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What ismyour highest level of education?  

  1. 1. What ismyour highest level of education?

    • High school
      47
    • Some college
      187
    • Bachelors degree
      330
    • Multiple bachelors degrees
      45
    • Masters degree
      240
    • Multiple masters degrees
      25
    • Doctorate
      63
    • Multiple doctorates
      1
    • Vocational school
      11
    • Other
      21


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B.S. in Office Administration (now obsolete at my Uni-ha!) with a minor in English

M.Div.

 

 

Well....I'm feelin' like a dummy. :001_unsure:

High School graduate. :thumbup:

 

Nope, not a dummy. My mother is my inspiration. She didn't go to college, but is one of the best-educated people I know. She reads, reads, reads. I remember her taking a CPR class, bringing home a big notebook which she had to study for a detailed test, when they were first offered to non-medical people. She bought us any books we ever wanted (she could afford that--I can't!) She took tailoring classes, cake-decorating classes, learned to crochet. When we first got online, she went with me to the nearby university to take adult education classes on the Office Suite. She was the only 70-yr.-old in the class. She is now 81. We live overseas, and she handles all of our stateside paperwork and "stuff". We have some smart siblings, but nobody is as organized as she is, so I don't know what we will do when we do not have her. She can tell you anything you want to know about the Atlanta Braves and their families. Yep, she is a little bit eclectic. It was due to her example that I thought nothing of starting violin lessons at the age of 42. One day I may get a M.A. in Tesol. I love my mom!:001_wub::001_wub:

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I voted other, I don't know exactly how to translate my education to the American system. I have completed a TAFE course in Aged Care and have a certificate 3 in Aged Care plus Personal Care ( think showering etc of oldies).

I am exactly half way through a bachelor in primary education ( still studying)

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:lol::lol:

 

I dropped out of a master's in ed because of the "BS"!

 

:lol:

 

I managed to stick it out... but it was touch & go for a while! I was ever so unimpressed by my education courses. (I do hear that some programs are good, but from my experience, I'd be in favor of doing away entirely with colleges of education.)

 

Undergrad: math & English majors

Grad: MAT - math (Masters of Arts in Teaching)

 

Yeah... I at least avoid the questions of "Are you qualified to teach?" or "How will you handle upper-level math?"

 

Still get socialization ones though!

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I have a B.A. in Economics and Business with an Emphasis in Accounting (what a mouthful :D) and a JD.

 

Your undergrad degree is what my husband majored in... way back when there were the Big Six accounting firms. (We went to UCSB. Miss the bike paths something fierce.)

 

Two weeks before graduation he said he wanted to switch to a film studies major. :glare: I managed to talk him out of that one.

 

He's much happier working with computers than he would have been with accounting.

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I voted Bachelor's, but I should have voted other since I had two ... I forgot about my CSR. Business Administration (math minor since I couldn't decide at first) and Vocational School for Court Reporting. Sometimes I wish I had joined DH in Electrical Engineering when we met my freshman year. Now I'm a flight attendant. :D

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I have my associate's degree in medical technology and this year got my bachelor's in clinical laboratory science. I seriously doubt that I will get my masters...I just can't. I want to learn things on my own terms. But I am planning on studying for a blood bank specialist certificate in the next couple of years.

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BA Liberal Studies and a Partial Master's degree -Elementary Education and CA 5th Year Credentialization Program. Ironically, I could go back and finish the MA in Education but now am looking at a whole different MA in Child Development. No desire to return back to the classroom after 15 years of teaching in public schools!!

 

ETA: Been homeschooling full-time since 2004. My ds is soon to be in college in 2014. Now is the time for me to begin thinking of Graduate School when he goes to college... eek!

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I have a Bachelor's of Arts in Interdisiplinary Social Sciences, basically a liberal arts degree. I went to college solely for the education though. I had absolutely no intention of doing anything with the degree. Just having a degree did help me get the jobs I did and it turns out that it was a neccesary qualification for homeschooling high schooler in TN if you weren't with an umbrella school. Not to mention it helps my self-esteem immensely now that my brain is going to mush to know that I used to be smart. :001_smile:

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BA in Special Education:Hearing Impaired and Spanish (double major). Some graduate courses in education (special education and teaching foreign language).

 

If I had someone to watch the younger ones while I attended class, I would study to be a nurse. I no longer want to work in the education system--too much emphasis on testing and not enough on teaching, and too much micromanaging of classroom teaching.

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I voted "some college" even though I have no transferrable credits. I've attended multiple schools and was bored out of my mind each time. ENG101 as a 21yo mom, surrounded by 18yo kids, was torture.

 

I HAVE matured enough to make plans to eventually complete a degree without letting my opinions get in the way. I hope!

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I chose some college...but you forgot to put in Associates Degree....which 25 years ago, WAS an actual degree...that you could get entry level employment with. I have an AAS in Accounting....and have been working since graduation. For someone with my sociolo-economic background, it was something to be proud of. :D

 

Faithe

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Highschool, but not just any highschool. I grew up in a very small town in Oklahoma, population - 400. Yee-Haw!!! My class had only 13 people and I was kin to several.:D I didn't have an algebra class, only had general science, no foreign languages or music. So my education wasn't anything exciting. But I have been learning right along with my kids, I can help my son with his Algebra II course. I am currently working through TT's Algebra I textbook just to improve my math skills.

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I have a BS in Computer Information Systems, emphasis in End User Training (fancy way of saying teaching others the systems and how to use them).

I am/was also 2 semesters of student teaching away from having my Business Education teaching certificate (although I could probably get it without the student teaching now with the new professionals program).

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Two master's degrees. One in Social Work and one in Public Policy, earned concurrently. It took six semesters with no time off for summers and a 17 credit course overload the last semester (crazy, but I did it). I also have a one-year fellowship under my belt that became a one-year terminal degree Master's level program the year AFTER I finished the fellowship.

 

Glad to have both degrees, they have been most valuable in offering me tremendous job flexibility and ability to negotiate employment situations that are difficult to come by. But it isn't everything and there have been trade-offs. There are major gaps in my education (as there are with everyone). I'm very "pointy" in my education - deep expertise in a fairly limited area - and while I do okay for myself on Jeopardy:), I'm not as well-rounded as I'd like and will have to do a lot of learning with my children to help them get the education I'd like for them to have. I'd also give back one of my degrees for an easier fertility ride than I've had - noting the two miracles I have - at least that's how I'm feeling in this particular season in life.

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So my big question is this: Are those with only high school education less likely to answer a poll like this or are there really that few of us here?

 

Good question. I answered, but I'm not worried about my lack of a degree. Lack of formal education has never kept me from getting done whatever needed doing.

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