Comments on: Miscellaneous Local Links – 5/15/07 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10408 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:28:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bixby http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10408#comment-86480 Bixby Thu, 17 May 2007 20:34:02 +0000 #comment-86480 <em>Hey since you guys are talking about college name brand recognition, has anyone heard of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute?</em><br /> Yes. No, really, I have. Actually, I'll probably be in the area next week after I get lost trying to find Ware, MA. Don't ask...<br /> <br /> <em>My oldest son graduation magna cum laude from Macalester and is a rock musician. My youngest son never went to college and I'll probably be borrowing money from him in my old age as he'll own a string of Punch Pizzerias.</em><br /> <br /> Oh yeah, well, I don't even know my GPA and if I don't finish 30 pages of writing by 5pm tomorrow I'm not even going to graduate. Still, that doesn't matter because I'm going to be an astronaut and I plan on colonizing Mars and buying my mom a condo to retire there.<br /> <br /> So clearly I win.<br /> (Going into space trumps any terrestrial occupation) Hey since you guys are talking about college name brand recognition, has anyone heard of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute?
Yes. No, really, I have. Actually, I’ll probably be in the area next week after I get lost trying to find Ware, MA. Don’t ask…

My oldest son graduation magna cum laude from Macalester and is a rock musician. My youngest son never went to college and I’ll probably be borrowing money from him in my old age as he’ll own a string of Punch Pizzerias.

Oh yeah, well, I don’t even know my GPA and if I don’t finish 30 pages of writing by 5pm tomorrow I’m not even going to graduate. Still, that doesn’t matter because I’m going to be an astronaut and I plan on colonizing Mars and buying my mom a condo to retire there.

So clearly I win.
(Going into space trumps any terrestrial occupation)

]]> By: Bubba http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10408#comment-86334 Bubba Thu, 17 May 2007 16:35:25 +0000 #comment-86334 Bubba knows others like Maz's kids. Kudos!!!<br /> Bubba knows others like Maz’s kids. Kudos!!!

]]> By: mazasapa http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10408#comment-86327 mazasapa Thu, 17 May 2007 16:30:28 +0000 #comment-86327 <em>And 35K for a 4.0? That's just sad.</em><br /> <br /> well, that was about 15 years ago. And 35K for a 4.0? That’s just sad.

well, that was about 15 years ago.

]]> By: Bubba http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10408#comment-86324 Bubba Thu, 17 May 2007 16:27:08 +0000 #comment-86324 And 35K for a 4.0? That's just sad. And 35K for a 4.0? That’s just sad.

]]> By: mazasapa http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10408#comment-86325 mazasapa Thu, 17 May 2007 16:25:59 +0000 #comment-86325 My oldest son graduation magna cum laude from Macalester and is a rock musician. My youngest son never went to college and I'll probably be borrowing money from <em>him</em> in my old age as he'll own a string of Punch Pizzerias. My oldest son graduation magna cum laude from Macalester and is a rock musician. My youngest son never went to college and I’ll probably be borrowing money from him in my old age as he’ll own a string of Punch Pizzerias.

]]> By: Bubba http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10408#comment-86320 Bubba Thu, 17 May 2007 16:14:15 +0000 #comment-86320 Yeah. Thanks for the news flash, Wayne. It doesn't change the fact that the only people who really care about your GPA are the HR nimwits who themselves graduated from Ronald McDonald's Clown College of Asshatry.<br /> <br /> Yeah. Thanks for the news flash, Wayne. It doesn’t change the fact that the only people who really care about your GPA are the HR nimwits who themselves graduated from Ronald McDonald’s Clown College of Asshatry.

]]> By: wayne http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10408#comment-86309 wayne Thu, 17 May 2007 16:12:27 +0000 #comment-86309 I hate to break it to you, bubba, but the days when someone could do that are mostly over now. The world changes, and now there's a pay-to-play system that's pretty expensive to get into. I hate to break it to you, bubba, but the days when someone could do that are mostly over now. The world changes, and now there’s a pay-to-play system that’s pretty expensive to get into.

]]> By: Bubba http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10408#comment-86307 Bubba Thu, 17 May 2007 16:06:49 +0000 #comment-86307 My grandfather never finished high school and he made himself into one of the richest, most successful business men in town. <br /> <br /> Grades/school have nothing to do with how smart or talented you are.<br /> <br /> My grandfather never finished high school and he made himself into one of the richest, most successful business men in town.

Grades/school have nothing to do with how smart or talented you are.

]]> By: mazasapa http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10408#comment-86280 mazasapa Thu, 17 May 2007 15:23:21 +0000 #comment-86280 <em>But the 4.0 at UW Plattville looks better? That's stupid.</em><br /> <br /> It doesn't look better, it simply tells me something about that person that's admirable. They work hard. I'm sure there are people who failed to graduate at Plattville.<br /> <br /> My only point is that just because you don't go to a prestigious school, because let's face it, only a small minority of people do, it doesn't mean you have no hope of getting hired at a good job with a good employer (she started at 35k) if you can show you made the best of it.<br /> <br /> But if you had mediocre grades at a non-descrept school, forgetaboutit.<br /> But the 4.0 at UW Plattville looks better? That’s stupid.

It doesn’t look better, it simply tells me something about that person that’s admirable. They work hard. I’m sure there are people who failed to graduate at Plattville.

My only point is that just because you don’t go to a prestigious school, because let’s face it, only a small minority of people do, it doesn’t mean you have no hope of getting hired at a good job with a good employer (she started at 35k) if you can show you made the best of it.

But if you had mediocre grades at a non-descrept school, forgetaboutit.

]]> By: wayne http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10408#comment-86276 wayne Thu, 17 May 2007 15:18:28 +0000 #comment-86276 Hey since you guys are talking about college name brand recognition, has anyone heard of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute?<br /> <br /> No?<br /> <br /> God, I'm so fucked. Hey since you guys are talking about college name brand recognition, has anyone heard of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute?

No?

God, I’m so fucked.

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