How much education do we all have here @ AR15.com?

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Posted: 12/3/2001 10:28:32 AM EDT

I have read most of the recent posts and checked the archives and have found threads on age, half nekkid womenz, lenghty arguments on religion and God, what type of conservatives we are, what twist rate and barrel length is best for 5.56, and Constitutional law dissertations, and of course pictures of our favorite weapons. I am struck by the (most of the time) well thought and intelligent posts and responses. I began to think along these lines and realized that the anti-gun lobby wants to portray us gun owners as semi-Neanderthal, drooling, male chauvinistic, semi-literate, 10th grade drop-outs, and we must be saved from ourselves.

So reply with your total years of formal education along with any other vital statistics that you feel are important.

Me- 17 yrs. education. Colege graduate with a degree in Pre-Hospital Medical Science Paramedic and a minor in Biology. Have several certificates and liscenses for areas associated with Paramedicine.
Funny story.... ruined both knees as a Ski Patroller and am now a mortgage broker. My wife and I have our own business and work together 24/7. It's fortunate that we both like each other.[;)]

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:32:24 AM EDT

[#1]

I got de kindagarten diploma. Also getting my BS in CJ, with a minor in psychology (i is edjumacated and can't spell it most days)

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:33:32 AM EDT

[#2]

B.S. Biology 1997 (Oregon State University)
M.S. Rangeland Resources 2001 (same)
Plus many years of field and data oganization/analysis with USFS and State of Oregon.

Karl

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:35:47 AM EDT

[#3]

18 years of formal education
Bachelor's in criminology/psychology, working on 2nd degree in computer science

QS

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:37:19 AM EDT

[#4]

I'm a sophmore in college.

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:38:32 AM EDT

[#5]

5th grade. Wanna hear some guzinta's?

2 guzinta 4 uh... two times..... [:D]

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:39:50 AM EDT

[#6]

Undergrad in computer science. MBA in Marketing. Minored in finance.

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:40:48 AM EDT

[#7]

MBA.......but I still haven't figured out whether it did me any good.

Oh! yeah!....that's when I learned to party and met my wife. I went to military college undergrad and we were definitely socially repressed. But then there was grad school....Ahhh! the memories of all those girls!!

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:40:57 AM EDT

[#8]

i got my BA in AR15s from the old boards (as a lurker) and i am currently working on my master's here.

attended School of Hard Knocks since birth

taught myself how to snowboard in 1989

and somewhere through the haze, i think i can remember graduating from college

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:41:50 AM EDT

[#9]

Sorry to rain on anyone's parade, but......

[soapbox]
I'll quote Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens to all of you with a sheepskin)

"Education, the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty"

I have about 107 hours of college. I first had a theatre major, w/English minor (on scholarship). Then had to drop out to support my parents, myself and my brother's daughter. So, I ended up going to college on and off for Information Systems/Technology. (We called it Data Processing in the 70's).

So now I have 25 years of experience in IT, and no degree, and I believe I can write, build presentations, build networks, manage people, projects, manage budgets, build data centers and proposals better than most of the MBA's I've ever run into. When they were lighting farts with their fraternity brothers, I was doing the job.

OOPS..Do you think maybe a nerve was hit with this one? Sorry, but I know my resume has been tossed into the trash many times because I didn't get the degree, when I know and have proven I can do the job.....[pissed]

Cheers

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:43:43 AM EDT

[#10]

I graduated from an advanced College Prep High School with Magnet Honors and was then kicked out of College because of failure to maintain grades. I have a sub-1 GPA (.035 last I checked) at the University of Texas at Austin. Part of the problem was I worked three jobs to put myself through school because I failed to qualify for financial aid, and when I wasn't sleeping through classes or working, I was partying like a rock star. To give you some idea of what I was interested in, I double majored in Philosophy and Computer Science, bypassing all the lower level classes. My ultimate goal was to work in Computer Artifical Intelligence, but my enthusiasm wasn't a match for my exhuastion. I also spent time in the accelerated German program, but sadly I've forgotten most of it beacuse I never practiced. I'm in the process of teaching my wife some basics of the language since she has German blood and it would be nice to be able to speak with someone else in another language to keep my skills up.

Still, I educate myself daily. I do not have the esteemed diploma in any specific area of study from a University, but I do continue to read and learn. My lack of a college diploma has never really stopped me from getting a job, though it does seem to be a hinderence in getting into the door at times. It was only one of the big accounting firms that told me my lack of a diploma would stop me from getting a job in their consulting branch working in computer security, but I consider that to be their loss. I've had the pleasure of hobnobbing with some of the best in the computer security industry.

God Bless Texas

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:43:59 AM EDT

[#11]

Post from a3kid -

Wanna hear some guzinta's?

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Well, a3kid, I see you're a graduate from the Jethro Bodine School for Advance Cyphering, same as me.

Eric The(OrIsIt'SameAsI'?)Hun[>]:)]

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:44:27 AM EDT

[#12]

16 - BS in Accountng. CPA.

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:44:37 AM EDT

[#13]

Hey Coz:

Love that sig line. Words to live by.

Karl

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:46:47 AM EDT

[#14]

Some

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:47:11 AM EDT

[#15]

I managed to get my BA, an MA, and one year into a PhD from Uni Chicago before I had to call it quits. Call it 8+ years of schoolin'. So I guess I'm edumakated.

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:47:44 AM EDT

[#16]

I'm highly ed-u-ma-cated.

Poli-Sci undergrad
MBA post grad

I also hold both and undergraduate and a Masters in Organized Violence (IOBC, IOAC) from the prestigious Benning School for Boys.

Last, but not least, I have a Phd from the School of hard knocks.

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:47:45 AM EDT

[#17]

Lighting farts is terribly underrated..
QS
Pi Kappa Alpha

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:48:41 AM EDT

[#18]

I have a piled high deeper in mixing stuff together.

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:49:26 AM EDT

[#19]

Some College. Mostly vocational training, and a High School Diploma. I sit next to guys who have degrees and we do the same job.

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:51:00 AM EDT

[#20]

just getting ready to start my second semester at the jr. college.

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:53:39 AM EDT

[#21]

12 years in the commie camps,AS in Network Admin. from USF and tech school.........

Money well spent[;D]shoult have got me some more guns[:D]

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:58:04 AM EDT

[#22]

I was a "C" student in highschool.

I received 18 units of college credit for the academy, 11 units of college credit for my military service, and have taken a couple spanish language classes since then. Still a long way from even an AA, which I dont even want. For me "education" is a tool to acheive a goal. You go to school to get a good job. I already have a good job ($69,035 base salary) so additional school would be a waste of my time and money.

Posted: 12/3/2001 10:58:05 AM EDT

[#23]

[b]B[/b]ull [b]S[/b]hit
[b]M[/b]ore [b]S[/b]hit
[b]P[/b]iled [b]H[/b]igher and [b]D[/b]eeper.

[:D]

Posted: 12/3/2001 11:00:56 AM EDT

[#24]

AS Education in 1995
AS General Studies in 1995
BSS Mass Communications in 1998

I took off 10 years after High School to work so I could PAY for college.

Posted: 12/3/2001 11:04:13 AM EDT

[#25]

I have two associates degrees - Business Admin. and Accounting - and not using either in my current job. I'm thinking about going back to college, but can't decide what I want to study. I'm interested in EVERYTHING!

Posted: 12/3/2001 11:06:16 AM EDT

[#26]

BS in Marketing and Management w/ minor in Accounting (1996)

MBA in Human Resource Mgmt (1998)

Currently enrolled at the prestigious University of AR15.Com (2000 to present) - For once, I'm learning a great deal and loving every minute of it! [:D]

Posted: 12/3/2001 11:16:29 AM EDT

[#27]

Uncle Sam's 11 week class in how to polish your boots and such forth at MCRD San Diego
7242 Course at MCAGCC
B.S in CJ
J.D.

Posted: 12/3/2001 11:19:24 AM EDT

[#28]

me: high school grad

almost done first semester of 2 year course in mecanical engineering techonology at new brunswick community college. i'm taking a 4 year university level engineering crse minus the calculas in 2 years.

it's hard.

OffRoad

Posted: 12/3/2001 11:19:58 AM EDT

[#29]

"I know nothing."

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Whaddaya want from me, I watch TV.

Posted: 12/3/2001 11:22:06 AM EDT

[#30]

Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering.

I attended college on full acedemic scholarships. I am named as inventor on three United States Patents and have applied for a forth.

I am studying the Japanese language at a local community college, although I don't intend to apply those credits toward any degree. I have considered pursuing a master's in EE but I question the value.

Anyway, based on the responses so far, it seems that we are not the drooling illiterate neanderthals they think we are. Then again, it's obvious to everyone that anti-gun folks never did have a fact straight to begin with. I guess we shouldn't be suprised.

Posted: 12/3/2001 11:30:59 AM EDT

[#31]

One year away from a Bacherlors in Information Technology.

Posted: 12/3/2001 11:32:04 AM EDT

[#32]

MA Political Science 1993
Business Information Systems College degree 1997
Too many to mention computer courses/certifications.

IT is a constant educational treadmill; lucky for me I enjoy training.
________________________________________________

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."
Harry S. Truman

Posted: 12/3/2001 11:33:44 AM EDT

[#33]

BA psych, USF (brahmin)
BSet comp sci, USF
some grad school.
20 yrs exp in DP.
most of the best coders i've known had AAs
career change ahead.

Posted: 12/3/2001 11:41:40 AM EDT

[#34]

ok, here goes(don't laugh):

1984-1988-Sedona Astrology Institute.

1988-1992-ICI-International Clairvoyancy Institute.

1992-1996-Apprencticeship under Swami Al-Al-Al

1996-2000-BS in Psychic Enginneering

2000-2004-MS in Psychic Engineering

2004-2008-Phd in Psychic Engineering

[:D]

ARSwami
_________________________
I was never here!

Posted: 12/3/2001 11:43:13 AM EDT

[#35]

19 years of formal ed. and realizing my Dad is getting smarter every day.

Posted: 12/3/2001 11:57:51 AM EDT

[#36]

BA (Economic Geography and GIS) 2000

Posted: 12/3/2001 12:01:16 PM EDT

[#37]

I have a high school diploma, and a 4-year degree from Chesty Puller University!

Semper Fi!

Posted: 12/3/2001 12:07:16 PM EDT

[#38]

BA Economics (Swarthmore 2000) I have my proof of purcha...uh, I mean degree hanging on my wall right in front of me.

JD Candidate (William & Mary 2003)
What a pain in the ass. I do well, make law review, and still nobody wants to give me a job. I should have gone to OCS...at least I get to shoot stuff.

Posted: 12/3/2001 12:20:19 PM EDT

[#39]

BSCE (Civil Engineering) '95 University of Arkansas. Go Razorbacks!!!

Passed the first 8 hour exam, worked through the 4 yr intern period, passed the second 8 hour exam and am now a licensed Professional Engineer in the Civil discipline.

BBURN

Posted: 12/3/2001 12:23:21 PM EDT

[#40]

BS in Geology from TCU

Thinking about going to South Texas College of Law to get an Environmental Law degree. Not to be a court-type lawyer, but to be more of a legal council for oil companies.

Posted: 12/3/2001 12:26:23 PM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:
I took off 10 years after High School to work so I could PAY for college.

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Took me 4 years to PAY for college via the USN aka GI bill. Oh yeah, BS CIS and some post grad work towards an MBA

Posted: 12/3/2001 12:35:09 PM EDT

[#42]

Ms 'cleo' told me that managing the girls on the corner is what I was meant to do.

Posted: 12/3/2001 12:35:48 PM EDT

[#43]

An A.S. in Electronics and some EE classes under my belt.

Lots of IT/Comptuer Programming experience.

Eventually hope to go back and complete EE but i've always been short of money and if I did have the cash, I wouldn't have the time....

Posted: 12/3/2001 12:38:49 PM EDT

[#44]

Hi. Well, Business & Management major here but currently plunged into the wonderful world of investing.

Posted: 12/3/2001 12:45:57 PM EDT

[#45]

BSEE. LSU ,the greatest place on earth!

Posted: 12/3/2001 12:48:18 PM EDT

[#46]

B. S. Electrical Engineering

Posted: 12/3/2001 12:52:11 PM EDT

[#47]

Here's one y'all haven't see before:

BA in Theology with a Religious Education Concentration
Basic Catechist certification in the diocese of Steubenville, OH