Yes :)
Im a Fashion Designer

and I have my certificate in
fitness trainer

Uhm, why are you posting here if you think adult is morally questionable? Is it because you didn't go to school?

Yes ... and the first thing I was taught was how to spell

UNIVERSITY

Well said.
:thumbsup

you make it sound so easy "a computer and some hustle" you people make me laugh.

everyone and their dog would be on the internet if they could but they CANT, just like not everyone can become a good lawyer.

who is talking about sitting around an designer porn galleries? you are just pulling up things that do not even have anything to do with the topic at hand.

i have spent longer than 4 years developing my business skills and craft. i have put in more hour and more study than any person i know who went to college or university. so because it is outside the norm of societies methods it is not "psychological growth"? where is your argument. you have none.

everyday i am reading, expanding, talking, making contacts, always staying ahead of the game. i have never sat around and jacked off all day to porn submitting galleries thinking i was going to become rich.

i dont need to wait for class to start my learning, i do it myself.

you sound like a stuck up rich white kid..

were your parents rich?

school is expensive the only people i know who can afford to go to school for "social and psychological growth" are rich daddy kids who have no idea about the real world.

Couldn't agree more. When it comes to anything related to computers / programming I would take a person with 4 years of experience over someone fresh out of a UNI and day. Obviously there is some professions that REQUIRE you to have that higher level of education (ie: doctor, lawyer, etc), but the fact is in most of our fields - work experience is way more valuable. Not knocking people who have it, as I would like to go back and get a degree at some point, but to say that without a degree you wont succeed in life is total bullshit. Just my :2 cents:

for some brains
 

I went yesterday the BEST head EVER !

no, got accepted to M.I.T but couldn't afford it.
so i started shooting porn instead!

UCLA B.A. Economics, Accouting minor.

That kind of deductive reasoning can only be inspired by someone who wasn't educated. I'm assuming you didn't go to school. And yes, I think adult is morally questionable. At the same time, it's a 1st amendment right and I support the constitution.

I made 150k for 2 straight years and I quit to pursue law school. And I made that money with 5 minutes of weekly work. Hmmm.. Sounds like money ISNT the only thing in life. Educate yourself.

Ah yes, the typical antisocial remark. "Who cares about bettering yourself and meeting people when i can sit on my computer, get fat, and design porn galleries". You've taught me a lot.

does college count...lol

My 6 year University experience was great for me educationally, and enriched my life tremendously.

I quit high school midway through my Senior year (at the encouragement of the local police that were onto, and none to happy about, my love of marijuana). I took my GED the day after I dropped out of High School (which I passed with flying colors), and shipped off to US Navy Basic Training (aka Boot Camp) by weeks end.

I started attending college while still in the Navy through various extension programs. I also attended advanced technical training schools while in the Navy.

Upon my discharge, I enrolled and was accepted into a state university. The GI Bill was of great assistance. I also quickly became involved in the student government and was able to earn stipends during four of my six years, serving in various capacities, including a seat on the Student Union Board of Directors, and Vice-President of the Associated Student Body, where I was Chairman of the Board of Directors.

I started as a Social Work major, decided that I enjoyed research more, and switched to a Sociology major, and eventually settled on a more esoteric path, choosing History as my major (I planned to teach college and write books).

I voraciously devoured textbooks, absorbing all kinds of information. I sought out classes in Art History, Archaeology, Philosophy and Psychology. Meanwhile, I developed my social conscience as well, leading the largest political activist group on campus (Students for Peace), and participating in several other groups (such as the Anti-Apartheid "Mandela Coalition").

To this day, I cherish my university experience.

I made lifelong friendships, received an incredible education, and learned so much about myself and the world around me.

Strangely enough, I picked up some transferrable skills in computers and management along the way, so that I jumped straight from college into the corporate world and soon moved into management, where I remained until deciding to venture out into starting my own mainstream business almost a dozen years ago.

My mainstream business soon flourished, and I suddenly had the money, time, and opportunity to start-up my adult enterprises.

There have been plenty of ups and downs along the way, but all-in-all, I feel that I have led a charmed life, and have had some incredible experiences along the way, which I would probably not trade for anything (except for lots more money, LOL).

I wish that I had time to study as I once did, although I don't think that I have ever stopped learning.

As I get older, I am making more time for myself, to do things that I may not be able to do decades down the road, because I do not want to miss the chance. That has also enriched my life.

The important lesson that I learned from college (and from life in general), is to take responsibility for yourself and your education. Don't be a sheep. Learn to think and act for yourself. Set goals, and realistic milestones for achieving them, and then break your balls to realize your dreams...

:2 cents:

Almost forgot to mention that there is lots of good pussy in college too, although I learned to love women with big brains even more than women with big boobs. :upsidedow

ADG

Perfectly said.

I went for three years and dropped out once I realized I was making more money than I ever would at a normal job. :pimp Kinda wish I just didnt stop going to class and waited for the semester to end, but oh well

I have BBA degree

I've almoste Master of Science, last year.

I spent 18 years in school.. University.. Masters.. Marketing..

I have a bachelor of fine arts in filmmaking from School of Visual Arts in NYC.

my university years were some of the best years of my life. i don't regret one minute of the experience. and those who are saying it's not difficult, haha. i mean, obviously some subjects of study are easier than others.... but, for example, my upper level chemistry classes (and labs) were some of the hardest things mentally i've ever done. spend 6 hours in a lab at the end of a week of wrapping your mind around complex organic/inorganic compounds, and you make one mistake, you are fucked. biochemistry, graded on a curve, people were passing with 30% in absolute terms (taught by the faculty of medicine, scary isn't it?). 3rd year calculus and linear algebra - another curved grade, prof couldn't speak english (he was Russian), the only way the students and him spoke was through symbols on a chalkboard lol. anyway, pretty difficult stuff.

Genetics: i think more than everything else i studied (my major was honors genetics), i took the largest amount away from it. logic and problem solving: you can apply it to anything you do, for the rest of your life. Plus IT'S FREAKING FACINATING stuff to be exposed to, and learn about.

working in a genetics lab my last two summers with borderline geniuses was pretty cool too. genetics prof's are an interesting bunch lol.

microbiology classes/labs, virology, prokaryotics/eukaryotic genetics, statistics, physics, zoology, damn i learned and experienced a lot of shit in uni. you haven't lived until you've made, then eaten sauerkraut from a flask in a microbiology lab lol. grown e.coli and then mutated them, in very specific ways. mutated fruit flies, knocked them out with ether to work out the mutations without them flying around. i almost got knocked out myself once by sniffing a little to close to the ether hehe. in my inorganic chem (year 2) we had to sniff pure ammonium before we were able to use it, it's like getting cold-cocked in the face. anyway, this is all just random ramblings i'm spitting out on the fly. bottom line, it was an awesome experience.

on the other hand, philosophy, which i minored in, was like taking a vacation (no slag to phil majors). i loved it, as it was the exact opposite of everything in the world of science. i always looked forward to my phil classes, i'd always try schedule them at the end of the day, get all of the hard work out of the way (poet didn't even know it), and just chill out. it always seemed ridiculously fun and relaxed. read a couple books each week, argue with the prof and students while drinking a cup of coffee, and write a couple of papers. i was completely entrenched with taking notes (in science, in my case genetics) it's almost a war. all you do is write in each lecture, figure it all out later. not so in phil, i tried to write some shit down the first couple of classes, then i just stopped. completely redundant. the only sort of hard stuff in phil was logic. but if you are taking anything past year two math, and some statistics, philosophy logic is easy.

and then there is the social aspect: killer. if you want to meet friends and girlfriends, there is no better place, period. all of what i consider my life-long friends, were met in highschool and university. emphasis on university.

negatives. hmm. well, it sucked being poor. i lived with my then gf in her apartment with two other girls (pretty crowded lol). tiny little room, lots of noodles and cheap tomato sauce with pasta. even with a couple of small scholarships, i had to go the student loan route. one of the best days of my life was paying that fucker off.

also, not really being able to work outside of the summers kind of sucked. after my last two years of uni working in a lab in the summers, i never had a real job ever again. it was great having good access to the internet back in 93, and then using it to be able to start a company in 96. yet another +1.

holy stream of consciousness. anyway blah blah blah /blah.