academia tends to be so hopelessly out of touch with the rest of the world.

I remember somewhere around 26 I decided that I was going to quadruple my income and reach six figures. I got there in five years. You know what? I was miserable. The money, being respected professionally, none of that mattered.

I'm a lot happier today as a starving author trying to make my mortgage payment from ads on my Web sites. If you ask me, that's really what the "American dream" is all about.

Stitch, dude... It's all a scam. Colleges don't care about what grades you have. As long as you pay them, any college will be happy to accept you. (Of course, there's the scholarship crap too, but that's a whole new scam.)

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Jeff said:
Wow, I feel really sorry for you. You think you have the world figured out but you have no idea. The world is going to kick your ass. Academia tends to be so hopelessly out of touch with the rest of the world.

I remember somewhere around 26 I decided that I was going to quadruple my income and reach six figures. I got there in five years. You know what? I was miserable. The money, being respected professionally, none of that mattered.

I'm a lot happier today as a starving author trying to make my mortgage payment from ads on my Web sites. If you ask me, that's really what the "American dream" is all about.

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That's your American dream, it's not mine (the very essence of the dream itself). Mine is to utilize my capabilities to the fullest extent possible...and see just how far doing that gets me. *** Edited 11/17/2005 5:15:56 AM UTC by Stitch***

And if you all feel so bad for me, couldn't you just answer my original questions out of pity?