im hoping to make my way over to you later this year (fingers crossed, just got back from NZ so i may not be allowed to take the holidays), where you stayin at? me and wifey might hit you up for a pissy night out on the town.

love me some cheap as hell sake.

I always thought sake was spelled saki. I sat here twenty seconds thinking to myself "What the fuck is sayke". Btw i'm new too.

piggofdoom said
Yeah, I am double majoring in International Studies and English as a Learned Language. I am also getting a TESoL Certificate, so hopefully I won't have trouble finding jobs. Also, I have friends in a lot of these countries from when I studied in Korea, so I have the connections.

letterman had a joke about having 2 majors last night

he said now they have 2 fields of study the cant find a job in

HA

freeknick50 said
and I thought college was about furthering education not getting a job

that's why I aint gone cant take whatever classes I want especially on any kind of scholarship or grant

Its about increasing your knowledge and income generating potential.  That is unless you get a stupid degree like communications or history (without going to grad school) or in some cases things like literature or a dead language.  Then no matter how much you increase your knowledge you wont be getting dick for a job.  Im getting a business degree which will directly transfer my income from about 39k a year to 55k a year.  And thats only at the company I work for now.

Enlightened: having or showing a modern, rational, or well informed outlook. So regardless what you study, you become a more enlightened person, in that field. And if your passion is business or medicine, or simply having the means/income generating potential to support a family or yourself then yes it does further your knowledge in things you want to know or are passionate about. Knowledge of history and 'the arts' doesn't better a person if they get nothing out of it. I can see how scientific pursuits benefit society, but only in a scientific field. Which includes medicine, which you said wasn't part of 'real' higher education. 

YAR said
   Old Mr Dangerous said
My wife has a BA in Education and two AS one in Fine Arts the other Liberal Arts General Studies. I also have the latter AS.... What wpuld we need to do to get sonewhere like where youre at in life? We're in a deadend area in upstate NY currently and are trying to get the hell out.If you have any tips dude, youd be a savior to us. We are tired of working under poverty level lol

 

word, i feel that. i dont know if you're trying to get out of the U.S. or just N.Y. if its the former, most of the time getting the working visa in a foreign country is the hardest thing to do. usually (if not always) you have to have an employer sponsor your application. another requirement is often having at least a Bachelor's degree, but sometimes an Associates is enough. basically, its just a lot of bullshit hoops you gotta jump through. there are mad companies out there that will sponsor you, and set you up with a job in a foreign country, esp. in asia if you're okay with teaching english. you can just google that shit, but off the top, there's Epik in Korea    http://www.epik.go.kr/      and a couple in Japan.       JET      http://www.jetprogramme.org/      Interac   http://www.interacnetwork.com/recruit/     Aeon     http://www.aeonet.com/     iTTTi Japan    http://www.ittti.com/    
if you're interested in more, or just have any questions, holler at me homie

Thank you tons for your information, I will be looking into all of this asap. I'm definitely fine with teaching English.