Heading back to unversity!
Offline Long story shot I have decided to go back to university, I already have a degree so this time it is purely for interests sake, not worrying about job oppurtunities at the end of it all. I will be doing it part time while working which should be interesting. But the place I will be doing it at does not structure the degree, I can do it over however many years I want.
I was thinking about a double major, anthropology and archaeology. I have always had an interest in this area and only god knows why I didn't take these the first time around. I had a friend who did anthropology in university and told me horror stories but to be honest it just sounded interesting to me. Anyone got any horror stories about my choices? Anyone done a degree like this?
If you could go to university, money no object, job prospects a plenty, what would you take? Would you go at all?
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I forgot, osteology, the study of bones is another area I would really like to study, but that is not undergrad level.
Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
No animal shall wear clothes.
No animal shall sleep in a bed.
No animal shall drink alcohol.
No animal shall kill any other animal.
All animals are equal.
May your endeavors bear fruit, sir... best of luck to you
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Well, since I have all this free time in my life now, finishing school is one of the ideas on the table. So yes, I would and I might.
As far as degrees go, the two areas that interest me the most are physics and philosophy.
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I can say philosophy was my favorite subject last time around. I really recommend it. Sure it is a bit useless in any practical sense but I really enjoyed it.
Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
No animal shall wear clothes.
No animal shall sleep in a bed.
No animal shall drink alcohol.
No animal shall kill any other animal.
All animals are equal.
I have a physics degree and am returning for an electrical engineering degree in September.
As for anthropology, I took some classes, and one we watched a video of primates masturbating.
Congratulations on going back to school! I've never studied anthropology or known any anthropology majors (I went to a private Baptist university so I doubt they even offered it) so I don't have any horror stories for you... sorry. :S
If I had the money I'd study philosophy, psychology, biology, anthropology and astronomy. Maybe some physics, too even though I'd have to catch up on my math... I'd probably be in school for the rest of my life, actually. :P Can I make career out of that?
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Actually yes you can. I know someone from another forum who has three PhDs. I forget whether it is two philosophy and one mathematics or two mathematics and one philosophy. Even so, he is a very marketable guy for the correct jobs. Which goes to Tapey's observation of just how marketable a philo degree might be.
If I was to apply for a job selling cell phones, the manager might not think that the degree was relevant. However, when it comes to actually selling cell phones, the ability to construct a good argument could be useful is getting people to buy the very phone that brought me the biggest commision. That and with 25 years of experience in human services, I have experience in getting people to say yes to whatever I want.
Getting back to my friend, the last time that I heard from him, he had just spent three years designing a new computer processor. He could not comment on it very much (I suspect that National Security might be the reason) but it does not use binary logic. In ten or twenty years, when the product does get mainstreamed, it will be a huge boost for the matter of what things are even computable.
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Another thing is that while I will not dis' learning astronomy at a college level, you don't need to do that to perform valid scientific research. I am an amateur astronomer and I do valid scientific research.
The fact is that there are just so many stars in the sky that if everyone on the entire planet took pictures of them on a regular basis, we still could not cover even 0.001% of what is out there. The more people we have doing the work, the better.
There is one amateur astronomer I am aware of who is relevant. He has spent something like USD $15,000 on his gear but he has found a solar system around some other star.
For my part, I am rather more pedestrian in my work but I take pics of star fields with a dozen or more stars visible and I take the same pics as often as I can manage. That work helps to establish how certain stars change in brightness over time. This is important because it helps to refine one of the measurements we need to determine the distance to various stars. When I can get a good pic, I am helping to make those numbers more precise.
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Sure. If I was young (which I am), I'd go study humanity through sociology, with additions of psychology, politology and some philosophy to relax a little. I intend to have my career in social institutions which requires to understand (influence) the people. (for their own good) With due respect to archaeology and bones, I think the more interesting people are the living ones, they sometimes even respond when I talk to them.
If I wasn't young, I'd probably have the above already studied, so I'd probably choose neurology, specially the neurology of perception and consciousness. I'd also take a look at particle physics and try to find a connection between the two. I'd use myself as a research subject.
Technical sciences are obviously on a good way, nobody needs my help there. But as for the certain kinds of perception and material particles, that area of science seems to be stuck.
I have just two certainities, first that my parents promised to gladly support me as long as I study (not many jobs here) and second that I'll stick out of the crowd anywhere I end up.
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I have already done the alive people thing, they are pretty ok.
Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
No animal shall wear clothes.
No animal shall sleep in a bed.
No animal shall drink alcohol.
No animal shall kill any other animal.
All animals are equal.
I never studied either one, but it does sound like fun. I could see myself going to take a few classes later in life. There was an old man who took several constitutional law classes with me when I was in college. He enjoyed the subject and used them as a way to exercise his brain until the day he died. You can learn a lot on your own, but there isn't anything that can replace a really good professor.
If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy.- Malcolm X
You cannot get better than that.
Me I have done, Philosophy, Geography and political science. Geography being the main focus there though technically I have majored in all three.
Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
No animal shall wear clothes.
No animal shall sleep in a bed.
No animal shall drink alcohol.
No animal shall kill any other animal.
All animals are equal.
Agreed but with modification. Learning should be a life long thing even without the professor. Apart from the subject matter immediately at hand, a good professor should instil the passion for learning that will drive you to keep going. Anything less constitutes a lack of "mental hygiene".
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Brain Surgeon, and whatever major applies (neuroscience?), granted that have the gargantuan amounts of dexterity and mental agility required. The amount of academia required would kill most people, easily. And yeah, I can say that while looking at the profession a light year away, metaphorically speaking. At my current age, by the time I graduate from being in impoverished ramen noodles-eating-student territory to 8-digit-figure income golden idol territory, I will be at an age comparable to Rich Woods. It's supposedly well-worth the extreme endeavor, despite throwing away one's prime years on academic pursuits. An obvious plus is having heirs to the kingdom that are every bit entitled to act like upper-middle class spoiled brats... for the rest of their lives. Also, in terms of sheer earning power, Brain Surgeon is a wet dream come true. The hours worked daily, and physical endurance required, is not.
I would have gone with an MBA, knowing some of the potential outcomes of such a major (including the slim odds of such a potential outcome), and investing that major on the correct company, except I don't have any people skills or team skills. And that tends to kill most MBAs before they even have a chance of starting. I'm a follower, not a leader, and most the people with MBAs (CEOs) never earn much past the lower end of the 7 digit salary range, despite often held urban myths.
The one career/major I might actually be good at, is financial advisor. Outside of realtime strategy, I dare say I'm a damned good strategist, and if there's some rough monetary edges that need sanding or some egregious expenses that could be eliminated entirely, I could find them with the proper training. Not only that, but I could enjoy my job as well. It is, however, a distant pipe dream, possibly even more so than being a surgeon or a business executive.
“A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally.” "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)
Above them there is one more higher level of business ladder unknown in textbooks, and that is someone who creates a general business philosophy. (spending, efficiency, minimalism, maximalism, competition, cooperation, capitalism, socialism, etc) This is where I'd like to end up, if not in more humanistic chair.
Beings who deserve worship don't demand it. Beings who demand worship don't deserve it.
My government needs him next I fear. You are going to have to wait in line.
Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
No animal shall wear clothes.
No animal shall sleep in a bed.
No animal shall drink alcohol.
No animal shall kill any other animal.
All animals are equal.
Public sector is one route to go with financial management. I doubt that's where I'd want to go, however.
“A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally.” "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)