Went up the ladder as a useless hippie, fell off and became a veg, then a productive member of society. Everybody wins!

/lets start a new national sport, the 'hippie toss'

Wowgopher321, way to be a total douchebag.

This picture is much more relevant to my interests:

gopher321: Went up the ladder as a useless hippie, fell off and became a veg, then a productive member of society. Everybody wins!

/lets start a new national sport, the 'hippie toss'

Comunity college is a requisite of becoming a productive member of society?


/HS grad (barely)

Community college gets such a bad rap. I've noticed, with the exception for a handful of "13th graders," community colleges are full of students who are really trying to better themselves.

Subbys a Profiler...Illegal in North America...

/Go back to Gitmo and play with the wieners..

Sometimes, there's a man.

So he votes Republican now?

Boy I love those articles where the journalist can't bother to write anything that isn't exactly what's in the video.

"High school was about discipline for me, that was the wrong idea at the time. One of the reasons I dodged college for so many years, is 'cause I thought, 'It's school, what do I want with that stuff?'" said Pinkerton.

Der. What a maroon.

It always amuses me to see what passes for personal assessment skills in people. This guy is clearly not some useless hippy. Maybe subby needs to get the fat ass off the couch and get a life.

dirty hippie says what?

Suicidal Writer

I was at a 4 year university until I had to make a very last minute move out of state to deal with a "family crisis". I ended up in community college for 2.5 semesters (summer doesn't count), and I was shocked.

The teahers ... cared. The students ... worked. I enjoyed my time at the CC way more than my fancy-ass university.

/I was also in math-based classes where slackers were unlikely to be found.
// I'm sure they're still plentiful in "[insert ethnic minority here] Literature" class.

He's a crip?

Despite all he's been through, Pinkerton has his heart set on becoming a teacher.

touching and terrifying at the same time..

/new experience

I dropped out of high school at 16, I now have degrees in Microbiology and Genetics. True story, some people dont always have to be negative statistics.

jesus...is that you?

A college degree? Let's be fair, it's a community college degree.


Actually I have no problem with community colleges, and I'm thinking about going to one to get another degree after finishing my bachelors at my overpriced university.

If you ever get the chance to go to St. Paul...

DON'T ! RUN AWAY !

This passes as news? How did this article get the green light?

mentallo69: I dropped out of high school at 16, I now have degrees in Microbiology and Genetics. True story, some people dont always have to be negative statistics.

But are you getting a kick out of these posts, that's the $1m question.

/good job, congratulations
//spare some change for a brotha?

T.M.S.: gopher321: Went up the ladder as a useless hippie, fell off and became a veg, then a productive member of society. Everybody wins!

/lets start a new national sport, the 'hippie toss'

Comunity college is a requisite of becoming a productive member of society?


/HS grad (barely)

I think it was more a statement about hippies not being productive members of society.

/I could be wrong though.

Man On Pink Corner: Sometimes, there's a man.

WIN

MajorityWhip: This passes as news? How did this article get the green light?

Now, repeat after me:

"It's not news, it's... Fark.com"

Do it until it gets into your awefully thick skull.

Mana: The teahers ... cared. The students ... worked. I enjoyed my time at the CC way more than my fancy-ass university.

My father taught music comp, music theory, history of music, etc at CCP for like, ever, and he used to say CC's were the only place where you'd see the most diligent, studious students sitting side by side with the the kids who are goofin' off and doodlin' or empty seats because they never come to class.

Unfortunately, he was a real asshole and a deadbeat dad who taught me absolutely nothing except that he was an asshole and a deadbeat dad.

My sister took a bunch of classes at CCP before transferring the credits to Drexel, where she got her degree in ...accounting.

/she's got her masters and she still ain't makin' that much, and she works at A...Asher? I don't know how to spell it

As a high school dropout with a college degree, I'm getting a kick out of these replies ...

T.M.S.: Comunity college is a requisite of becoming a productive member of society?

Having a degree doesn't make you smart, it makes you educated.

My roommate was a highschool dropout.

He's currently working on his PhD in neuroscience.

He's not exactly the "norm".

I am getting a kick out of these replies....btw there is no money in biology hehe. I make shiat. But its fun

Pinkerton sang with Vocal Essence, a professional choir



/darwin missed

When I saw it was a WCCO article, I cringed. But it wasn't as bad as I imagined.

Frankly, I'd rather the losers from my state be represented by goofy hippies than by cross-eyed rednecks.

Well now that Phish has stopped touring what else was he going to do?

In other news, nothing ever happens in Minnesota.

/Except the occasional bridge going "OM NOM NOM NOM."

gopher321: Went up the ladder as a useless hippie, fell off and became a veg, then a productive member of society. Everybody wins!

/lets start a new national sport, the 'hippie toss'



Approves

I dropped out of high school at 19. I thought "this ain't getting me nowhere, FAST".


I manage a well known fast food restaurant now, with hopes of becoming a regional manager soon. There is always hope.

Did anyone else see this:


and think:
?

phillydrifter

There was a time when I thought I wanted to be a professional opera singer. After I realized that the odds of that succeeding were astronomical, and that I probably wouldn't get over my stage-fright anyway (I had a great voice for small audiences -- crowds did me in) ... point is, I've been in music classes at the collegiate level, and every single person there was a raging asshat, without exception.

/"God's Gift" complex makes people suck.
// Also, half of them were Scientologists. ::shudder::

Yes, PerfectlyCromulent, whenever I see a picture of someone who isn't white, I assume it's racism.

Good job, you are now in debt and have a useless degree.
Woop dee doo!

/DRTFA

Can we focus on this guy when he's been given a degree from a real school?

/went to a community college and then transferred to a UC.
//did almost nothing and got A's at the community college level.
///refuses to assume it was due to innate ability.

I'm a high school dropout with a PhD, so I'm getting a real kick out of these replies.

/especially seeing several other farkers who dropped out of high school and have college degrees

I never graduated college, but I'm working at an investment bank, making about 10* what the anyone else from that class does.

"Qualifications once the golden rule,
Now just pieces of pa-per"

The Dude abides.

Son?

This is news? I'm doing the same thing, can I have a news story too?

I've seen so many college graduates get out and continue their "careers" as waiter/waitresses because it pays more than a "career" in their field would.

Fark that I say.

I dropped out of HS in 10th grade and lived on the streets for years. Got my GED when I was 20 and started going to CC when I was 26. I was amazed when I stared CC and discovered that, in spite of what my HS teachers had told me, I was smart. I was on the Dean's/Prez's list while working full time, and having my daughter in the middle of my 2nd year there. I graduated with honors and was chosen to give the Commencement speech. Last June I finished my BA in Human Services at a great State Univ and also graduated with Prez Honors. I am starting Grad school in December.
HS is bullshiat and I am still at proud of my decision to spend my time in the school of life instead. Aside from being a Hippie, I think this guy is awesome for what he has accomplished.
/getting a kick...

nirwana: Yes, PerfectlyCromulent, whenever I see a picture of someone who isn't white, I assume it's racism.

I meant racist on subby's part.

/not sure if you knew what I was talking about...
//please don't yell at me... :(

"I don't hurt when I sing. I am pretty much in constant pain, but I don't hurt when I sing."