What's your level of formal education?

[lewisnotmiller]

Couple of Bachelor level degrees. Teaching (majoring in Psych) and Education (inc. adult)

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

I didn't finish high school.

I got expelled from a boarding high school, and being a ward of the Children's Aid, that was the end for me. Except I kept trying on my own (after some years of confusion on the streets), and managed rather well. With a Grade 11 education, and a lot of hard work, I managed to become the Vice President of Information Technology for one of Canada's largest insurance companies, and have a few software patents to my name.

 

[Revoltingest]

That is cute. What was the teacher's name if you can remember?

The first part was "Professor".
I don't remember the rest.

 

[SalixIncendium]

I checked "high school diploma." I started a semester in college, but learning in a classroom setting was never my forte, so I left.

I noted that some have a BS in field of study. Me, I just have BS.

 

[SalixIncendium]

I'm the one guy with the HS diploma. Everybody else is so smart.

Nope. I make two.

After reading the first page and a half of this thread, I feel so misundereducated.

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

The first part was "Professor".
I don't remember the rest.

I took some university courses at night, while I was architecting an insurance system. One of my professors was actually a Catholic priest. I wrote him an essay on the topic of "What Paul Meant by Salvation, taken from the authentic Pauline Texts."

He gave me an A Plus, with this comment written in his own hand: "This is a brilliant piece of exegesis, and you're going to hell."

Still have that paper...

 

[Dawnofhope]

I don't know, I'm just curious about this.

For comparison, in the United States the levels of educational attainment are roughly (per 2015 analysis of the census):

• 88% are high school graduates
• 59% have some college
• 42% have an associates
• 32% have a bachelor's
• 12% have an advanced degree

There are no significant differences by sex assigned at birth, though there are significant differences by race unfortunately. Data from (PDF file): https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2016/demo/p20-578.pdf

How do we stack up?

We're quite an educated group.

Was nearly expelled from HS for non-attendance

Batchelor of science (zoology major)

Started a Batchelor of medicine but left to find the meaning of life.

Found the meaning of life then returned to medicine after an 8 year hiatus.

Graduated over 20 years ago.

Later attained fellowship with the Royal College of General Practitioners