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dragon777
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:22 am Post subject: |
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I have never knocked anyone with a fine arts qualification. Nor would I; it
is one of the the greatest degrees that can be gained by a human being.
It takes a lot of guts and determination to show creativity. |
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sqrlnutz123
Joined: 15 Jun 2009 Location: South Korea
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Awwwww! What a nice thing to say! |
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Draz

Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Location: Land of Morning Clam
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| You didn't seriously believe being a European with two free useless degrees trumps being an American with one $25,000 useless degree did you? You just wanted to rub it in our faces. |
I've met loads of (European) non-English speakers in Seoul doing god knows what, and I doubt many of them had an MA in Korean Studies.
I'm actually kind of amused to see the vitriol directed at this guy, just because that was my experience too. After I paid off my student loan I thought I was over how broken and evil the Canadian post secondary system is, but after my trip to Europe I was boiling over with rage again.
Canada is worse than the US, cause at least the US has state schools with bargain basement pricing and you can make that choice if you just want a degree so you can qualify to get the hell out of there (my situation). |
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sqrlnutz123
Joined: 15 Jun 2009 Location: South Korea
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Draz wrote: |
| sqrlnutz123 wrote: |
| You didn't seriously believe being a European with two free useless degrees trumps being an American with one $25,000 useless degree did you? You just wanted to rub it in our faces. |
I've met loads of (European) non-English speakers in Seoul doing god knows what, and I doubt many of them had an MA in Korean Studies.
I'm actually kind of amused to see the vitriol directed at this guy, just because that was my experience too. After I paid off my student loan I thought I was over how broken and evil the Canadian post secondary system is, but after my trip to Europe I was boiling over with rage again.
Canada is worse than the US, cause at least the US has state schools with bargain basement pricing and you can make that choice if you just want a degree so you can qualify to get the hell out of there (my situation). |
Really? I thought Canadian universities were cheap for residents. I looked at a few for a masters program and the tuition for international students was about the same as what I would pay for in-state tuition at my 'bargain' state school.
Anyway, it doesn't matter, cause I've decided to pretend my degree was free. Yay! I'm Finnish! |
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Bloopity Bloop

Joined: 26 Apr 2009 Location: Seoul yo
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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| My PSP... have used it for about a total of 10 hours since I bought it a few years ago, but I have like 25 games. Why do I keep buying them? I don't know. |
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Underwaterbob

Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Location: In Cognito
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Bloopity Bloop wrote: |
| My PSP... have used it for about a total of 10 hours since I bought it a few years ago, but I have like 25 games. Why do I keep buying them? I don't know. |
Weird, same story here. Except for Locoroco, I played the crap out of that. |
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jvalmer

Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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My iPod Touch.
I used it for a few weeks than after that, it has just become a fancy, and expensive, paper weight. That is why I'll never buy the iPhone. |
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.38 Special
Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Location: Pennsylvania
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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I owe 62kUSD for a BA in writing. Creative writing.
I spent 62 thousand and 5 years of my life to discover that I have zero talent for writing.
But that's what the college experience is all about, right? Discovery?
And I didn't even get laid once... |
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sqrlnutz123
Joined: 15 Jun 2009 Location: South Korea
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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| ^^^^^!!!!WINNER!!!!^^^^^^ |
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seonsengnimble
Joined: 02 Jun 2009 Location: taking a ride on the magic English bus
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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Not really that expensive, but the 4 credit course in alternative medicine I paid for in my first year of University. I was a bit naive and thought it might be interesting to learn about herbal remedies and things like acupuncture.
I now know how to channel energy from the sun into energy holes in people's auras. I also know that people with aquatic astrological signs often suffer from depression. |
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VanIslander

Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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| I now know how to channel energy from the sun into energy holes in people's auras. |
so what you're sayin' is: you learned how to put it where the sun don't shine? |
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Bloopity Bloop

Joined: 26 Apr 2009 Location: Seoul yo
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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Drop all the college degrees! How about something you can just go buy at a store?
Like $500 jeans or something. |
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Steelrails

Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Location: Earth, Solar System
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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| The 189,000 won dress shirt I bought last week on a total brain fart while lurching through Hyundai dept. store. |
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madoka

Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Bloopity Bloop wrote: |
Drop all the college degrees! How about something you can just go buy at a store?
Like $500 jeans or something. |
THe XM radio option in my car was $850. I have never and will never use satellite radio, but was stuck with the option package that the car had.  |
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Draz

Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Location: Land of Morning Clam
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| sqrlnutz123 wrote: |
Really? I thought Canadian universities were cheap for residents. I looked at a few for a masters program and the tuition for international students was about the same as what I would pay for in-state tuition at my 'bargain' state school.
Anyway, it doesn't matter, cause I've decided to pretend my degree was free. Yay! I'm Finnish! |
I looked at a few American schools that have the MA I want, and for residents of those states they were incredibly cheap. The same program in Canada is insanely over-priced, resident or not. It's cheaper to do it at a US state school as a non-resident than do it in Canada. So I'm basing it on that.
Non-education related wastes of money? I bought a chocolate bar I didn't like once.
(I've blown so much money on school I don't have any left to spend on stupid ****.) |
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