Quick Question from an Ex-Enthusiast...

I don't feel bad for you. I wish I was 17 again, though, so I could do things differently, like NOT go to college.

Think of all the money I'd have saved. Think of all the things I could have done instead. Think of the travel I might have accomplished.

Yes, you will do well, as (apparently) you're quite established in the IQ dept. Regardless, you will learn as you go along. Hopefully, you'll realize colleges really don't care, nor do future employers, what your lifes ambitions are. They only care about the bottom line: money. Either money you make for them, or money you pay them.

That's it.

Enjoy your college years. They were the best times of my life, I made the best friends, and I have great stories I still tell. Besides, how many times in life will you be able to joke with your best friends about the time you both hit the same piece of ass.

Make a difference, join the military. :)

Forget Harvard - CGNU is where it's at! (Crazy-Go-Nuts University)

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Besides, how many times in life will you be able to joke with your best friends about the time you both hit the same piece of ass.

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At the same time? ;)

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

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Cuz we aren't the ones desperately scrambling to pronounce our own personal relevance at some totally irrelevant website that we've moved on from.

And now an ironic tale about the irrelevance of your higher education in the work world:

Playette has one year of post-high-school education. It was in Fashion Merchandising at some friggin' grant school her Dad happened to work at. They put on a Fashion show at the end of the year. That's how weak it was. Their employment department got her a job in a mailroom somewhere.

Today she's out in Boston on business, recruiting folks with doctorates. After her staff clears out some of the riff-raff, she'll teleconference a few of the good ones, interview them, run background checks on 'em and decide which ones will wind up getting a job.

Funny, isn't it?

-CO

*** Edited 11/17/2005 4:04:21 PM UTC by CoastaPlaya***

To me, after a certain point, the law of diminishing returns sets in with coaster rides and we all become much less of "enthusiasts" in the sense of enjoying the coasters.

I was truly most "enthusiastic" about coasters when I first started riding them as a teenager. Now, its more about following the industry that once provided such amazing thrills to me than acually loving the ride experience.

If *smart* got you everything you wanted in life, I'd be chillin' at my harem right now with a hookah...

But here I am at the office, paying the bills...something to consider... ;)

I do still LOVE the ride experience...but I also think I have a greater appreciation now for ALL that goes into amusement parks and attractions. Of course, the additional *discretion* about which coasters to ride, etc., does come with a certain price..."jadedness"?

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Stitch said:
Mine is to utilize my capabilities to the fullest extent possible...and see just how far doing that gets me.

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But see, that's just it... you don't even know what "far" is. You don't have it all figured out even though you think you do.

And God knows that if you have to try and convince everyone else how smart you are, you might very well be trying to convince yourself too. One of my volleyball kids went to Cornell, where everyone else was a valedictorian with a 1500 SAT and IQ of a million too.

What do we know... we're all a bunch of 30-somethings.

LoL, I'm 25, and figured out a couple years ago what it took Jeff 30 years to figure out.

I currently work a job where I get paid enough to live off of, I have the vehicle of my dreams, I sit at work, run a few reports, surf the internet for 10 hours, and I couldn't be much happier. I am planning on moving because I simply don't like the area I live in, but I'm happy living my life knowing there is more out there than education.

Harvard? Yale? Princeton? Stanford? I know people that have went to all four, as well as other ivy league colleges. They're in debt, not happy, stressed, mostly divorced, on thier 2nd or third marriage, etc.

At 17, you've got the entire world figured out. Maybe in 5 years, you'll learn how to live in it.

^ Tekno, I'm actually 15 (barely) and have the entire world figured out. But can someone please give me some more advice for my trip to Magic Mountain next Wednesday?

Yes. Tatsu is SBNO.

Funny?

Fine, don't listen to me. Ride it. See if I care!

Funny? http://www.gcfl.net/archive.php?funny=20000613 Well, not really. :)

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Stitch said:
^ Tekno, I'm actually 15 (barely) and have the entire world figured out. But can someone please give me some more advice for my trip to Magic Mountain next Wednesday?

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Aah, genius..... Thy name is Stitch.

Poor kid. Some therapist somewhere is going to make a good living though.

You know what they say, "a crazy a day keeps the doctor in hay."

For a "barely 15" year-old that "has the world figured out," you sure can't get two simple answers. Have you tried their website? I found one answer there and a phone number that will probably help you find an answer to your other question.

Isnt it normal to think you know the world at 15 though? Who are we to judge some kid based on his ambition. Going to college? Good for you! When did that become a bad thing? The fun part of life is figuring out who you are and where you're going.....college is a good place for that!

Go to Magic Mountain, Knotts Berry Farm and Disney. Plus there are other fun things to do in LA. Have Fun!

Like a well-paid, highly regarded Ph.D won't be loopy. You don't wanna know.