Tell us about yourself...

[markkat]

As a Fungi from Yuggoth with 632 years of formal education, I feel slighted.

 

[drothgery]

You need to modify your poll, you have insulted people who come from parts of the world not listed!

I thought NZ was officially Oceania.

Maybe I shouldn't be surprised by the large number of >16 years of education responses. That's a lot of Masters and Ph.D.s floating around the board!

Or people who spent a little extra time on their Bachelor's. I read the education ranges as intending to imply something like
<12 years -> Haven't finished high school
12-16 years -> High school graduate, possibly some college or an Associate's degree
>16 years -> Bachelor's degree or better.

Me, it took me 4.5 years to finish college due to a little sophomore-year stupidity, so >16 years was literally true.

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

Me, it took me 4.5 years to finish college due to a little sophomore-year stupidity, so >16 years was literally true.

Same here. Except in my sophomore year, it was a killer class with a teacher (a good teacher and well respected, for what it's worth) that was well known to force half his class to drop out (cause there was clearly no chance to turn things around; this covers me) and half of the remaining to flunk every semester. Kinda needed that class to take any of the other ones in my major.

 

[WhatGravitas]

I thought Or people who spent a little extra time on their Bachelor's. I read the education ranges as intending to imply something like
<12 years -> Haven't finished high school
12-16 years -> High school graduate, possibly some college or an Associate's degree
>16 years -> Bachelor's degree or better.

Also: Different countries have different education systems. The German school system required you finish 13 years of school until you're allowed to study. Add 3 years for bachelor... and you have 16 years for "just" a bachelor - or 16+ if you attempt something longer (like a Master or the German diplom, which is longer than the bachelor and was the main option before the bachelor was introduced a couple of years ago).

Cheers, LT.

 

[Shemeska]

Me, it took me 4.5 years to finish college due to a little sophomore-year stupidity, so >16 years was literally true.

You're not the only one.

Yeah, it took me 5 years to finish undergrad, because I double majored, and I transferred between schools after my sophomore year. And then grad school took me something like an extra year and a half because again I transferred schools, and I also ran out of money for my grad work when a grant expired and I sat around unable to finish my research for four or five months (which sucked).

>16 years was literally true in my case too.

And fun trivia fact. When I changed schools, both times the same school I switched out of was innundated by a major hurricane and partially underwater within the next six months. Yes, my hatred can summon nature's wrath. But I try to not use my power for evil.

 

[EricNoah]

US/Male/36-60/Average income/17+ years education

 

[RefinedBean]

Ain't nothing wrong with doing a victory lap as an undergrad.

Unfortunately, I misclicked. Now I feel I'm slighting my own education.

 

[Herobizkit]

Canada/Male/19-35/Average Income/12-16 years formal education

 

[DreadPirateMurphy]

I used years just to get a rough feel. Even in the U.S., you don't get consistency. Some folks skip grades, dual major or take night classes, etc. I'm well aware that foreign educational plans don't necessarily map well to U.S. standard durations.

I'm actually surprised at how few 18 and younger have responded. Do they find ENWorld to be too mature? There does seem to be a lower incidence of "neener-neener" posts compared to other boards.

Note: YES, I know, there are some very mature teenagers out there. I'm speaking in generalizations.

Also, the financial perception things is interesting. I wonder how much of it is based on perception bias vs. the fact that the hobby encourages spending money vs. the higher levels of education tend to correlate with higher incomes?

 

[mach1.9pants]

I thought NZ was officially Oceania.

That's because he changed the poll! Originally it just said 'Australia'

***SPIT***

Thanks for changing it.