[Illusion]

Originally Posted by ml1201

Hmmm! Sushi! I haven't had any for a while. x'D The chinese buffet you have to pay extra for the sushi, and I think its for each time you grab something and what you grab. T-T Maybe there's a sushi restaurant near me...

Why can't sushi be as inexpensive as it is in Japan. And by inexpensive I mean like 50 cents cheaper lol.

[ml1201]

I miss the buffet where we used to live, my meals would mostly consist of spring rolls, sushi, salmon, some other seafood they had and sweat and sour chicken. T^T This one is that minus the sushi. T^T

[Illusion]

Korean Spring Rolls and Peanut Butter <3
Never tried it? You haven't lived!

[Lawtan]

Well, you can't die if you aren't living, so I, who hasn't ever had a spring roll, am immortal! \o/

[ml1201]

lol, good point there Law, which means I am too since I haven't tried that combo. XD

[Illusion]

Food makes people immortal? Good to know!

[SolarCat]

Originally Posted by Illusion

Food makes people immortal? Good to know!

To follow the vein of this thread, NOT eating food seems to make people immortal...

Colleges sell DEGREES, not EDUCATION. Work places then train people with what they actually need to know for that job. Sometimes I think a college degree is just a fancy way of saying "I can learn good."

That said, I am going for my 2nd Master's Degree. It's $3500 per class, but I am following my 12th grade Physics teacher's advice. "When it comes to higher education, if someone isn't paying the bill FOR you, you shouldn't be going." My job is paying, as long as I get above a certain grade for each class. They paid for the first Master's, too, and the last year of my undergraduate. ENGINEERING.

[ml1201]

If it wasn't for the fact that Physics drives me bonkers my dad probably would have pushed me to go that route since I love doing labs with people I know I can rely on. XD

[Lawtan]

Originally Posted by SolarCat

To follow the vein of this thread, NOT eating food seems to make people immortal...

Colleges sell DEGREES, not EDUCATION. Work places then train people with what they actually need to know for that job. Sometimes I think a college degree is just a fancy way of saying "I can learn good."

That said, I am going for my 2nd Master's Degree. It's $3500 per class, but I am following my 12th grade Physics teacher's advice. "When it comes to higher education, if someone isn't paying the bill FOR you, you shouldn't be going." My job is paying, as long as I get above a certain grade for each class. They paid for the first Master's, too, and the last year of my undergraduate. ENGINEERING.

As a warning, that can go sour - if everyone uses the company's offer to pay for part of college, it would likely have to give up that benefit...but, yeah I can agree with much of that statement.

I like Physics...

[ml1201]

I probably would have been good with that degree working in a science museum, like the ones that let you do cool stuff because that's what I would be into. XD What drove me bonkers with the Physics though was they give you one or two things and expect you to find out like five things from all these different formulas and you have to use the formula even if you can just grab the answer from one of the other formulas because its right smack in your face. ^^; And to me it kind of felt like I was a dog chasing its own tail. ^^;

[SolarCat]

Originally Posted by Lawtan

As a warning, that can go sour - if everyone uses the company's offer to pay for part of college, it would likely have to give up that benefit...but, yeah I can agree with much of that statement.

I like Physics...

My employer has been offering the service for decades. They have slimmed it down some... You used to get 100 shares of company stock after you finished your degree if you stuck around for 5 years, and you used to be able to get a degree in ANYTHING.

But the stock has gone away (not enough incentive apparently), and has been replaced with the requirement that if you leave (by your decision - those hit by layoffs are exempt) you have to pay the company back for any classes they paid for in the last two years.
The degrees have been limited, as well, to only those useful to the company. Too many people going to med school and then leaving.
There's also a limit of two degrees per type/level per person (so 2 associates, 2 bachelors, 2 masters, 2 doctorates, unlimited certificates) unless you receive special management approval.

It's a huge company, and a very small percentage of people actually use the program. Most are happier to not be going to school anymore.


But you are right. In some companies, or some careers, or without some of the limitations my company places on it, it could become a liability for the company rather than a good incentive for the workforce.


@ml1201, I can understand why you felt that way! My High School physics teacher let us program all the equations into our graphing calculators, and keep a "cheat sheet" index card with whatever we wanted on it, so his tests were actually easier because of all the equations. (He liked to put trick questions on there, but all you had to do was line up the units so they'd cancel out correctly and then you knew you picked the right equation.) When I got to college, I kept falling asleep during Physics (I couldn't help it!) and I got an A anyway, so my High School teacher was really great at what he did.

[Lawtan]

My mom taught me several work-arounds for basic mechanical physics equations, and I have a natural interest in electricity, astronomy, and magnetism...so...

On an unrelated note, I'll need to revive some threads in the near future (Pagan Inn, some "count to x" games, and all...just hope some of them don't have me as the last poster...) - have too much to do today, but I find that activity picks up when conversations aren't limited to a few threads...

[ml1201]

@Solar
I was actually playing a game on my calculator in my Physics I class and still got an A for the class. x'D At least I wasn't nodding off like some of the people sitting in the front row. Sadly the reason was because the presentation was done via powerpiont. ^^;

[Illusion]

I wonder if bees is the reason why my honey tastes like poop. Remember when Bee honey tasted like Bee honey and not Hornet honey?

[Lawtan]

Go for Agave Nectar. It tastes good...

[ml1201]

What is that? I usually like to get clover honey if I can find it, but I've never seen that before. o.O