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What555456
Member
06-14-2005
| Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 9:24 pm
Two questions....both in the title. And for that matter, do either Rachel or Jordan have any ambitions besides seeking publicity?
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Chippy
Member
08-16-2007
| Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 9:29 pm
Well, he's really working on getting one insofar as gathering credits and working on a thesis from what I hear/read. Jordan apparently has been going to school to be a dental assistant since her last BB gig (must be that really looooooooooooong dental asst school) and Rachel can't get a chemist job but is trying. lol Aw hell, let's just go with No and No and Nothing. That about sums it up.
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Me_poster
Member
03-02-2010
| Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 9:42 pm
personally i don't care. i only care what they do for me on bb. and that is to create as much drama as possible.
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Loppes
Member
07-12-2002
| Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 9:51 pm
Jordan works at the salon she was at before and goes to school.
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Chippy
Member
08-16-2007
| Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 9:56 pm
Doesn't Rachel waitress also while she's looking for a chemist job? Apparently JeJo travels to see one another at least twice a month so maybe they're WORKING on their sky miles. lol
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 9:59 pm
Brendon is registered in the Biomedical Physics department at UCLA, but he's still listed as First Year (grad) Student, so he'll be doing some courses, choosing his speciality etc. He probably hasn't started any work towards his actual research or he'd be linked with a group there, which he isn't, according to their webpage: http://www.bmp.ucla.edu/BMPDirectory-Students.html
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 10:10 pm
first year?? at His age?? thats embarrassing and maybe explains his need to Lord it over everyone and Lecture.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 10:24 pm
Well you can start doing a PhD at any age, but he certainly hasn't made much progress since last year, as I think he'd started before he came into the house that time.
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Govols
Member
07-18-2005
| Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 10:25 pm
Who knows about Brenchal ~ they seem so fake to me. Don't really care... I believe JJ will always land on their feet. Good people. I think if you can take the unconventional path and make it work~Kudos. Going around the world had to be priceless. How many people get to do that? I don't understand why people put Jeff down...
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Whiplash
Member
03-29-2011
| Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 10:28 pm
first year?? at His age?? I didn't even start on my Associates Degree until I was in my thirties and finished my graduate studies in my mid forties. I'm proud of my education no matter what age I was when I started/finished. Don't care much for Brenden, but kudos to him for working on his Doctorate.
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Govols
Member
07-18-2005
| Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 10:39 pm
I agree with Whip~no timetable necessary
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Jadajean
Member
03-23-2008
| Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 10:48 pm
Agreed - you are never too old to learn.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 10:49 pm
i completely dont understand whiplash. I looked up Associate Degree. completion of a course of study usually lasting two years I'm assuming you already had a career and this was additional studies. And I'm assuming it was in a field that actually paid off with a job. sorry I am Biased as I know a number of people who dragged out their schooling so they could collect $$. Most of them have NOTHING that has paid off in a Real Job that uses any of the courses they took. IF an associate degree is like an ADVANCED degree, I could have done something like that while i was working fulltime and It would have taken almost a decade too. But that was because instead of going to school for the two solid terms, a person has to take only one or two courses a term because they work. I completely admit to being antiBrendan. I dont like his lectures, i dont like that he says stuff that is completely incorrect and Its pretty obvious he is not deeply intelligent and his ability to remember details (from education) seems sketchy at best. i agree a person is never too old to learn. BUT i'm sure none of us would be claiming to Cure cancer and be a rocket scientist on a Reality show, while not remembering the difference between Midget and Dwarfism.
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Whiplash
Member
03-29-2011
| Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 10:52 pm
There was a lady in one of my classes that was just starting her Doctorate and she was 72 years old! She was so awesome. Maybe I'll go back for another degree someday...

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Whiplash
Member
03-29-2011
| Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 11:25 pm
I'm sorry...
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Grendelsmom
Member
07-31-2005
| Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 12:34 am
There is truth in the saying that education is wasted on the young. I teach college, and older students are soooo much more a pleasure to work with. They actually care, and they actually know their head from their ass. I wish I had waited to go to graduate school--I think I would've gotten much more out of it later rather than when I was 22 and 23.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 1:16 am
but are they doing anything with the education? Ya its fun, I'd love to take a few courses just for the heck of it now that I'm retired. Way back in the 80s and I was working FT evenings i did a college Fine Arts course during the Day. it was pure recreation. There was a 75 yr old and an 82 yr old I would hang out with. Both women were basically Blossoming in their artistic development. The elder lady had an artist for a husband, she had courses when young, the Husband had known Emily Carr....but she was never allowed to do art / steal his thunder. She was Amazingly talented and to think she had only started Sculpture in her 80s!! and only because husband finally needed to be in a carehome. Education is wonderful when it gives so much pleasure .
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Grendelsmom
Member
07-31-2005
| Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 1:43 am
Yes. All of them are pursuing degrees. That was always true about returning students, since I've been teaching, anyway, but even more so since the recession.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 5:32 am
My great-aunt got her master's in nursing when she was in her '70's. My cousin is in his 40's and got his masters in business administration last month. Having said that, Brendon doesn't have the mental acumen to polish their boots. Maybe he's functional in a lab environment, but in social settings it's bull meet china shop. He definitely shouldn't teach - he's too condescending. Rachel is too distracted by shiny objects to focus on furthering her education or function in a lab (she'd have burns all over her face from trying to check out her makeup in the solar mirrors). It's possible that hostessing is her true calling. J & J - don't know. They both seem to have enough common sense to make their way in the world. I actually think Jordan will go back to finish her degree work and become a dental technician. I nominate Jeff as most likely to make a career in reality television (this is his fourth show - two Big Brothers, an Amazing Race and Around the World for Free or something like that).
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 5:59 am
Not everyone has the luxury of going straight to college afer HS. An associates degree is very respectable and a notch up from HS. Regardless of when you/me start. What we fail to recognise is that the farther the learning process goes, the less worker bees we have. An associates in business can do general bookkeeping........ a bachelors degree can't because they have gone to far beyond that. I've seen too many of them that don't have a clue about how to even read a balance sheet. My husband designs 'stuff', the people with higher degrees don't get it. Their education took them beyond that. They can't do the fundamental stuff anymore. So who do you want to keep your books day to day? Create designs for you? Someone fresh and knowing what to do? Or someone who has to try to suppress two or more years of school to get back to the fundamentals? All of that said, the computer programs available today make it easy for almost anyone to do accounting/desinging at the basic level. They don't have to understand it, they just have to follow directions. Shamefull. Designing, bookkeeping, well, its not that easy for them..... But the programs can't teach you the core of what you are doing. Anyone bettering themselves, at any age, gets big kuddos from me. Just pick your ideal job, and educate yourself to that point. Jordan wants to be a dental hygienist. Is she supposed to spend her money getting a degree she doen't want? I seem to remember Brendon mentioning that he was supposed to start his doctorate degree last fall, but because of BB he would be late and wondering if he would still be accepted. That he is still considered a first year is not surprising to me. To get things to function we all need to have our roles in life. Not everyone can have advanced degrees. I believe all should have a HS diploma. But, some of us are worker bees. We aren't dumb because we didn't get a PHD. We choose what makes us happy. Being a dental hygienist will make Jordan happy. I would be glad to have her beside my dentist when I need work done. Not all dreams have to be at the very top of what others think is the top.
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 9:44 am
While I did take individual classes all of my life, I started full time at a community college at 45 and ended up with a Master's at 51. I was accepted to the PhD program at 52, but found a job instead. I was not the oldest person accepted to the PhD program that year.
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Darclyte
Member
07-11-2005
| Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 9:55 am
>>first year?? at His age?? thats embarrassing <<< You're kidding, right? I know a number of people who got their Bachelor's, took a few years off, traveled and/or worked, then got their Masters and then worked for some time before getting their Phd. I also know people who went to school until they got their Masters at about 24 or 25, and got burned out on school and worked for a few years then went for their Phd in their 30s, and at least 2 were in their 40s. A couple of them even took a year off to travel before starting their Phd programs. As far as an Associates Degree, I know some people who couldn't afford to go to a University so they went to a Community College and got an Associates. I have a good friend who did that when she got out of high school and 2 years ago at 38 she went back to the same Community College and is working on a different Associates, this one in mental health care. While working full time and raising 2 young kids, it'll probably take her twice as long to get this Associates, possibly as much as 5 years, because she can't go to school full time and just picks up classes when she can. Brendon may be a lot of things, and there is plenty to criticize him for, but to say that it's "embarrassing" because he started his Phd program around 30, or to criticize someone because it took them more than 2 years to get an Associates Degree, is just plain off the mark.
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Me_poster
Member
03-02-2010
| Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 10:01 am
excellent post mummy35332 find something that you love doing and make a job doing it. why not? you only live once!
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Oliviamimi
Member
05-30-2009
| Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 10:20 am
I don't think it would be embarrassing if he was actually working. I may have misinformation but it seems that he hasn't really ever worked. Didn't he live with his parents and then with an ex fiances parents? I may be wrong.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 11:02 am
He is or was a high school swim coach, apparently. I thought he had started his PhD before he entered the house last time, but if he started after it makes sense he is still listed as "First Year." He won't want to specify his research until he knows he's back at it with no breaks.
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