Working, but from home. Like most days. So I have almost every day semi-off. =P

'course that means I have to deal with my job AND the baby... but at least I save money on gas.

Banks are not allowed to be closed for three consecutive days. That's a throwback to the crash of '29 when there was a run on banks. So, you only get two days off. Sorry.

I really hope you are kidding. First of all grades of a recent grad are important to an employer since you have zero or very limited job experience and grades give them an idea of your grasp on whatever field you're in. Second, I would understand your arguement if you had a bad overall GPA but an awesome program GPA because it's understandable that college students may be jack asses and party, especially during the time you are completing those general classes (I am guilty of getting a couple C's in easy classes my freshman year because I was goofing off). But sucking in your core classes either shows you didn't get it or that you are lazy/stupid/immature (pick one or more). All of those are concerning to employers. Why hire a person who falls into one or more of the above categories when you can hire the person who was successful in their core classes? Who would you pick? Two candidates apply. Both have no work experience. One graduated with a 3.93 GPA in their core classes, the other a 2.87 GPA. Going by those stats, it's a no brainer. I get that there are other factors but come on, why wouldn't they pick the 3.93 GPA person?
/rant

I didn't work. I do contract work on M,W,F so I can flex my schedule when needed or wanted. So I went to a doctor's appt and then had lunch and ran errands with my mom. I will be paying for it the rest of the week though! That's ok, a 3 day weekend is worth it! :)

School: Aimed towards those with a superior memory and memorization skills.

I didn't have either. I was a straight A student until high school, when everything was about "this math formula" and "that chemical formula". Oh. And they make you read idiotic, boring books.

Yeah... I barely graduated.

Then I ignored college and just went straight to full time work. Never looked back. And I never had to worry about any debt.

Since this is a "what you did on Pres. Day" thread, I'll be brief in my retort...form of, a metaphor!

If my school would have been a place where 37 pieces of flair were the minimum...



I would have put on the 37 pieces of flair...As it was though, 15 pieces of flair was the minimum



Sure, some of the time I wore 20, maybe even 25. The only difference is, I already have five years of management experience, getting paid $12.50 an hour working nearly every night and weekend having little to no social life to babysit kids getting paid $7.50 an hour to wash dishes, clean floors and tables, and act like total idiots and a-holes to customers.

Really I'd say most careers don't, with the exception to the very high skill jobs like doctors, lawyers, and others that require you to be a repository of a lot of information. Otherwise you can usually learn all you need by doing it--even if under someone else's guidance in a sort of apprenticeship.

And by "don't" I mean, technically shouldn't require it. But employers will of course still use the piece of paper as a filtering technique, even if they dismiss the applications of those with a significant amount of real world experience. That, along with the debt it puts people in, are the two key reasons I don't like the higher education system.

Mind you, I've never even been burned by it, so I'm not coming from some personal position of bitterness. I've gotten every job I've wanted because, in my industry (IT, programming) a lot of people are self taught and many companies realize that. I just wish more industries did, so that colleges would have less of a stranglehold on peoples' lives. It's all a gamble. You put yourself into debt to get a piece of paper that, at the end of the day, doesn't even guarantee you a job to pay off that debt.

Cantrip threads yield the best responses.

-I'm just sayin'.