Life After High School

[Cooney]

Graduated HS in spring 2000, went straight to college. Majored in Theatre: Acting with a minor in Philosophy, graduated spring 2004.

While that's still what I like and hope to pursue, I am earning my living in a completely unrelated field :-/ Been in my current job since fall 2005.

[CFHollister]

I also graduated HS in spring 2000. I went to Western Washington University and graduated in December 2005 with a degree in general science, a teaching certificate, and teaching endorsements in elementary education, general science, and earth science, oh, and a minor in psychology too. Did I like college?... Let me give you the quick and easy answer: I loved it; best time of my life. (I won't go into the personal crap that modifies that answer)

Since then I've been working as a substitute teacher, mainly long term positions (which tend to actually 1st-year teacher's pay but with higher take-home 'cause I'm not paying into benefits). Last spring I taught all of the final quarter of 4th grade. This school year I started with some odds and end subbing but I spent last quarter teaching 8th grade math/langage arts and I'm already to teach 8th grade earth science for all of spring quarter this year.

[Machzero]

I went to college, earn 2 degrees, 3 diplomas and several certificates and I want to go back to school to learn more.

[Twitch]

Originally Posted by madraven

I going to University as well. Currently studying computer science, which is alright when I understand it . I'm thinking of taking a minor in French, still have some time to decide, but I can't really see a downside to it

Hmm, studying Computer Science and you are located in Nova Scotia, would I be right in guessing your at Dal? I remember my first couple of years at NSCAD when I lived in residence at Dal (well it was still DalTech at that time, now it's Dal's Sexton campus), it proved interesting because most people assume you go to art school because you were bad in school and especially at math, but I had taken University prep classes in Calculus and other subjects as I was planning on going into engineering but decided to study fine arts instead, so it bugged the hell out of some of the first year engineering student's that I(who was supposed to be a stupid art student) knew how to do most of their homework and they didn't (until they eclipsed my knowledge around midterms because I wasn't in the class). Still not sure why I switched, made the decision before I even went to University, but it was something always asked by a friend from high school (who always got annoyed if I beat him at getting the top grade in any of our high school math/science classes, every time we crossed paths while he was studying for his Masters and PhD at Dal) and it was a question I never really could answer. For the first few semesters I often thought about switching back but it would have involved completely changing schools, not just classes because I was at a school specializing in the arts and not just in a Fine Arts program at a regular University. Probably would have had an easier time finding a steady job if I hadn't, but attempting to be creatively self employed has it perks, as well as cons.

[c-dawg777]

Originally Posted by Cooney

Graduated HS in spring 2000, went straight to college. Majored in Theatre: Acting with a minor in Philosophy, graduated spring 2004.

While that's still what I like and hope to pursue, I am earning my living in a completely unrelated field :-/ Been in my current job since fall 2005.

Ain't that the truth... I think the best version of that is my brother's friend... went to ASU and got his degree in aircraft engineering and now he works for Lumberge' or however you spell it... if you don't know who they are, they're a huge oil drilling company, so basically he's drilling holes in the ground. Can't complain though, he makes six figures and is only 25.

As for me, i went straight to work untill i decided what to do... thought i wanted to be a photographer, thought about the military, thought about wasting my money on college while i think about it. Then just recently i realized how much i hate being stuck here so i hit the books of my family's tradition, and it looks like i'm headed into flightschool soon. Lucky for me, it doesn't cost that much since my old man passes as an instructor. Oh right!

[aditya8617]

I took an year break after high school not because I was working but because we had huge chaos over admissions in my city in India. So during that year I decided to come to US and finally landed in Seattle(UW). Currently I'm in my Junior year doing EE(I knew I was going to do something like that the day I was born in India). So if you are atleast clear which sort of field you want to be in(eg, engineering, or history, economics related, etc) you have enough time in the university to decide your specific major.

Btw, I am sophomore in my second major, Alizee! I intend to do my Phd in this major as well but I am not sure if I will be able to finish it in my lifetime.

fact: This post is my longest post in last 4-5 months!

[Twitch]

Originally Posted by c-dawg777

As for me, i went straight to work untill i decided what to do... thought i wanted to be a photographer, thought about the military, thought about wasting my money on college while i think about it. Then just recently i realized how much i hate being stuck here so i hit the books of my family's tradition, and it looks like i'm headed into flightschool soon. Lucky for me, it doesn't cost that much since my old man passes as an instructor. Oh right!

Wow c-dawg I did pretty much the same thing after high school, work for a few years to try and figure what the hell I wanted to do because in high school I was being pushed into going into engineering(my preference being Aerospace) or a similar field by my parents and had never really figured out what I wanted to do myself. And in the end ended up choosing to go to art school instead of flightschool. Although if I get the chance I still want to learn to fly, that is if I ever get enough money to afford the lessons and a small plane so I can enjoy it. And at times have thought about still trying out for the Air Force (parents would have loved for me to go to the RMC in Kingston) but I probably wouldn't qualify for pilot training because of the astigmatism in my eye (although on a good day I could probably pass the eye test as it is only in one eye that I have just below 20-20 but the military is really fussy for pilots), but would still enjoy all the traveling you get to do as an photographer (or Image Techs as they like to call them) when working with the CAF (would be slightly more inclined if they still used Leicas but they don't, and a piece of trivia Leica users still debate whether or not the Canadian made lenses were sharper than the German made ones of the same time period because they were being manufactured almost exclusively for the military.)

[neoteny]

lets see...hmm. after graduating high school i remember sitting on my tush for a full year enjoying what was bliss of not being around school. yeah. twas nice. afterwards i got a job working at publix. it sucks. but it pays well. sorta... working the 3rd shift is what i do best. then i again all i do is complain about how it ruins me! ugh! 3 hours of sleep a night. again, nice. go to work lookin like a zombie with bags under my eyes. as for college...of course im goin to college. when? i dunno. soon? i hope so.

[Luc]

After graduating high school I went to college and got a degree in chemical engineering.
Since then I have been working as a process engineer.

[OGRE]

1981: Graduated HS
1985: BSEE
1985: Commissioned U.S. Air Force
1986: MSEE
1986 - 1995: Engineer in Active Duty AF (Inactive Reserves 1995 - 2006).
1995 - 1997: Technology Director for a National Firm
1997 - 2007: Military Support Contractor
2006 - 2007: Alizée fan