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“oh well, at least i can say i was the first one in my family to go to college, let alone even graduate high school, and i guess that counts for something.”
Yes, it definitely does count, Rob. You’ve achieved a lot. : )
ch, I was told to leave my “dates” off of the resume. As for the young kids, ugh. One good thing lately though is my firm is back to hiring.
aw thanks jessi 🙂
*rob*
tho looking back now i probably really only got straight A’s cuz i was terrified to take too many honors classes, my high school was straight up ghetto, and i went to a state school in jersey. :-/ oh well, at least i can say i was the first one in my family to go to college, let alone even graduate high school, and i guess that counts for something.
*rob*
Rob, you’re one of the coolest people I know. Srsly. <3
I studied my ass off in school to get straight A’s.. what a waste of time, considering i am now probably one of life’s biggest losers! you probably do wind up where you were meant to be. 🙁 id be fine with being white trash if i was straight, but there’s a total disconnect, well more of a cognitive dissonance of being bother white trash and gay. for some reason the two worlds dont seem to gel right and it makes for a rather unhappy life and existential dramarama.
*rob*
It’s also the case that admissions are not necessarily correlated w/ merit. This year I know at least 6 kids who were smarter, got better grades & test scores than some of their peers & didn’t get into their schools of choice whereas lesser, legacy/richer kids did.
That’s been my experience, delepp, I’m talking to a LOT of really young people. Not sure that’s working in this old lady’s favor. : (
“OTOH if you’re super bright but you go to state school over time you’ll end up shoulder to shoulder with the best and brightest from MIT.”
That was my father’s view, I’m not sure I agree entirely. He went to the big “H”, and wanted us to go to State Schools. His feeling was that we were bright enough to do well wherever we went. I navigated around this by finding an art school that cost the same as a State School.