Educational Background of PS'ers

[Enerchi]

I just have a BScN - Bachelors of Science, Nursing. I feel as though we are in the presence of amazing minds and greatness, here on PS!!

 

[amc80]

BA in Econ and PoliSci, MA in Econ

 

[FrekeChild]

MFA

I too loved school and did very well but I'm surprised to find that I'm happy to be done! Well, not totally done. I'm definitely going to culinary school at some point in my life. I love to cook and it would be such a joy to really become a master.

My good friend did this in her later years (50's) and she absolutely loved it! It is very hard work though and she put in intense 12 hour days at the Culinary Institute but she so enjoyed it. In fact, when she graduated she worked part time at Gramercy Tavern (pretty impressive!) but she had to stop because she developed a very severe carpal tunnel case and needed surgery and cannot go back to being a sous chef. It can be very intense work. But she still loves to cook.

Going to culinary school is intense. Especially when the jobs you get after are so poorly paid.

I have an associates degree in culinary arts from a community college.
I went to The Culinary Institute of America for half of an associates, but quit because of a lot of reasons.
I have a bachelor's degree in Psychology as well.

I keep considering going to get a Masters in Psych/Counseling, because with my husband's job (PhD in academia), I get free tuition. But I'm not sure if I want to tie us down here for a couple of years. Plus I'm really tired of school. It took me 9 years from high school graduation to getting my BA, and I have around the same number of college level credit hours as my husband has with his PhD. I got tired of school!

 

[JaneSmith]

Zoe, you're right. It's nice to go at my own pace, and I'll often find halfway through a book that I have to do other reading before I can continue with the first book. Nice to find that out outside of the classroom rather than be embarrassed that I don't know enough calculus in front if everyone.
That said, my progress is slow and I think I do better in a classroom environment. Watching lectures on YouTube is great. The next step for me might be Coursera. Has anyone ever done one of The Great Courses by The Teaching Company? Some of those look interesting.

Enerchi, don't put yourself down. You don't just have a BScN. You are a degreed health care professional. You save lives for goodness sake!

 

[Enerchi]

Enerchi, don't put yourself down. You don't just have a BScN. You are a degreed health care professional. You save lives for goodness sake!

Thanks Jane! But I am still in awe of the brilliant minds that are PSers --- wow! Definitely a wealth of resources on the forum if there was ever anything we needed help with!

I'm not so sure I 'save lives' as much as stir the pot and shake up the lives the clients are living --- but it is for positive results in the end. To get from point A to point B, the clients don't like the journey and being faced with the changes they have to implement. Thanks for the encouragement - that was very sweet of you!

 

[JaneSmith]

Enerchi, don't put yourself down. You don't just have a BScN. You are a degreed health care professional. You save lives for goodness sake!

Thanks Jane! But I am still in awe of the brilliant minds that are PSers --- wow! Definitely a wealth of resources on the forum if there was ever anything we needed help with!

I'm not so sure I 'save lives' as much as stir the pot and shake up the lives the clients are living --- but it is for positive results in the end. To get from point A to point B, the clients don't like the journey and being faced with the changes they have to implement. Thanks for the encouragement - that was very sweet of you!

You deserve praise for a tough job.

 

[NOYFB]

I have a BSW and an MSW (Bachelor and Master of Social Work) and am an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker). I also have an Associate's Degree in Recording Arts. I loved school!

 

[madelise]

Oh, wow this thread got picked up

Thanks, Zoe I need all the luck I can get!!




The highest degree I have is an AA. I'm working on my BA. I'm applying for MA/MS programs.
I have a (random) certificate for floristry.


I used to want to get my PhD. But I'll be done with my masters at around 29-30. And I want to have children.
Maybe it'll be a later life thing for me. I would love to teach one day.

 

[Begonia]

Masters.

(Landscape Architecture)

 

[ame]

I am alarmingly well educated (as in from institutions) and yet sometimes feel like a total dolt. An AA, two BAs, MFA, GIA, a no-longer-active cosmetology certification, various partial degrees in various other fields of study....I like to learn things, and learn the majority of things and often finish before life takes over, even if I have zero intention of ever doing anything with them towards a career. Right now I am working on labor law/employment law. Just to know the subject. I feel like it makes me more socially useful if that makes any sense. I want to be able to talk to people and have a little bit of useful data on whatever subject, without being pretentious.

 

[manderz]

I have a BSW and an MSW (Bachelor and Master of Social Work) and am an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker). I also have an Associate's Degree in Recording Arts. I loved school!

If you don't mind me asking, what are you doing with your degree? I've been considering my MSW, but am not sure I can justify it. I loved school, but I took several years off before I went to college. I'm now working full time and completing my BS (also full time), and at this point, I'm really ready to be done.

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

Diploma (Nursing), Bachelors (Nursing), Graduate Diploma (Educational Technology), Masters Degree (Education).

cheers--Sharon

 

[Rhea]

Bachelors degree. I wanted to do my masters degree in social work, but burnt out and now I'm not sure what I want to do. I'll figure it out sooner or later!

 

[rosetta]

I have an MBBS (bachelors in both medicine and surgery) and a medical post-grad quali, the MRCP (much harder than med school!) and I'm doing my masters now.

I have to do a PhD or MD at some point, and complete another post grad exam, the FRCR.

I can't progress in my career unless my post nominals run something like: MBBB MRCP FRCS PhD/MD (more letters than in my name!)

I have other postgrad diplomas which I don't really count as they are only diplomas.

I'm kinda tired of studying now....

ETA: I don't want to sound disparaging towards diplomas, it's just that they don't count for much in my field of medicine, as they get superseded by MD/PhD pretty quickly.

 

[Autumnovember]

I have a B.A. in psychology and a BSN in nursing. I'm waiting about a year or two and then going for my masters in nursing. I have considered getting my doctorate but we will see. I hate schoo at this point because I'm burnt out. I went to school for seven years straight through.

 

[Octavia]

I have a J.D. and would love to do a master's in something...just not sure exactly what. Ideally, it will be something that will help me transition out of being a lawyer at some point (although I enjoy my current job, I probably won't do it forever and I've discovered that I don't really want to go into traditional "lawyering") but will allow me to do something really cool in combination with my law degree. I just keep waiting for inspiration to strike, though, since I don't want to spend time and money on another degree only to discover that it wasn't the right one. Also, I don't want to quit my job to go back to school, and a lot of programs I find interesting aren't really adapted for working people. In the meantime, I like to take non-credit classes at local community colleges in various subjects I find interesting -- it's so much less pressure (and so much cheaper!) than being in a degree program.

Masters.

(Landscape Architecture)

That sounds awesome!

 

[tuffyluvr]

I have a BA in anthropology with an emphasis in communications (the university I went to has a top anthro program and they make all anthro majors choose an 'emphasis'). It was a fascinating program, but I don't plan to get an advanced degree in anthro.

After university I started an ASN, but I got fed up with school and dropped out. My classes are good for 6 more years, and I still think about going back. Nursing is a very attractive field to me. I am most satisfied when I am helping people and I am well-suited to shift work. We'll see... I like my job--I don't *love* it, but I like it and I am paid reasonably well, so it's tough to think about going back to school, struggling, stressing and being broke. But I can foresee myself becoming frustrated with feeling unfulfilled in my current position...

 

[bright ice]

Associate in Physical Therapy, Bachelors in Nursing, Masters in Nursing as an FNP.

 

[marcy]

I have a BS in psychology.

 

[Tacori E-ring]

I am weeks away from completing my graduate degree.

 

[Haven]

I am weeks away from completing my graduate degree.

 

[Haven]

I have a BA in English and technical theatre, an MA in the teaching of English, an MEd in reading and literacy, and I'm currently finishing up a graduate certificate in higher education as a developmental education specialist.

I love school, but after this cert, I am DONE. At least for several years.

 

[madelise]

I am weeks away from completing my graduate degree.

Congratulations!!

 

[pandabee]

BS complete, Doctor of Pharmacy in t-minus 6 months!!

Another observation. Do you think there is a higher level of education here as it is more likely that people with higher education are able to earn higher incomes, thus being able to indulge in luxuries like diamonds, etc?

 

[packrat]

Over the summer I got my Para Educator certificate and that's what I do now. I'd taken several classes before we got married, at the local community college, computer and secretarial classes, but never got a degree. Our preschool requires I get my CDA, to be a Child Development Associate, so I will be signing up for that this Spring. Maybe down the road I thought about continuing on and becoming a full fledged teacher, but I quite enjoy what I'm doing now, so we'll see.

 

[ksinger]

Thirty percent of the US population has a bachelor's or higher, yet here on PS, the respondents to this question indicate 80 percent fit that category.

Pretty much as I've always suspected - PS is not a good cross-section of the population. Not that it took any great intellect to figure that out of course.

I have a BS in management. Considering that it's management, the BS is apropos. So naturally I now work in IT.
My husband would adore having a masters in economics - his love affair with it goes way back, but he hates math AND in this part of the world, they pay neither during nor after, for a teacher to get advanced degrees in their subject or anything related, so it truly is money that can never be recouped, in teaching at least. Sad but true.

 

[ksinger]

BS complete, Doctor of Pharmacy in t-minus 6 months!!

Another observation. Do you think there is a higher level of education here as it is more likely that people with higher education are able to earn higher incomes, thus being able to indulge in luxuries like diamonds, etc?

Nah. I'm sure that's just a coincidence.

 

[Dancing Fire]

i got my B.S. degree when was very young...

 

[madelise]

BS complete, Doctor of Pharmacy in t-minus 6 months!!

Another observation. Do you think there is a higher level of education here as it is more likely that people with higher education are able to earn higher incomes, thus being able to indulge in luxuries like diamonds, etc?

Nah. I'm sure that's just a coincidence.

Some truth, but not really. My SO used to frequent forums for luxuries: expensive. a$$. cars.
People can prioritize their income to allow for luxury purchases.
I know many people with 100k+ cars that don't have their BA/BAs.
They don't have many responsibilities to pay for, and no school loans to pay off.. so their $ goes to whatever they want.

I used to be part of a forum that focused on another luxury.
Most of the users were women who weren't very educated at all.
They married rich, and were pretty.. dull. It was all about what their HUSBANDS do.

I think PS attracts people who want the science in fine jewelry. I think that characteristic to want to learn is the common PS ground here.

 

[ksinger]

BS complete, Doctor of Pharmacy in t-minus 6 months!!

Another observation. Do you think there is a higher level of education here as it is more likely that people with higher education are able to earn higher incomes, thus being able to indulge in luxuries like diamonds, etc?

Nah. I'm sure that's just a coincidence.

Some truth, but not really. My SO used to frequent forums for luxuries: expensive. a$$. cars.
People can prioritize their income to allow for luxury purchases.
I know many people with 100k+ cars that don't have their BA/BAs.
They don't have many responsibilities to pay for, and no school loans to pay off.. so their $ goes to whatever they want.

I used to be part of a forum that focused on another luxury.
Most of the users were women who weren't very educated at all.
They married rich, and were pretty.. dull. It was all about what their HUSBANDS do.

I think PS attracts people who want the science in fine jewelry. I think that characteristic to want to learn is the common PS ground here.

If you know many people without higher educations, who can pay for a 100k anything after food, shelter, and clothing, I really want to know what it is they are doing for a living that they can do that. I want that job.