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Except PCB ain't like it was 30 years ago. It's a nightmare of steroids and vomit.
I have no doubt about that.
Back then it was just skinny kids and vomit. Steroid use/abuse had not become so prevalent yet.
Except PCB ain't like it was 30 years ago. It's a nightmare of steroids and vomit.
I have no doubt about that.
Back then it was just skinny kids and vomit. Steroid use/abuse had not become so prevalent yet.
My family is from the Panhandle, and as a kid we'd go up there to visit. We'd always go see my dad's sister in Panama City and my uncle in Port St. Joe. Places like PCB and Destin were far from the Party Central they are today. Even when I was in college on Spring Break there was a bar or two, but it wasn't the sea of debauchery it is now.
Of course, these days you need a diploma, a college degree, a box full of "There Are No Losers" ribbons, and a recommendation letter from the President of the United States to get a job washing dishes in a greasy spoon just off the highway, so I wouldn't recommend dropping out as a proper course of action for the current generation.
Bachelors Degree: The New High School Diploma :eusa_doh:
It's also cheaper for employers who don't have to hire professionals to fill specialized positions when instead they can, if need be, have the regular workforce do double duty carrying out those functions even though it's not part of their job description. I knew somebody who received a job offer in which the requirements were:
Masters Degree in Engineering
Master Machinist with experience in moldmaking
Knowledge of Chinese and Patent Law
And the job only paid $10 an hour!
It's also cheaper for employers who don't have to hire professionals to fill specialized positions when instead they can, if need be, have the regular workforce do double duty carrying out those functions even though it's not part of their job description. I knew somebody who received a job offer in which the requirements were:
Masters Degree in Engineering
Master Machinist with experience in moldmaking
Knowledge of Chinese and Patent Law
And the job only paid $10 an hour!
We pay corn poppers $10 an hour.
I was in the exact same boat. After going to school for 12 years and making excellent grades, I came up one math credit short (I'd never taken a math class past the 9th grade) in order to graduate with my class. I could have gone to summer school or back the following fall for one semester, but instead I immediately got my GED and went straight into college.
I was accepted at college when I was fifteen. I hated High School, and filled my schedule so that I could graduate early. After I was accepted at a couple of good schools I was informed that I could not graduate because I had too few credits in PE. Took the GED and entered Kenyon College that fall. The school later chose to award my diploma to me with my class, and so I received it in the mail at the very end of my junior year. I think that it is still somewhere in my parent's home.
Here in Southern California the graduation tradition was Grad Night at Disneyland, however, I didn't go. My graduation celebration was a nice lunch with my parents at an Italian restaurant after the graduation ceremony.
There is only one definition of no in my book.
. . . I was informed that I could not graduate because I had too few credits in PE.
Too few credits in PE. Isn't that a load of crap! What a reason to not let a student graduate. PE should not even be a credited course. I somehow managed to get out of PE all through high school. I took study hall in the Art Department instead, and used the time to gain more art skills and credits - which I've actually used in life, unlike running track or playing dodge ball.