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chisoxguy7 · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 1234 Location: Chicago

I also want you all to know: you're all terrible at doing adopt-a-bear. If I knew that I was just going to have some player's name in my sig and never update stats or anything, I wouldn't do it.

RidiculousJames · Joined: 09 Mar 2011 Posts: 1312 Location: Cheshire, England

chisoxguy7 · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 1234 Location: Chicago

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JPeppers90 · Joined: 08 Jan 2011 Posts: 763 Location: Chicago

AZBearsFan · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 8897

Moving the "should I go to college" topic where it belongs, I will say that I learned as much about myself and about dealing with real life during college as I did books wise. I say that as a guy who got a business degree and minors in both communication and mass communication. A factor in that for me was that I moved 2000 miles away from my family for college knowing that I was throwing myself into the deep end of the pool with no real safety net. For me, that was the best way for me to transition from a high schooler to an adult. It came at a price - I have student loans that (outside of this moderating thing all of a sudden becoming a paying gig) I won't have paid off until my oldest son is driving. He's 3, and I have been out of college for 8 years. But again, that was the best choice for me when I was 18 and it worked out well for me.

I will also say that my employer (a national company with whom you are all familiar and who employs some 12,000 people) will not even interview a person without a degree for anything other than a clerical or admin position regardless of experience.

My suggestion - sit down with your family and figure out what's best for you given what you want to do with your life. If you want to be in corporate America then you probably need to go to college, but that doesnt have to be a 4 year university. If you want to be a skilled laborer then there are secondary education options that aren't at a university. If you're not sure then you could take some community college general ed classes on the cheap while you figure that out, or you could take some time away. People have succeeded or failed in life in all of these avenues, so ultimately it comes down to you deciding what you think will work for you and then work your butt off doing it well.
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RidiculousJames · Joined: 09 Mar 2011 Posts: 1312 Location: Cheshire, England

I feel good about my new avatar.
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Madmike90 · Joined: 25 Jan 2009 Posts: 18563 Location: Scotland

Happy New Year Guys...All the Best For 2013

chisoxguy7 · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 1234 Location: Chicago

bearsaddict · Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 3543