I would be a Lawyer NOW,,,wink..and REALLY working to HELP others wronged.........

Just to clarify....I think higher education is great. And learning anything is valuable as evrything is ultimately connected. But I don't think degrees and GPA's mean much more than someone is a good test taker and does okay in a traditional teaching environment. Its not really an indication of how smart someone is.

It probably doesn't matter much. The degree is merely "proof of accomplishment".
But if you're talking about you career path and how you might have done something
different - that's understandable.

For example, technology and medicine are great areas to be involved with these
days (and for the future). So if your degree is in veterinarian science, it won't
apply directly :) Want to hear something wacky? I'm in the software business
(programmer, consultant, ad nauseam), but the degree is in Criminal Justice.

The argument from the employee's point of view is that you
"stuck it out even though you didn't want to do a lot of the work".

That's the first thing employee's are interested in - the fact that
you will do the work and follow through. Of course, if you have
a degree in the accounting field, you can't apply to be a Nurse :)

I am noticing more requirements for college degrees regardless of what the degree is in. Its almost becoming as common as a high school diploma requirement. For employment and career advancement, I mean.

I don't have a problem with them requiring the degree and I agree that it shows you are willing to work. Finding good employees is as hard as finding a good job.

Higher education isn't always "great."Education is an indication of how smart someone is,but now a days you take a risk.I have become an over educated indentured sevant.Doesn't sound so "great" does it?

Gotta go with you on that, Calleigh.

Well I would not have worked and played footbal in highschool and therefore sleeping through most of my classes....But I got my bach.'s degree in college so it really is a mute point.

While it took me longer to get my degree because I switched majors a few times and worked full time through most of it, I don't think I'd change anything. I graduated with a BS in information technology with decent grades.

I have a BSN in Nursing and believe me there is no lack of work, but the job is hard on you mentally and physically. The new nurses coming in find it very difficult to keep up and finish their assignments. Many new nurses do not last long, not used to working that hard.

Wow! Well, I am going for my nursing degree this year. I hope that because I am used to working hard that I will do fine....but now I am scared.

If you are used to working hard you should have no problems

It is also best to decide what area of nursing you want to be in and there are numerous choices. You can always change between specialities, I like neuro but have done other things as well.

I think I want to work in Pediatrics. Or maybe even Hospice.

AWWWW....A man nurse,how cute.

I tried Hospice......it was the worse area in nursing I have ever been in. They need Pediatric nurses I would go with that. I worked in Pediatric psych/neuro for 3 years and it is a good area. If you go into Pediatric nursing you can work anyplace in the world, not the US but the world.

Yeah...See Tribbles, they need em real bad, so I figure that since I wanna do it, I could also get grants and stuff....love me some free money...haha!

I was in college until age 28. Learned 3 languages, spent 6 years in the military, have an associate in information technology, an unfinished bachelor degree in math and at age 29 I started working as a contractor (couldn't get hired back then in 2004) and worked 5 years for home improvement which went out the door last year due to nobody wants to fix their houses anymore and now I'm a big nobody, because nobody wants to hire me.

That's how far all that education and military took me. I kinda realized, that USA does not need intelligence anymore, they settle for idiots here.


see: Current government.