Comments on: E is for Education

By: Therapeutic Ramblings

Therapeutic Ramblings — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:02:28 +0000

^ is also a Schooloholic. I took time off in-between my bachelors and grad school, but made up for lost time. I consider myself a student of life….so far so good.

By: Michael Henreckson

Michael Henreckson — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:00:14 +0000

I’m allergic to education in the same way I’m allergic to vegetables. In other words both of them are good for me but there are plenty of times when I don’t particularly enjoy either of them.

Education takes a lot of time, much of it seems wasteful in my humble opinion. But in the end the results are usually undeniable and doors are opened. Now if only there was a degree in “whatever I feel like studying” then education would be a lot of fun. I’m not opposed to learning, but I prefer doing it at my own pace and on subjects I pick.

Oh, and I’m not really allergic to vegetables.

By: michelle

michelle — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:25:40 +0000

I’m definitely a schoolaholic! My dad is a professor so growing up it was automatically assumed that I’d be getting a master’s or a Ph.D. Right now I’m in law school, and I also have a master’s and bachelor’s degree (in different fields) under my belt. To be honest I don’t feel like I function very well in the workplace–and I feel like I’m avoiding it by hiding out in school. I also think that school is just a better environment for me in general. If I didn’t have all this law school debt, I would definitely go for a Ph.D. afterwards!

By: Zandria

Zandria — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:50:43 +0000

Yay for Janet talking about continuing education! It’s definitely good to continue learning new things.

By: Megan

Megan — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:00:10 +0000

Schoolaholic all the way. With a teacher for a mom, I hardly stood a chance. I also feel like I do best under the “school year” timeline and rhythm, and I’ve felt my brain start to atrophy a little since I finished my undergrad. Luckily, I’ll be starting my master’s (in Library Science!) this fall, so I’m excited to start my last couple years of formal education. I have to say, though, my favorite time in my “school years” was the beginning of college, with a veritable smorgasboard of learning, all for me to take in. It’s a lifelong dream of mine to become some sort of polymath, so let’s hope that a good combination of schoolaholism and “school of life/hard knocks”-ism will lead me that way…

By: JEMi | Tips for Life, Love, You

JEMi | Tips for Life, Love, You — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:17:09 +0000

I..I don’t know what to say

I’m the same way- I strongly believe in education and well.. deciding to become a doctor pretty much guarantees another decade or so on having to learn stuff

I love to learn, I love to grip about it, and I love to long for days off. I don’t even know what life will really really be like outside of having to learn for a living..
Even though I’ve had time off - I guess I always knew “I’ll be headed to class next semester”

weird. How’d I even get like this?

By: jesser

jesser — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:27:42 +0000

I am definitely not a schoolaholic. I got done with four greuling years in a CS program and have yet to look back. I do idly dream about pursuing a graduate degree now and again … not in my undergrad field (god no) … but with my daughter just being a year old, it is probably a ways off. On the other hand, I feel like I am always learning … I read a lot and teach myself how to do new things occasionally.

Great blog, BTW … I am surprised I’ve never run accross it before. Lucky for me, Slice of Pink is a frequent read.

By: Miss Squirrel

Miss Squirrel — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:34:44 +0000

I’m more of a “school of life” person, I’d say… I did finish my bachelor’s degree, but by the time I was done I just could not get out fast enough and start working. Now I sometimes miss the lifestyle of a college student, but that’s about it. If I want to learn something new, I can - I don’t have to be in college to do that. I just need Google, usually I have found through my schooling that all the assignments, deadlines, exams, and the insane amount of reading tends to suck the fun out of a subject you’re interested in. I’d rather learn it on my own leisurely terms.

By: michelle and the city

michelle and the city — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:09:40 +0000

a good friend of mine is a schoolaholic. she finished her masters last year in criminal justice and now i think she’s going back to school to be a teacher! i told her it’s because she’s postponing the reality of life. school is such a comfort. i sort of wish i was back in college sometimes.

By: Dorie

Dorie — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:58:35 +0000

I am a Continuing Education Credit Junkie, thanks to the community college around the corner from my office. I would be a complete schoolaholic but my husband and I have a hard time justifying the cost at this point in our lives. My husband falls in the school of life category - he would much rather be out in the world and learning through his experiences instead of in a classroom. It’ll be really interesting when he and I get around to having kids - will they find middle ground on their education opinions or will they too be extremists?