Edumacation And Enlearnment

[Quantus]

Anyone else out there hate using the term "a B.S. degree"?

[Icecream]

Anyone else out there hate using the term "a B.S. degree"?

Nope. Because I have a BSc here. That's an American term for a bachelor of science isn't it?

[Chiana]

Yes, that's right Icecream.  I do feel funny saying B.S., and usually will say it out completely when I tell someone. 

[Quantus]

Yes, that's right Icecream.  I do feel funny saying B.S., and usually will say it out completely when I tell someone.

Same.  Ill say "I have a Degree" or "an Undergraduate degree in [blank]" if I need to get more particular.  Being an engineering degree, the Bachelor of Science vs Bachelor of the Arts distinction isnt really needed, everyone assumes the Of Science.

[Al-Hajj Bilal Ammar Jihad]

Funny, maybe that's a generational thing--never felt weird about saying "I have a BS in biology".  Was pretty standard when I was an undergrad...

[raljamcar]

im the kinda guy who will be joking about having a bs degree, and a degree in bs. although only second year of school here.

[stealthq]

Well, the common terminology is:

BS = bulls***
MS = more s***
PhD = piled high and deep

I've got one or more of each, and just about everyone I work with is a PhD as well, so I can say that in my very personal experience, I've found this to be oh, so, true. I'm fairly drowning in the stuff on a daily basis.

To keep to topic, mine are:
BS - Biochemistry & Genetics (one degree, dual major)
MS - Computer Science (done after the Micro PhD)
PhD - Microbiology (actual research was molecular genetics & biochemistry - just happened to be working with microbes)

[Shinihime]

I am in high school.  Probably one of the youngest users on the forum.  And the least educated. 

[Quantus]

I am in high school.  Probably one of the youngest users on the forum.  And the least educated. 

Bah, "educated" is just a matter of outlook.   Keep learning new stuff until you die, and you will be better off than most no matter how many years you've been at it.   

[Shinihime]

Bah, "educated" is just a matter of outlook.   Keep learning new stuff until you die, and you will be better off than most no matter how many years you've been at it.

So, when I die, does that mean that I didn't learn something that would have kept me from getting killed?

[Quantus]

So, when I die, does that mean that I didn't learn something that would have kept me from getting killed?

Not nessesarily, but it will mean you managed to learn a lot of stuff that was useful in other ways  

[Rasins]

I agree wholeheartely with Q. 

To add to it, don't limit yourself to one field either.  Study new languages.  Study Religion.  Study Math that you didn't get earlier in life.  Study people.

Take rest breaks, but use those rest breaks to figure out what area of study you want to get into next.

And study does not necessarily mean school.  Explore on your own.

Get out into the wild and study botany and biology and weather.

Have fun and revel in learning.

[Snowleopard]

^
What Rasins said plus - as they say - Knowledge is power.
You never know when a little odd bit of learning just might help you out.

[Chiana]

If you go to college, take a lot of different electives that interest you in the first year or two.  You may find your major is not what you want to do and you can make the switch earlier.  Remember, you are not married to your major in the first part.

[Snowleopard]

^
What she said.
When I went to college I tried to get most of my requirements out
of the way early - then I could enjoy classes that I wanted to take and did.