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Anyone completely surpassed your family education-wise?

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I'm not even close. I have my B.A. from UT-Austin but am currently looking to apply for '07 Admission into a [good] MBA program.


- My sister has an M.D. from UT-Southwestern (B.A. from UPenn), has just completed residency, and is working on becoming a fellow.

- One of my cousins is in the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and will get her M.D. in a couple of years.

- My dad has a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee.

- My uncle has a PhD from University of Minnesota in Chemical Engineering.

- Another cousin completed his MBA from Harvard a couple years ago.

- Another cousin is starting her MBA at Texas Tech and is still trying to learn English.

- Two other cousins are in UT-Austin and should get their degrees in the very near future.
 
Originally posted by: Otaking
I'm not even close. I have my B.A. from UT-Austin but am currently looking to apply for '07 Admission into a [good] MBA program.


- My sister has an M.D. from UT-Southwestern (B.A. from UPenn), has just completed residency, and is working on becoming a fellow.

- One of my cousins is in the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and will get her M.D. in a couple of years.

- My dad has a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee.

- My uncle has a PhD from University of Minnesota in Chemical Engineering.

- Another cousin completed his MBA from Harvard a couple years ago.

- Another cousin is starting her MBA at Texas Tech and is still trying to learn English.

- Two other cousins are in UT-Austin and should get their degrees in the very near future.
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W00t for Minnesota (that's my big 10 school)
 
Me - BA, I may go for MBA or JD if I fail in business the next 4 years.
mom - BA
dad - Master's
sister - BA in progess, wants MD
uncle - MD
cousin - PhD

those are the highlights. my dad has 8 bros and sisters, only 1 has no degree. everyone on my mom's side has a bachelor's.
 
Yes. I am the only person in my family with a masters degree, and the only person to have successfully completed an engineering degree.
 
Originally posted by: Vegitto
Out of my family of 20+, I'm the only one competent enough to attend college/university. I probably won't, though.
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Then you're less competent than you think you are.
 
Originally posted by: Pablo
Just because they haven't sat thru courses in school doesn't mean they are somehow inferior to you... parents can be hard to relate to for any number of reasons, don't blame it on their education.

From what I can tell, you put WAY too much value and pride into your education (your sig, saying your parents don't know sh!t, etc.)

Hopefully you'll grow up.
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Don't make assumptions. You don't know my parents. Lunatics. My mom is nuts (literally) and my dad is/was an alchoholic.
 
Originally posted by: BAMAVOO
You college kids just don't have a clue. Let's see how you do with the rest of your life. I now people that have retired at age 55 with no degree. I see people working into their 70's with degrees. It is not what you have learned from a book, but what you do with what know.
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Said the community college student who dropped out because it was too demanding?
 
Originally posted by: Pablo
Just because they haven't sat thru courses in school doesn't mean they are somehow inferior to you... parents can be hard to relate to for any number of reasons, don't blame it on their education.

From what I can tell, you put WAY too much value and pride into your education (your sig, saying your parents don't know sh!t, etc.)

Hopefully you'll grow up.
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:thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: Babbles
Originally posted by: Pablo
Just because they haven't sat thru courses in school doesn't mean they are somehow inferior to you... parents can be hard to relate to for any number of reasons, don't blame it on their education.

From what I can tell, you put WAY too much value and pride into your education (your sig, saying your parents don't know sh!t, etc.)

Hopefully you'll grow up.
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:thumbsup:
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And another, :thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: Pablo
Just because they haven't sat thru courses in school doesn't mean they are somehow inferior to you... parents can be hard to relate to for any number of reasons, don't blame it on their education.

From what I can tell, you put WAY too much value and pride into your education (your sig, saying your parents don't know sh!t, etc.)

Hopefully you'll grow up.
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I agree that someone is no inferior simply because of formal education.

But there is nothing wrong with being proud of your education. No offense, but if you think that being proud of education and putting value into knowledge is wrong, I think you yourself need to get educated. Knowledge is a good thing. But yeah, don't put down others or assume you're "better" just because you have a bunch of degrees.
 
Both my parents never finished high school, and I guess my ancestry is a long line of working class/peasants in S. Korea. But my sister and I have the same level of education (J.D.)
 
Originally posted by: Sc4freak
Originally posted by: Pablo
Just because they haven't sat thru courses in school doesn't mean they are somehow inferior to you... parents can be hard to relate to for any number of reasons, don't blame it on their education.

From what I can tell, you put WAY too much value and pride into your education (your sig, saying your parents don't know sh!t, etc.)

Hopefully you'll grow up.
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I agree that someone is no inferior simply because of formal education.

But there is nothing wrong with being proud of your education. No offense, but if you think that being proud of education and putting value into knowledge is wrong, I think you yourself need to get educated. Knowledge is a good thing. But yeah, don't put down others or assume you're "better" just because you have a bunch of degrees.
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Blah. The OP is acting like his degree is important, when in reality, its what you do with your degree that really matters.
 
Originally posted by: homestarmy
Originally posted by: Pablo
Just because they haven't sat thru courses in school doesn't mean they are somehow inferior to you... parents can be hard to relate to for any number of reasons, don't blame it on their education.

From what I can tell, you put WAY too much value and pride into your education (your sig, saying your parents don't know sh!t, etc.)

Hopefully you'll grow up.
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Don't make assumptions. You don't know my parents. Lunatics. My mom is nuts (literally) and my dad is/was an alchoholic.
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If your parents are both idiots and worthless, I'm not sure why you "surpassing" them in school really matters too much.
 
Difficult to do when one parent has a PHD (Optics) and the other a Masters (Edu).
 
Originally posted by: Sc4freak
Originally posted by: Pablo
Just because they haven't sat thru courses in school doesn't mean they are somehow inferior to you... parents can be hard to relate to for any number of reasons, don't blame it on their education.

From what I can tell, you put WAY too much value and pride into your education (your sig, saying your parents don't know sh!t, etc.)

Hopefully you'll grow up.
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I agree that someone is no inferior simply because of formal education.

But there is nothing wrong with being proud of your education. No offense, but if you think that being proud of education and putting value into knowledge is wrong, I think you yourself need to get educated. Knowledge is a good thing. But yeah, don't put down others or assume you're "better" just because you have a bunch of degrees.
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education != knowledge

 
Nope never. My gandfather was a Phd physicist for Bell Labs. He had patents that made the microwave possible. He also spoke four languages and built his house with his bare hands. I'll never be as smart, cultured or well-rounded as that.
 
My dad has two PHDs (Pharmecology & Pathology). My sister is an optometrist. My mom only got an Associates in Journalism.

So no. But maybe one day. 🙂
 
nope... kinda hard to pass a man with 3 Ph.D's (Mining Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering) (mechanical being honorary)
 
My dad has an accounting degree from UC San Diego, mom has a degree in History and was half way through her Masters of Architecture degree when I was born.

My brother will probably be going to college on a baseball scholarship (has a few years to worry about it).

Cousins went to Wharton, Standford, Western, Mcgill.. and many are now in law or med school.

come from a pretty well learned family, so I porbably won't surpass them.
 
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