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Caboose · February 2005

Well, recently, I've been debating a lot with myself as to what I'm going to do once I graduate HS. I'd like to go to college, but in all honesty, I'd probly end up droping out...

I can't enlist in the millitary because I'm a diabetic, college is just too expensive and requires more planning than I'm comforterable with. I don't want to do somthing that will screw me over for the rest of my life, like work at McDonalds forever.

So, I was thinking, how about becoming a cop? I can do that...

Anyway, I guess I'm making this thread to get any other ideas, or plans. Also, any cops out there *pokes the snonos man* what goes into becoming a cop?

I know that to become a detective or somthing you have to get a degree in criminology, but as somthing for a fresh HS graduate, how is it?

Depot · February 2005

Hire on at a Home Depot, buy up all of their stock you can afford, and retire rich in 20 years. Seriously.

MrRadicalEd · February 2005

Try scopin' out a community college in the mean time.. get some basics down and consider where to go from there. Maybe go for some vocational class on the side in the field that interests you the most so you can use that as a stepping stone for something more serious.

Petco · February 2005

At a buffet you can make decent money (with tip of course). It's a good first job for some people.

reasa · February 2005

Being a cop should be awesome for a kid just out of high-school!

Then again all I know about cops is from the movie Super Troopers...

BadKarma · February 2005

Bein a cop is a lesson in taking greif. All you tech support people here? Being a cop is like that, except all the people giving you grief are either drunk, cracked out, violent or just terribly terribly stupid (if your super lucky, their all four!). Plus, you actually have to look and quite possibly *touch* these unsavoury individuals. Then again, im sure it's very rewarding.

DOOManiac · February 2005

College really doesn't take as much planning as people in high school would have you believe. It's also a whole lot easier than they try to make you believe too.

Here's what I suggest:
Ask yourself, what do you want to do?
Is it something you need a lot of training (this includes college) for?
Are you willing to do what you need to do to get there?

Nobody can tell you "yeah, you should go to college" or "no, you shouldn't". That's something you have to decide for yourself. Likewise with whatever potential career path you choose.

Do you want to be a cop? If so, cool. But if its just 'something to pay the bills' I would suggest a different occupation (preferably one that does not involve the very real risk of being a target of hate and violence for society's lower rung)

Finally, don't think that you have to go to college to be successful in life. While statistically, people who go to college earn more money, this isn't a for sure thing. But there are many, many other factors in this life besides your annual income. Things such as raising a family, being a good person, etc. all factor in to this.

And so this long post ends where it began:
Nobody can tell you the answer except yourself. All we can do is give advice based on our own opinions. Good luck man.

kuperaye · February 2005

porn star

CommunistWithAGun · February 2005

Caboose I'm seriously considering the same career line, because I quit college dissapointed with it. I don't mind going back if I need to for becomming a police officer for a while but from what I've heard the requirements aren't that horrible. I'm meeting with our town sheriff this week to discuss it, I'll post here what he tells me.

Gadzuko · February 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Feb 22 2005, 12:02 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Caboose I'm seriously considering the same career line, because I quit college dissapointed with it. I don't mind going back if I need to for becomming a police officer for a while but from what I've heard the requirements aren't that horrible. I'm meeting with our town sheriff this week to discuss it, I'll post here what he tells me.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Make sure to mention how much you approve of racial profiling. I hear that's all the rage. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

Har_Har_the_Pirate · February 2005

wheres the snonoes hunter when you need him?

ZiGGY · February 2005

Insurance Salesman. *thumbs up*

CommunistWithAGun · February 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Gadzuko @ Feb 22 2005, 12:13 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Feb 22 2005, 12:02 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Caboose I'm seriously considering the same career line, because I quit college dissapointed with it. I don't mind going back if I need to for becomming a police officer for a while but from what I've heard the requirements aren't that horrible. I'm meeting with our town sheriff this week to discuss it, I'll post here what he tells me. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Make sure to mention how much you approve of racial profiling. I hear that's all the rage. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Where did I ever say that? If anything I hate it

Caboose · February 2005

I think he's referring to <a href='http://www.geocities.com/evanardhughes/profiling.html' target='_blank'>this</a>.

SkulkBait · February 2005

Find a technical college, they're pretty cheap, and take a few courses that interest you. These places tend to hire people who spent a good deal of time in their field and their experience is invaluable. Ask lots of questions. If you find something you like, then maybe you should go for it. At the very least you could find something you can tolerate (like I have) so you don't end up working at McDonalds your whole life.

theclam · February 2005

You don't have to go to Harvard to get a decent education. Many public colleges are cheap for instate residents, have need-based scholarships (you can get a free ride if you have good test scores and grades and little ability to pay), so that you can take a McDonalds-type job to pay your way through college. If you do well there, then you can get into a very good graduate college and make a lot of money.

My dad went to a very good private institution, flunked out, joined the army, ended up going to an unexceptional state University, and ended up getting into the University of Chicago for Business School. He didn't have a problem paying for any of this, because his family is decently well off, but you could get a scholarship and don't have to go to a top tier graduate school (or even graduate school at all) to get a great, satisfying career and life.

Or, you could start in a community college, work your way up into a real 4 year college as a transfer student, with a scholarship. This is pretty easy to do if you're smart enough and motivated enough to do well at community college (which isn't exactly difficult, no matter where you go).

I don't know that I'd be a cop, unless it's your particular cup of tea. You don't get very much respect from the people you're helping (especially during a counter cultural period like the 60s, although the opposite is happening now), and the work is either tough, dangerous, or boring.

I visited Caltech (didn't end up applying, probably couldn't get in anyway) and the admissions person there said that she had two people who got in, wanted to go, but couldn't pay. She said that there were assigned a summer job of applying to every single scholarship they could find, that they would qualify for. The ended up getting a full 4-year ride.

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