education levels and jobs of NW members

[Zagg]

Not to wory, Michelle. Higher education is great, but for different reasons many people can't pursue it. The important thing is self-education. Don't stop learning and never stop trying to expand your horizons.

I will be the first one to shame myself and admit to being nothing career wise, i'm a cleaner and a mother, i did go to college but child care issues and hubbies shift prevent me from following what i want to do x

 

[Zagg]

I know what you mean about the commute. I don't think that I'd survive having to go any further than the back bedroom (which is now my office).

I'm probably the least educated so far. GED, then an Associates degree in sociology (that I ended up changing my mind about working the the field I'd planned on). Now a moderately successful small business owner (Computers and electronics which had always been a hobby and a passion). No employees yet, but at this point I don't need them, not sure if I want to expand either; it still feels like a hobby, but I'm making decent money. We did manage to land this wonderful house with a storefront downstairs and plenty of room for the family upstairs. So going to work for me is quite the commute. LOL!

 

[willsrvu]

This old (60yr) white boy only managed a bachelors in art (graphic art & design and photography), but also took two years of law before dropping out to pursue a career in telecommunication.

Have a hundred or so certificates of completion in electronic design and engineering, PBX system design, microwave transmission, fiber network design, data transmission, audio/video broadcasting transmission, IT networking, and a slew of others that if all put together would equate to a masters, however, most of this is industry specific and not even available in any college, university or even trade school. We pretty much have to train our replacements as you can't find most of this knowledge anywhere except in the trade.

Also graduated from a trade tech high school with a three year certificate in Electronics, TV and Radio Design and Repair where I designed and built both an AM/FM receiver and a black and white (it was a LONG time ago- TUBES!) TV from scratch (including fabricating the sheet metal chassis), which I then had to trouble shoot and repair after the instructor inserted "gremlins" for me to find. We even made our own transistors. This was at about 16 or 17 years of age.

Sorry if my limited number of official academic degree brought the average down.

will

 

[sheryl]

Masters degree in philosophy; Bachelor's was mathematics. I work in scholarly publishing. And by the way, TND, I've read the Critique of Pure Reason three times

Kritik der reinen Vernunft, surely?

Oh come on, surely you guys read your Kant in German???? ;D

I'm proud to be a black loving slut, but I also speak 5 languages, have two degrees in Language Pathology and Developmental Psycholinguistics (yawn) and I studied at MIT for a while on a research secondment from the UK, where I did my degrees.

I'm also a qualified accountant - don't ask how THAT fits in! LOL

But hey.....I still LOVE being called a black loving whore when I've got a foot long black cock up my ass

 

[badmarie59]

I am a wife and mother who went to work part time when our children got older. I still work part time at a bank as a teller and customer service representative. I have a degree in Elementary Education.

 

[Zagg]

Absolutely. But in English translation (the Kemp Smith translation; I also have the Meikeljohn translation, but I've never read it). I do have a German edition, but I only used it for reference when I wanted to check the English translation against the original German. My German, even then, was far from up to reading Kant. I did, however, make a very crude translation of a German book on the problem of the Ding an Sich in Kant. I don't see why you should express skepticism when someone says that he's read Kant. People actually do.

Masters degree in philosophy; Bachelor's was mathematics. I work in scholarly publishing. And by the way, TND, I've read the Critique of Pure Reason three times

Kritik der reinen Vernunft, surely?

Oh come on, surely you guys read your Kant in German???? ;D

I'm proud to be a black loving slut, but I also speak 5 languages, have two degrees in Language Pathology and Developmental Psycholinguistics (yawn) and I studied at MIT for a while on a research secondment from the UK, where I did my degrees.

I'm also a qualified accountant - don't ask how THAT fits in! LOL

But hey.....I still LOVE being called a black loving whore when I've got a foot long black cock up my ass

 

[SunnyDaze]

At the risk of offending some of you, I don't feel like western philosophy became interesting until Dostoyevsky came into the picture.

All of the metaphysics, epistemology, and aesthetic principles on the planet can't hold a candle to a solid existential read. That is, of course, my opinion. ;D

On that note, has anyone ever read any of the Kaufmann translations of Nietzsche?

 

[Thick Nigga Dick]

I don't see why you should express skepticism when someone says that he's read Kant. People actually do.

Particularly educated people But, I have to do it in English porque no puedo leer aleman. Puedo leer solamente en ingles y espanol y nada mas!

 

[Thick Nigga Dick]

On that note, has anyone ever read any of the Kaufmann translations of Nietzsche?

These days I much prefer to read about blacks violating the white race . . . preferably in the ----------> (_*_) G(astro) I(ntestinal) Joe heeeeeere!!!

Signed,
GI Joe

 

[SunnyDaze]

Haha. To each his / her own. ;D

If my girlfriend and I ever get to the point where we stop reading philosophical treatises and the like, I know who to ask for advice on reading material.

 

[admin]

This thread is a real success.

First of all, a lot of answers, sign that all of you want to talk about yourself. GOOD. we are a community.

Second, a lot of you have an high education level, I think is not important, but it is something more that in life could help.

After my diploma in chemistry I went to London to learn some english (I'm italian), I made ESOL course in Lambeth College for one year.

and I made a 2 year professional course in movie production in Milan, movie direction, movie editing, and all about movies.

so, I'm also a filmaker, but in my life I have produced only 1 porn movie, sold in USA.
I want to make a new movie, the idea is: I will go around the world and meet NW members....lol

anyway, now my life is all about trading forex and commodity, I was great in math and that is my place.

hey, I also founded NW.....lol

NW

 

[sheryl]

Absolutely. But in English translation (the Kemp Smith translation; I also have the Meikeljohn translation, but I've never read it). I do have a German edition, but I only used it for reference when I wanted to check the English translation against the original German. My German, even then, was far from up to reading Kant. I did, however, make a very crude translation of a German book on the problem of the Ding an Sich in Kant. I don't see why you should express skepticism when someone says that he's read Kant. People actually do.

I didn't express any skepticism, Zagg. Can't see where you could have got that from. I know people read Kant.....I have too :-*

 

[Meredith]

I ended up focused on militant nationalism. The Irish, the Basques, the Balkans, etc.

What was your specialty, Meredith? American? European?

Masters degree in history and a job with only a tenuous connection to my education. And student loans up the butt.

 

[Zagg]

I guess that explains why you didn't get a job in your area of expertise. Perhaps if you applied to the IRA or ETA....

I ended up focused on militant nationalism. The Irish, the Basques, the Balkans, etc.

What was your specialty, Meredith? American? European?

Masters degree in history and a job with only a tenuous connection to my education. And student loans up the butt.

 

[whitesissydani]

I'm reminded of one of the famous sex researchers (Kinsley or Masters & Johnson, or somebody) found that the higher your education level the more sexually open (or kinky) you are. :-* I guess we shouldn't be suprised.

This thread is a real success.

Second, a lot of you have an high education level, I think is not important, but it is something more that in life could help.

hey, I also founded NW.....lol

NW

 

[Thick Nigga Dick]

I'm reminded of one of the famous sex researchers (Kinsley or Masters & Johnson, or somebody) found that the higher your education level the more sexually open (or kinky) you are. :-* I guess we shouldn't be suprised.

Eeeeeexactly!!!

 

[Zagg]

Sorry if I misinterpreted you, Sheryl.

Absolutely. But in English translation (the Kemp Smith translation; I also have the Meikeljohn translation, but I've never read it). I do have a German edition, but I only used it for reference when I wanted to check the English translation against the original German. My German, even then, was far from up to reading Kant. I did, however, make a very crude translation of a German book on the problem of the Ding an Sich in Kant. I don't see why you should express skepticism when someone says that he's read Kant. People actually do.

I didn't express any skepticism, Zagg. Can't see where you could have got that from. I know people read Kant.....I have too :-*

 

[Zagg]

You've a lot of company in that view, especially on the Continent. And a lot of people in the more classical tradition do fail to pay sufficient attention to the fact that all philosophizing about the subject-object relationship takes place within the subject-object relationship. Existentialists/phenomenologists get that, but I'm afraid they go completely over the top with it. Give me Aristotle, Hume, Kant, and Anglo-American analytical philosophy.

I've read a little Nietzsche, but not in Kaufmann translations. I do have a collection of existentialist writings that he edited, some of which he also translated.

At the risk of offending some of you, I don't feel like western philosophy became interesting until Dostoyevsky came into the picture.

All of the metaphysics, epistemology, and aesthetic principles on the planet can't hold a candle to a solid existential read. That is, of course, my opinion. ;D

On that note, has anyone ever read any of the Kaufmann translations of Nietzsche?

 

[Zagg]

This might have something to do with the idea that the brain is the largest sexual organ. And also that educated people tend to be more broad-minded.

I'm reminded of one of the famous sex researchers (Kinsley or Masters & Johnson, or somebody) found that the higher your education level the more sexually open (or kinky) you are. :-* I guess we shouldn't be suprised.

This thread is a real success.

Second, a lot of you have an high education level, I think is not important, but it is something more that in life could help.

hey, I also founded NW.....lol

NW

 

[Zagg]

People come and go here, but there's a core group that really is coalescing into a community.

This thread is a real success.

First of all, a lot of answers, sign that all of you want to talk about yourself. GOOD. we are a community.



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