How many of you.........

exquizit · #1 06-05-2001, 01:45 PM

I'm curious you guys....How many of you are actually in the Career you went to school for?

I come in contact with people daily that are sucessful in things that weren't even close to what they got their degree in!

prayerfull · #2 06-05-2001, 02:29 PM

I'm nowhere close to my major....received my degree in Political Science from Howard...I now manage e-business projects for an australian wine company...go figure...but heck, I get a lot of free wine.

AKA2D '91 · #3 06-05-2001, 02:44 PM

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Originally posted by prayerfull:
I'm nowhere close to my major....received my degree in Political Science

me too!

Now, I'm teaching. At least out of all of it, I'm being paid for my Masters degree in Public Admin.

Steeltrap · #4 06-05-2001, 03:32 PM

My degree's in print journalism and 15 years later, I'm still in the career.

sphinxpoet · #5 06-05-2001, 04:05 PM

Greetings ALL,

I am currently working as a systems man! I graduated with a degree in Economics and Public Policy with a minor in African American Studies and what I work on as a career now I was doing on the side in college just for FUN!

I do get to use my Economics know how in the field I am in but the other two degrees I find to be more effective in my Alpha Life.

Sphinxpoet

Ideal08 · #6 06-05-2001, 04:19 PM

My degree is in Spanish and I have a minor in math. I work in telecommunications. Go figure. But I love it. Spanish is more of a hobby that comes in handy. I used it in Miami last week!

PositivelyAKA · #7 06-05-2001, 04:58 PM

soror Prayerfull did you pledge Alpha?

prayerfull · #8 06-05-2001, 05:21 PM

PositivelyAKA - I am not a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha...I did attend Howard though...finished in Fall '93...

AKA2D '91 · #9 06-05-2001, 05:21 PM

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Originally posted by PositivelyAKA:
soror Prayerfull did you pledge Alpha?

Prayerfull is a Soror?

Chi_ZETABBW · #10 06-05-2001, 06:16 PM

Graduated in '87 with my BS in LEA.
I'm nowhere close to working in my major.
I'm a Supervisor for CTA(Chicago Transit Authority). Pay is pretty good, but not a day goes pass that I don't wish that I was doing something else. So guess what?
After 14 years I'm finally going back to get my Masters in Ed. I know it's a lot of teachers on the list, so is it as bad as my
friends say? It'll be a drop in pay, but I want to go for it.

meeks · #11 06-05-2001, 07:08 PM

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Originally posted by Chi_ZETABBW:
After 14 years I'm finally going back to get my Masters in Ed. I know it's a lot of teachers on the list, so is it as bad as my
friends say? It'll be a drop in pay, but I want to go for it.

Girl noooooo...just do your research on where you want to teach...the school district were I went to school at is starting teachers off at $35,000 which is alot to me considering what a broke college student I am lol! GO FOR IT!!!!!!

***Proud to be a Physical Education major!!!!!(with an Elem. ed minor)***

***And no my name is NOT "GYM TEACHER" its MEEKS...*** (just alittle humor)

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AKA2D '91 · #12 06-05-2001, 07:21 PM

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Originally posted by meeks:
***Proud to be a Physical Education major!!!!!(with an Elem. ed minor)***

hmmmmmmm

Is that the same thing as PE?

he he he!

meeks · #13 06-05-2001, 07:47 PM

HA HA HA AKA2D while you got jokes....Most of the head coaches/and those in management in professional sports were PE majors. Hey I gotta start somehwere

Just as long as no one calls me "GYM Teacher" (there is a difference) I will not have to do a Laila Ali up here...

LOL Gotta do something about all those obese kids....They won't be that way once I get done with them...

But Ex, to answer your question yes I will be one of those people as soon as I finish grad school I don't plan on teaching long....WNBA management here I come....

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AKA2D '91 · #14 06-05-2001, 08:00 PM

Meeks, do your thang, girl, do your thang!

exquizit · #15 06-06-2001, 08:12 PM

Well yall. I figure you should do what's in your heart to do. I mean no matter how much money you earn or how great it sounds on your resume...You have to be happy where you're working otherwise you won't do it well.

I was originally a nursing major(major money at the time *or so I thought*)....Sistah gurl found out she faints at the sight of blood!

So I switched to something I know I'm going to do better at. Nursing wasn't in my heart anyway people were trying the talk me into it. I decided to stop fooling myself ya know?!