Man has 29 degrees... Works as parking attendant to pay for school.

[Higher Tech]

Reading and studying yourself isn't the same as having a qualified person teach you.

He's in his 70's, it shouldn't be surprising that he doesn't know how to work a computer.

He obviously doesn't do it to get a job or he'd be done decades ago. He does it because he wants to learn. I like classes that have little to no job application but teach me a lot about the world. You guys should star in an Everest College commercial .

I just isnt rational to me. I mean, if he had a career, even as an underpaid teacher, and did this, it would make sense. But he works as a parking attendant to pay for school. He's qualified to get a better job, and has been for probably 25 years.

He could start his own business, become a professor, or anything in the world. He has at least one doctorate. He opened up doors of opportunity and wont walk through them.

 

[sm0ke]

I just isnt rational to me. I mean, if he had a career, even as an underpaid teacher, and did this, it would make sense. But he works as a parking attendant to pay for school. He's qualified to get a better job, and has been for probably 25 years.

He could start his own business, become a professor, or anything in the world. He has at least one doctorate. He opened up doors of opportunity and wont walk through them.

You're still looking at higher education as means to an end. The knowledge is what he wants. Not a job. He's putting higher education to the purpose for which it was originally intended.

 

[Demonic Jenkins]

71-year-old man has 29 college degrees - and counting* - NY Daily News




I think education is important, but this is an addiction. He has 29 degrees and doesn't know how to use a computer.

Why have all that paperwork just for the sake of saying you have it.

Anybody agree with this?

Damn thats crazy..i was raised in kalamazoo...in kalamazoo now too.

 

[krexzen]

The man loves to learn, I can't find fault in that. It's his hobby/dream and he obviously has the cash to do it. I say more power to him.

 

[Higher Tech]

You're still looking at higher education as means to an end. The knowledge is what he wants. Not a job. He's putting higher education to the purpose for which it was originally intended.

I understand what you're saying, and I know my argument is not changing much, but I still don't understand the purpose.

But nonetheless, to each his own. No hate for the dude, but it's a concept I can't understand.

 

[Arcavian]

I wish I could neg him

 

[Grifter]

He's 71, might die any day now.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Damn thats crazy..i was raised in kalamazoo...in kalamazoo now too.

Im sorry for your loss

 

[SirSmokeCrackAlot]

Why all the hate for this guy?

It's interesting that what this guy is doing actually upsets people. Like alot of hate I imagine some of it comes from jealousy.

 

[Higher Tech]

It's interesting that what this guy is doing actually upsets people. Like alot of hate I imagine some of it comes from jealousy.

 

[SirSmokeCrackAlot]

Well would you like to explain why this story makes people feel the need to say:

fukk that guy

 

[the cac mamba]

Well would you like to explain why this story makes people feel the need to say:

cant explain it really. story jus pissed me off









































*Edit - jealous of this dikkhead workin as a parking attendant 27 degrees later?

 

[SirSmokeCrackAlot]

cant explain it really. story jus pissed me off



*Edit - jealous of this dikkhead workin as a parking attendant 27 degrees later?

You mock me, but also admit you can't explain why you felt that way...

 

[Roger Sterling]

Good for him. He's living life as he sees fit. The sheer number of degrees may be overkill but it's certainly commendable.

Learning, pursuing and attaining personal accomplishments, improving one's self - all good things.

 

[Higher Tech]

Well would you like to explain why this story makes people feel the need to say:

They could just be talkin shyt, that's what i got from it. Y'all go to far with this "hate" garbage. People think it's dumb and discuss it. It don't mean they're hating. What he's doing is hella unconventional, and strange.

So if people say fukk him, then that's how they feel. Let them be.