...as well as Subby's new boss.

"bachelor's degree in finance"

impressive.

Nifty.

I thought about doing an accelerated curriculum, but chose to develop my social skills instead.

Jeez dude, it's not a race...you need to lighten up.

Doesn't every snowflake receive a passing grade these days ?

Dude's ahead already.

Wish I was that smart. I feel depressed.

Oh, never mind. Found the image of the dude.



I feel better already!

"Brisbin was home schooled, keeping to a rigorous schedule."

Poor kid was never taught how to put on a condom.

from the University of Texas

Oh. Never mind, then. Plenty of 16 year olds have graduated from 8th grade too.

have more of a "prove you have the knowledge" test based system, than a "I want to live off of my parents for 4 more years" system, and we'd see more of this. CPA test is a good start, but what's next? Computer Science? Law? And why next, instead of now?

/Kinda hard to fail the Philosophy one. Soliphism FTW!

One of my professors got 4 bachelors degrees in 4 years. EE, CS, CE and Math. He was also a complete tool with no social skills.

Ignominiousbob: from the University of Texas

Oh. Never mind, then. Plenty of 16 year olds have graduated from 8th grade too.

srsly. a minor school in the heart of Texas:

Prof: "Explain the universe in detail."
Kid: "Jesus"
Prof: "Excellent, here's your degree."

and is still a virgin

I feel like a loser at times. I am 26 and I do not have a degree. I have gone to college and done well, but I lacked direction. I am starting back up again to go into nursing. Yeah, it might just be nursing, but I will have a job and I can live anywhere I want. I also won't have any debt with the way I am doing things. I am glad I did not run up a bunch of debt when I was younger for a degree that won't get me a job. I still have a little bit of a complex about it, but I get over it when I realize that I don't have debt, kids and I actually went out and lived life.

Hey, I started out mopping the floor just like you guys. But now... now I'm washing lettuce. Soon I'll be on fries; then the grill. And pretty soon, I'll make assistant manager, and that's when the big bucks start rolling in.

I just don't know why you would want to go to college when you're sixteen. College is supposed to be fun. You're supposed to be on your own so you can make really stupid mistakes.

The article says his parents went to Austin with him to "provide transportation, because he was too young to have a driver's license."

Freshmen can't bring cars, and they seem to do just fine.

Monkeypillow: Nifty.

I thought about doing an accelerated curriculum, but chose to develop my social skills instead.

And so you came to Fark.

There's farkin' room to move as a fry cook. I could be manager in two years. King. God.

Good for him. Nice to see someone realizes that there's more to college than booze.

"You have failed me for the last time fry technician."

ooh! another "the world needs ditchdigger" threads or "not everyone is fit for college"

what have i left out?

NutWrench: Monkeypillow: Nifty.

I thought about doing an accelerated curriculum, but chose to develop my social skills instead.

And so you came to Fark.

Fark actually helped my social skills - tons of intresting anecdotes, jokes, stories and news. 1 day of fark can give me water cooler conversations for the whole week.

Totalfark would totally screw up my time if I'm this addicted as a liter.

montanagirl:
I feel like a loser at times. ... I don't have debt, kids and I actually went out and lived life.

Make up your mind.

In any case, I recommend giving up on the schooling, lose a little weight and improve on your oral sex technique, and find a nice MOTAS to support you.

His name is BRISBIN?

NERD!

AnnoyingKidNextDoor
Nice to see someone realizes that there's more to college than booze.

Disheartening to see someone think this even momentarily.

Poor guy. Missing out on the joys of that first crappy job.

that is neat and all, but I am an internet tough guy, I finish college when I was 15, that is right one year before this loser. Also, as an internet tough guy, I have a large *****, and my penial code is big too. I gradumatated from an Ivney leuge skool.....

He should have stayed in school a few more years. Coming out now and looking for a job in the financial sector is going to be rough especially if you are shooting for the top companies. Unless you have a degree from an Ivy League or similar school, you probably won't even get an interview.

pxlboy: ooh! another "the world needs ditchdigger" threads or "not everyone is fit for college"

what have i left out?

The obviously bitter guy who never went to college, trying to convince everyone (themselves mainly) it's not that important.

pxlboy [TotalFark] Quote 2008-12-07 02:49:14 PM
ooh! another "the world needs ditchdigger" threads or "not everyone is fit for college"

what have i left out?


You forgot " yeah, he may have gotten a degree at 16 but what about those social skills? "

/would take the degree over knowing how to kiss a bunch of high school asses
//doesn't think social development is complete or even close by 16 anyway.
///who wants to hang out with a bunch of mental midgets who think being smart and working your ass off is uncool?

He's about to learn a great lesson in the real world.

He really got a head start on working for the rest of his life.

I do hope we get a self-righteous homeschoolerto show up in this thread.

Ignominiousbob: from the University of Texas

Oh. Never mind, then. Plenty of 16 year olds have graduated from 8th grade too.

Farking Zardwarks: Ignominiousbob: from the University of Texas

srsly. a minor school in the heart of Texas:

Your ignorance is astounding. The University of Texas is one of the best universities in the country. UT's McCombs School of Business (where this kid went) is ranked in the top-10 along with Penn, Cornell, NYU, etc. Their finance program in particular is one of the best in the country and ranked above Stanford, MIT, etc.

AnnoyingKidNextDoor: Good for him. Nice to see someone realizes that there's more to college than booze.

Right...there's also weed.

drivinwest:
Farking Zardwarks: Ignominiousbob: from the University of Texas

srsly. a minor school in the heart of Texas:

Your ignorance is astounding. The University of Texas is one of the best universities in the country. UT's McCombs School of Business (where this kid went) is ranked in the top-10 along with Penn, Cornell, NYU, etc. Their finance program in particular is one of the best in the country and ranked above Stanford, MIT, etc.

I was working off of this:
FTA "...North Central Texas College at 14 and transferred to the university a year later."

Brown Sauce: Poor guy. Missing out on the joys of that first crappy job.

Damn. What a petty coont.

rabidarmadillo24: I just don't know why you would want to go to college when you're sixteen.

College-age poon. And you know that however big a geek this kid is, there were probably a dozen chicks in class who wanted to be the first piece of ass he ever got, just so they could tell people about it.

So is he supposed to lose his virginity at the first office party or something?

/Smart kid, good for him

Big deal. Anyone can rocket through college in two years if all they care about is a degree. Where did he have time for learning to make bongs from Mountain Dew cans ? Or three ways ? Or constructing three story tall beer funnels to hang out their dorm windows to sell sips to passing tailgaters on home football Saturday ?

Poor kid missed out on a lot.

Wrong_Intentions: I do hope we get a self-righteous homeschoolerto show up in this thread.

Well we've already got someone who wants a self-righteous homeschooler to show up in this thread.

And you would want to do that...why?

Well done.

Seriously, I graduated with a B average an rarely applied myself. A driven teen-ager could easily accomplish what I did in 4 about a semester.

I could have done my bachelor's in about the same time if I could have eliminated all the general ed nonsense. I'm convinced the main reason for those courses is to dragoon bodies for departments that would have tumbleweeds blowing thru their classrooms without the conscription imposed by general education requirements.

Just think, 51 more years then he can retire...

Finance degree in two years is not all that impressive. GED at twelve (or whatever equivalency exam they give to home-schoolers now) is slightly moreso, earliest I've known to take it was 14. I thought there was actually a legal hard limit, exempted only for hardship (like a dirver's license) but apparently I was wrong.

Basically, the thing about home-schooling is that you're allowed to skip a lot of stuff. If you know where you're headed (assumably this guy did) you can make sure the stuff you skip is fairly irrelevant to the college degree you're gonna pursue, which is not too hard if you're gonna do something that requires very little general knowledge. I'm glad someone's coming closer to doing it right than the usual; most home-schoolers I know were just uing it as an excuse to not teach basic science or some other religious nonsense.

//Not being snooty by saying the finance degree in two years isn't impressive: there are very few advanced requirements with strings of prerequisites that would force you into being there longer than a couple of years. Parallel course-load stuffing will get you through it right fast. That's probably part of why he picked it.

//I feel for him with the 'waiting on job experience for grad school' excuse. Being the only guy in your department who can't drink legally is annoying, given that group meetings tend to occur in bars. Wish I'd taken a few years off myself.

He must really like school.

Oh gods, I feel bad for the boy.

Because every employer in this job market won't give him a second glance, I'll bet. Because there will be the magic words...

"Yes, but what EXPERIENCE do you have"?

"Um...none, I'm sixteen..."

"Jumping Jaysus kid, you mean you're not even old enough to sign your own employment paperwork, much less drink at the company parties? You understand that the job market just put half a million people out of work, most of which have a degree just like yours and several years of life up on you?"

Kid, get ready for two years of momma riding your ass day in and day out because you are not "meeting her expectations".

he's clearly not smart enough to pick a better time to graduate! good luck getting a job in finance...

vodka: He must really like school.

Or, more likely, really wanted to get it over with. Now he gets to be the only teenager with adult-style disposable income. Probably pretty awesome.

Not lame starter income, either, the finance program is a good one, and well-known.