Quiver0f10 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Just curious how many people here have a college degree. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Nope, I am a college dropout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 Nope, I am a college dropout. Same here :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooh bear Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 No degree here. Didn't even get the chance to be a drop out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Yes, degree in education and imo it's totally useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0mmaBuck Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Master's degree. Really comes in handy when I'm scrubbing the toilet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButterfliesandBooks Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I voted other as I have a 3 year degree from a University in the UK. Can't say I've ever found it that useful though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 (edited) DH and I both hold advanced degrees (MAs) and they are very useful and we are thankful for them. Edited July 17, 2011 by DawnM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigreys5 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I have a bachelors degree in child and Family Studies. Mainly the degree is about families and children and their developement. I took a lot of classes on child development, families in crisis, resource management, etc. If I go back for my masters, I would go for community counseling, or social work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I answered no. I have 80+ college credit hours but have yet to earn a degree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cin Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Yes, degree in education and imo it's totally useless. :iagree: Master's degree. Really comes in handy when I'm scrubbing the toilet. :smilielol5::smilielol5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukale Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Another drop out here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Yes, both hubby and I have degrees. He couldn't work without his (Civil Engineering - he owns his own firm now) and neither could I (Physics, but I substitute teach math/science in our local high school to work part time). Even if we never used ours, we wouldn't regret getting them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I actually just finished working on my Bachelor's in Liberal science. Yeehah! Contemplating going on to get either masters in literature or masters in creative writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginevra Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Going to college now for the degree I didn't get in the more usual time-frame. I voted other. I think there's a lot to be said for the accomplishment even if it isn't "necessary" in the economic sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 BSW used it for 2 yrs, long enough to pay off my loans and save up some money. So, very, very glad I did not go on to my Masters as I had planned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 BS in Creative Writing. Boo-yah. :lol: I plan to go into midwifery when the kids are older. I changed my major four times and finally decided to graduate already, but it's not what I want to "do." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfamilygal Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I have a BSN in nursing. Use it all the time :) DH has a BS in journalism and an MA in film production. He is a sixth grade social studies teacher (though he has an interview for a high school video prod teaching job tomorrow, fingers crossed!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stages Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I have 60 something hours, but I dropped out. DH just completed his masters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Unless the school of hard knocks counts, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I'm currently a college senior so I put other :) I won't graduate until Jan 2013 though due to Student Teaching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 The NCES 2007 study looked at the highest parental educational attainment among homeschooled children. For 14% the highest a parent had was a high school diploma or less, for 36% it was some college or technical school but no bachelor's, for 29% it was a bachelor's, and for 21% it was a graduate degree. I have a B.A. and DH has two master's degrees. I may go back to school when my kids are older but first I have to figure out what I want to do with the rest of my life. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Yes, Triple major in piano performance/instrumental education and philosophy. Minor in French - which I promptly forgot as I was unable to find someone to practice on after graduation. Filled my electives with two semesters college chem and physics, one semester biology, one semester environmental science, and one semester astronomy. Between the philosophy major and all the science, combined with the music...you can imagine why I am a geek and married a nerd! LOL Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLVD Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 (edited) Yes! It's one of the things I'm most proud of. I got my Bachelor of Arts from the University of Washington, major in Law, Society and Justice (Criminology), minor in Sociology. I went back to school when my DD was 1.5 years old. I was a new single mom with no support from her dad. I graduated when she was about 6 yrs old. I had to take prerequisites, etc. It was...beyond difficult to do it that way. But, I wouldn't take it back for anything, I loved college, learning, etc. I miss it! Also..I use mine regularly. I worked as a probation officer and then in legal research. I'm a freelance writer now and do some consultant research stuff. I couldn't do any of it without my degree. Edited July 17, 2011 by YLVD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I'm embarrassed to say I have 7.5 years of undergrad under my belt. A complete change in plans made me start over. Plus, I felt I needed to get some general education under my belt because I was a high school drop out. However, I got out of it without any debt by living like a monk and working nearly throughout (and living on my brother's couch the last 2 years). A brighter person could have done it faster, but while I have aimed high in life, I am not a whiz and worked bloody hard to just do okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skueppers Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 My husband and I both have college degrees, as do almost all of the people we know. I'm not sure I know any homeschooling parents in my area who don't have degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I have my B.S. in Geology and dh has his PhD in accounting and teaches at a college. We also have our own homeschool curriculum business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLVD Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Going to college now for the degree I didn't get in the more usual time-frame. I voted other. I think there's a lot to be said for the accomplishment even if it isn't "necessary" in the economic sense. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 No, I don't. I had a full academic scholarship to University of Memphis, but dropped out after two years to move to another state and get married. I was majoring in psychology and minoring in chemistry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 no degree, no credits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 No college, but I did teach college for a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Other.....Technically, I don't have a degree but I have more credits than I need to have one, minus a chemistry class. I was in school as an art major, and couldn't stand my chem prof. so I dropped out of his class. I thought I was returning to school, so I figured I would take it the next term and chance that they had hired a new prof.....I didn't go back to that school. When I went back to college a few years later, I went back as a business major and didn't need the chem, so I never finished it. I have about 3 years of college, but no degree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Nope. Another college dropout. I do have a couple certificates to my name though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristineW Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I have a JD. DH was in my law school small section and we were in the same study group so it was very useful for getting my Mrs. I did practice for nearly three years but it was too hard on the kids for both parents to be lawyers so I am home for now. Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Yes, degree in education and imo it's totally useless. This is me, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Add me to the college drop-out club. I have loads of credits from two different universities and two different community colleges. Yeah, me :001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Food4Thought Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I have a BA in Communications. The thing I am most thankful for was an Honors Institute I was able to participate in. It was basically the classical model on a college level that covered all the liberal arts courses, with a focus on reading, writing, and thinking well. I thought it was fairly worthless until I started teaching my own children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 B.S. in Mathematics from University of Illinois. Okay, so I don't use my degree for anything now, other than the socratic discussions and the logical thinking I learned from all those upper level math proofs, my college experience was invaluable. I grew as a person, learned how to stand on my own two feet and expanded my horizons beyond what my homogeneous suburban upbringing could offer. Also, my degree led to my job as a computer analyst, which led to me meeting the friend who introduced me to my husband. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2OregonBoys Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 homeschooling mom than in all my years of education combined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Yes and halfway through M.S.W. program when I quit to be a sahm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wildberrys Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Nope, I am a college dropout. Me too---6 years of taking classes with no direction....and no degree. :glare: If CollegePlus! had been around, though, I most definitely would have graduated ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I have a BA in Spanish, an MA Education and an MA in Theology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I'm taking my very last class final in 2 weeks. Then I will have my Bachelor's degree! I voted "other." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdrumm4448 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I earned my BS in Applied Science from WIU, then my Master of Marketing Communications degree from Roosevelt University. I feel my degrees help me every day of my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellydon Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Yes. I have a B.S. and a M.S. DH has a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aelwydd Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I have a B.S. in Health Studies, concentration in Community Health. I'd like to go for my Master's in Public Health next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I have a B.S and a M.A and they have greatly enriched my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakotajm Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Master's degree. Really comes in handy when I'm scrubbing the toilet. Too funny!:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrissySC Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 (edited) Well, I have well over 300 college credits. I would say that I am an academic versus a college graduate. I do have a two-year degree. I picked one up while updating my programming skills - object oriented programming. I have been to university, college, and technical schools throughout my knowledge pursuits. I have covered everything from organic chemsity to accounting to education and child development. :) I added a bit of business law with a touch of the medical on the side. I truly did not plan to end up with such a hodge podge collection, and it only makes me appear as a know-it-all, but I had to take some of these classes just to "know". I love books too. So, I guess I do come off as quite a geek.:lol::lol::lol: Edited July 17, 2011 by ChrissySC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 DH and I are both college dropouts. I have plenty of college, no degree. I was halfway to an associates degree this last time, when I had to drop out due to health issues. I also consider myself an academic. I love to read and research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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