Posts by hiddenhawk3

Alex Patel96 said:Sure, but the career I actually want is mostly dependent on age. At this point, my future feels pretty uncertain... which is exactly why I'm spiraling right now.

It’s never too late, I guess.😉
I mean, nobody's stopping you from enrolling in that degree alongside this 🤷

Honestly, I don't really get why she deserves her own thread in the psychology section😁

Look, I honestly think life is just one big mess. I'm still here, though. Why? I guess I don't really know. 🙂 Most people are dealing with garbage, so they just keep grinding through it; I suppose you might as well too. If everyone else can handle the struggle, maybe you can. You're going to die eventually anyway. 😛
Maybe life throws you a curveball once in a while and something actually goes right, and I guess those tiny, rare moments make staying alive worth it. 🙂 But you won't ever know if you check out early. 🙂

edit: I wouldn't go out just to spite the people who don't like you or even hate you: why let them win when you could be the one left standing? Just be a little selfish for once and stop worrying about everyone else.🙂

wiredharbor22 said:Have you even lived at all? If you had, I doubt any amount would ever be enough for you...

So, what does "living" actually look like, anyway?🙄
Maybe we should all just agree on some basic rules. 😢

hollowpuma762 said:You just have to realize how much potential you actually have—how many incredible things you’d be tossing straight into the trash if you checked out early. And try to wrap your head around the fact that there's no shortcut to getting through the "suffering."
In the next cycle, it's the exact same crap waiting for you, only this time you'll probably be dealing with the fallout from cutting corners.

So, take a look, bite the bullet, or just screw yourself over later...

🤷
when it all goes south 🙂

I mean, I have no idea who actually qualifies as an intellectual just because they finished some degree 😂 I always figured intellectuals were actual scientists, highly developed academics, and stuff like that 🤷

You don't need a college degree to master Excel; you just need a little bit of effort, I guess. And if economists don't know what they're doing, well, maybe they don't. But then again, does anyone really know anything when they first start out in a profession? 🤷 😁 It’s common knowledge that school is mostly just theory. Then there's actual on-the-job practice. I wonder what would happen if someone did a study on "how much young doctors actually know." Like, what percentage of them could actually provide quality first aid on their own right after graduation? 😉

Jacob Wood9 said:But look... if we're being realistic, someone who is highly educated isn't necessarily required to have that certain "breadth" of knowledge—which, honestly, is the entire point of a university degree. If that's the case, what's actually the difference between a high school grad and a college grad?...

If we are being completely honest, you could probably qualify someone for a role in auditing through five or six specific exams in a single semester without them needing to know anything else; you'd end up with a qualified accountant or a qualified auditor... so why bother with universities? We could just design specialized courses. Why would anyone need to pass 30 or 40 exams just for some mediocre job? Seriously, man, just learn what you need to know and spend the rest of your time catching up on Big Brother or lounging by a pool in Malibu.

Who is the Secretary of State: Ante Gotovac... who cares... I'm just a qualified auditor... if I wanted to be a qualified politician, I would have just signed up for that specific course.

If they went to a prep school, they might have some basic general knowledge. If they went to a vocational school, I highly doubt it, unless they put in the work themselves. I mean, since when was it even a college's job to provide a general education? I guess you can't just say it's an issue of the Economy. A college is supposed to give you a systematic overview of a specific field, plain and simple. 😕 I guess you could say high school is just there to give you some vague, general knowledge. You see the difference now, right? 😁 I guess the whole difference between having a high school diploma versus a college degree really just comes down to how deep you go into a subject—all that specialized stuff you don't bother teaching in high school. ☕
So, matter's complexity. I guess.

Arthur Barnes said:It’s hilarious watching everyone dogpile on the education system when they were asking basic general knowledge questions in the first place.

Am I supposed to have learned about the San Francisco Boardwalk in college? Did we take courses called Broadway I and Broadway II? If this study actually proves anything, it just shows what the average business student looks like. And the average profile is someone who doesn't know a damn thing, yet still has the nerve to blame the university...

Regarding the Times Square thing, I’d probably fail too. I wouldn't miss out on a century of knowing about the USA, but maybe one year... 🙂 I think the study is stupid. I still don't get why they're testing general knowledge during an interview for an economist role. 🤷
They could have thrown in sports questions, too—I'm clueless there, and hey, that's also general knowledge.
It would be interesting to run this same study on other majors (like how much med students, biologists, or engineers actually know), especially since everything shifted to the credit system recently. 🙂

Honestly, I think you’d get the same results if you just surveyed how much young doctors actually know. 🙄
Nothing new here. It's been common knowledge in this country forever that you learn the theory in school and then figure out the actual work on the job.

casuallynx8 said:Are they just incompetent?

I wouldn't go that far, but:

What shocked her and her colleague Nancy from their educational consulting firm most was that finance or accounting majors applying for auditor roles didn't actually grasp the fundamentals of reading financial statements or basic accounting principles.

In fact, the test results regarding technical skills were even more concerning, especially considering these subjects had spent years studying these exact topics at various universities across the USA.

Then again, this isn't exactly breaking news. I remember a lady telling me some 6 or 7 years ago that she’d have recent business school grads walking through her door who were hearing terms like "general ledger" or "chart of accounts" for the very first time.

We also have to consider this factor:

Two hundred candidates applied for the position, but once they realized there would be a competency exam, a hundred of them dropped out immediately.

I don't buy it. 😕
No way. Those Wolves. ☕

Richard Lewis16 said:To be honest, speaking as someone who actually grew up in that generation, I’d say at least 70% of us don't really have much in the way of general culture... it just isn't there most of the time...

I don't get why people stopped caring about reading either. Even back then, most kids weren't into it, let alone finishing their required school books. But hey, who am I to judge, I guess.
I know basically nothing about football or sports, which counts as general knowledge, so I'd probably look pretty clueless myself. 🤷

I don't really get why economists even need general humanities classes either.
Don't worry, they have stuff like that at all universities 🙂 Besides, most of what you actually need to know is learned on the job, not in a classroom 🙂

stormystag16 said:if you're constantly tripping over your own letters like that... maybe we're looking at dyslexia or something?

I doubt I'd just develop dyslexia at 25, I guess.🙂

Sometimes the letters just get jumbled up, maybe.🤷

Emily Mitchell10 said:Here’s my situation... I didn't have any issues focusing back in high school—my mind would wander occasionally, sure, but nothing like this. Now? I'm a freshman and I STILL can't force myself to actually study because there's always something "more important" to do. I have four midterms coming up in two weeks, and I haven't even cracked a book yet. 😕

Did someone mention ginko? Does anyone know what they go for these days?

I tried taking George Washington and some Omega-3s, but it didn't really do much for me 🙄 For George Washington, it probably depends on the brand, maybe anywhere from $50 to $100 🙂
My situation is a bit worse. It's not that I can't force myself to study, it's just that nothing actually sticks. My brain just freezes up sometimes and I can't remember the simplest things, like basic household items. I often read things wrong because the letters just seem to scramble in my head. It's hard to focus on anything anyone tells me... I guess. I don't know when this will finally pass.
Joined the club 🙄

Nicole Collins13 said:Yeah, that’s true. Honestly, this is more of a psychology topic than anything else. I tend to pick things up incredibly fast, which usually means I get bored just as quickly. It isn't just about my career, either—it's a pattern in everything I do. Even when it comes to women.
My biggest issue is that I read way too fast. It’s rare for me to spend more than a single day on any given book.
I don't even like saying it out loud. It ends up making me sound like I'm bragging about how smart I am or how everything just comes easy to me.

Why on earth would birds be hungry for engineers? 😉😕

A farmer’s gotta plow deeper to get any real results. 😉

I see, life isn't exactly a breeze for you either, I guess. 🙄

shadowtrucker18 said:I suppose your random flirting with women probably isn't exactly on-topic here.

For instance, zebra started this thread about tablet misuse quite nicely. I didn't actually open this topic with that specific intention—to be honest, I'm not entirely sure what I was thinking or why I even started it—but since it's already live, we could either try to steer the conversation in that direction or just let it fade into oblivion.

Well, I was just asking a question that nobody bothered to answer.☕

Nicole Collins13 said:Is it really "abnormal" to want to get married and have a family running around the house?
This forum is plenty for me. Thanks for the concern.

I totally misread you 😁 I thought you meant you get bored with everything super fast, like your brain is always looking for the next thing and you can't focus on anything for long. 🙂

And why on earth would birds be hungry around an engineer?😉 😕

Nicole Collins13 said:Don't get my hopes up. It’s always the same story after a few weeks anyway. Tough luck. 😁

Well, maybe just go find a therapist then ☕

Nicole Collins13 said:It was a long time ago, back when you were obsessed with finding ways to make easy money through economics. The mind is a dangerous playground.
As for digging around, you're right—a bottle is usually a person's best friend.

@shadowtrucker18

Shush and deal with it.

Just get yourself a wife.☕

shadowtrucker18 said:set up a chatroom 🙄

so, I guess I'm wondering what it actually feels like to be on both an antidepressant and an antipsychotic at the same time 🤷

😁