Writers' Workshop General Chat Thread

[ShinyFlareon]

You're still a minor, though, aren't you?

-_- Gotta love "rehabilitation programs" for people with criminal records...

 

[Caitlin]

@Caitlin; Your friend who is an assistant manager in a supermarket, surely didn't walk straight into that job, right? Presumably, first she was just a shelf stacker or something, and then worked her way up?

Admittedly, increasingly it seems like three years of experience at a non-graduate job might actually be a better investment of your time than getting a degree, and you'll be getting money instead of losing it.

She was one of the cashiers for about two weeks before she was promoted.

Now, back in our high school days, she was a bit of a slut, so that may have something to do with her quick rise to a higher paying job than that my mother enjoys.

 

[Misheard Whisper]

I'm gonna need to get a part-time job when I start uni next year, but I shouldn't need to worry too much for a couple of years. Towards the middle/end of my degree I'm going to be looking at ways to get into a job with the department of foreign affairs, or an embassy somewhere or the likes.

 

[Gama]

http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f227/writers-workshop-autumn-awards-2012-nominations-thread-138671/

 

[Kelleo]

You're still a minor, though, aren't you?

Um, no, I'm 21. And didn't I just say that I had a high school degree, and gone to college, but failed there? xP

 

[Lugion]

Well, some degrees are more desirable than others. For example, an Engineering degree is more desirable in today's economy than an English degree, which is why I'm going into Computer Science, as opposed to Creative Writing.

 

[AetherX]

http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f227/writers-workshop-autumn-awards-2012-nominations-thread-138671/

ERMERGERD!!!!!!!!!! Looks like I came back just in time.

So I finally got to do something fun this summer after a number of incidents that I won't complain about here. My family and I went camping and hiking in Yosemite National Park in California. It was tons of fun. Anyway, I saw a sign that I though would interest/amuse some people here. It was an old fashioned caution sign, but rather than saying "STAY AWAY FROM THE EDGE" it said something like this:

"It's five hundred feet straight down and no undertaker to meet you. TAKE NO CHANCES. There is a difference between bravery and just plain foolishness."

It made me think, if caution signs were still that eloquent, maybe more people would pay attention to them. On the other hand, more people may just ignore them.

On the topic of jobs and degrees, I'm looking to get an electrical engineering degree at a university that tries very hard to set their students up with companies before they even graduate. I'm hoping that it will all work out, assuming I work hard. If not, then I'll just become a famous musician and travel the world

 

[Misheard Whisper]

Best warning sign I ever saw was in a zoo in Australia: "Do not climb on the railing. If you fall, the crocodile will eat you. Seriously, it's a carnivore. Don't be an idiot."

 

[Flaze]

The awards look dead.

 

[LightningTopaz]

I'm the only nominee--so am I going to have to interview myself?

 

[Kihote]

I'm the only nominee--so am I going to have to interview myself?

I think you will......unless I stop being lazy and nominate some people

 

[LightningTopaz]

If I'm lucky enough to win anything, I will be more than happy to do an interview.

Now Season 2 of "Fireside" is nominated...

 

[AetherX]

LT wins all the awards. GG guys.

I'll get around to nominations... EVENTUALLY!
Procrastinator? The Amanda Show? Anyone? No? Okay

 

[Flaze]

The Amanda show was really funny xD it was kind of like a SNL for kids, at least in my opinion.

 

[ShinyFlareon]

Well, some degrees are more desirable than others. For example, an Engineering degree is more desirable in today's economy than an English degree, which is why I'm going into Computer Science, as opposed to Creative Writing.

Gee, I never would have guessed that I wasted four years of my life studying useless subjects! I guess I'll just spend a couple hundred thousand more dollars and go back to school with a sudden understanding of advanced math and physics and become an engineer! Or maybe I'll develop an understanding of biology and chemistry and go to medical school instead!

 

[Lugion]

Well, some degrees are more desirable than others. For example, an Engineering degree is more desirable in today's economy than an English degree, which is why I'm going into Computer Science, as opposed to Creative Writing.

Gee, I never would have guessed that I wasted four years of my life studying useless subjects! I guess I'll just spend a couple hundred thousand more dollars and go back to school with a sudden understanding of advanced math and physics and become an engineer! Or maybe I'll develop an understanding of biology and chemistry and go to medical school instead!

I was stating a fact, not attacking your intelligence. You don't have to be so condescending.

 

[ShinyFlareon]

You still think I don't know that my degrees are worthless with every passing day that I remain unemployed?

 

[Lugion]

You still think I don't know that my degrees are worthless with every passing day that I remain unemployed?

No. My post wasn't even aimed at you. It was a general thing, not meant to talk down to you as you seem to be assuming.

 

[Gama]

Uhm, guys, I don't think anyone meant any harm by anything said here, so please try not to take it personally. Also, try to be a little more thoughtful when you post things that might upset people too, okay?

On what you're saying, though, I don't think English is a worthless degree (nor do I think that's what Lugion was saying). I think it's really, really difficult for graduates to find jobs at the moment anyway because far fewer places are hiring than were even just five years ago. It's funny that you should mention Engineering, actually, since that was one of the hardest hit industries in the credit crunch. It's become much more difficult for Engineering graduates of all kinds to get employed just like all other courses. It's not a case of particular degrees being worthless: at the end of the day, very few degrees teach you things that are directly relevant to something you're going to do as a job, including Maths, Chemistry and such like. Don't beat yourself up, Feli, it's not that you made a poor choice, it's just a really, really tough time to be the age that we are. I really hope that the economic climate improves soon, and that whether it does or not you have some better luck at finding a job.

 

[Misheard Whisper]

I'm riding on the hopes that International Relations and Spanish (with Political Science, German and Sociology as minors/electives) will make me employable in the diplomatic corps. Otherwise, it could be a bit difficult. I'd just have to rely on general BA skills otherwise, which, while not inconsequential, don't exactly open up a path to a specialised career.