RichardMNixon
Czar
Freshman in college working towards BS in Chemical Engineering and/or Chemistry, still undecided. My school has no football team, and the #1 chess team in the United States... I love it here...
Civilization players are smart and highly educated?
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BrotherDragon
Chieftain
Aks K said:
The best people I know live by doing the next right thing in front of them. That takes work ethic, compassion and humility. I stand by my belief that genius/intellect is overated.
Rmman9007
Chieftain
BA in pol Sci and in History
Phoenix_56721
Prince
Welcome to CFC...Superstinger said:Bachelor of Industrial Engineenering here. I knew plenty of incredibly brilliant people in their own field at college but most had zero common sense. One of my roommates tried to do some of his laundry in a wok for heavens sake!
Can't wait for Civ IV to get here. It looks like it is going to be an excellent game.
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I couldn't agree more, I refer you to my signature.
suspendinlight
Prince
Working on PhD in Electrical Engineering.
Mba Unc-ch.
Sentoa
Samaka 3ajiba
BA International Relations (10 years ago)... wow, I'm getting old.
icecool
Warlord
BSc in Electronics and now doing a BA distance learning in Archeology
tristangreer
Warlord
Senior in college, getting bachelor's degrees in Computer Science, Philosophy, and History. Hopefully going to graduate school sometime after that, but I'm going to take at least a year off. 
lugersci
Chieftain
hell no, im still a freshman in high school, and i started playing when i was in 6th grade,
and im planing to go to USMA:West Point so maybe im smart i ono
and im planing to go to USMA:West Point so maybe im smart i ono
bman003
Federation President
Junior, working on BS in astrophysics...
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1983 Speed Scientific School, Louisville, Kentucky
B.A. in Personnel and Industrial Relations, 1985, University of Louisville
M.B.A. Masters in Business Administration, 1987, Southern Illinois University
M.M.I.S. Masters in Management Information Systems, 1989 Washington University, St. Louis
Worked for the Dept. Of Defense (DoD) for several years, until 1989, where the Graham-Rudman Act forced the DoD to lay off 15,000 employees. Moved back to Louisville, Kentucky and took a job working on the assembly line at Ford Motor Company. Took a competitive test for the maintenance program and was among the top 3 to qualify and thus went back to college for 4 more years of academic training in Electrical Maintenance and 8,000 hours of an On-The-Job Apprenticeship. I now work as a licensed Electrician at the plant and make a pretty nice salary, but currently work 7-days a week and holidays.
As far as education goes: I have found in my 43 years in this life, that everyone is "smart" at something. From garbage men to lawyers, everyone has something which motivates them to greater knowledge in a particular (sometimes obscure) subject or skill set. At work there is a Millwright who never completed high school, but he can look at a conveyor and know exactly what the problem is with it. Sometimes just by the sound of the machinery in motion. He also can tell you to within 1 lb, how much a large object weighs, which takes quite a bit of math to determine, yet he needs no calculator. Knowledge and experience: You need both, otherwise you are left with a lousy future employment outlook if your company closes shop.
I know, I know . . "too-much info" but it was fun and is great practice for when my kids get a bit older and need some advice.
B.A. in Personnel and Industrial Relations, 1985, University of Louisville
M.B.A. Masters in Business Administration, 1987, Southern Illinois University
M.M.I.S. Masters in Management Information Systems, 1989 Washington University, St. Louis
Worked for the Dept. Of Defense (DoD) for several years, until 1989, where the Graham-Rudman Act forced the DoD to lay off 15,000 employees. Moved back to Louisville, Kentucky and took a job working on the assembly line at Ford Motor Company. Took a competitive test for the maintenance program and was among the top 3 to qualify and thus went back to college for 4 more years of academic training in Electrical Maintenance and 8,000 hours of an On-The-Job Apprenticeship. I now work as a licensed Electrician at the plant and make a pretty nice salary, but currently work 7-days a week and holidays.
As far as education goes: I have found in my 43 years in this life, that everyone is "smart" at something. From garbage men to lawyers, everyone has something which motivates them to greater knowledge in a particular (sometimes obscure) subject or skill set. At work there is a Millwright who never completed high school, but he can look at a conveyor and know exactly what the problem is with it. Sometimes just by the sound of the machinery in motion. He also can tell you to within 1 lb, how much a large object weighs, which takes quite a bit of math to determine, yet he needs no calculator. Knowledge and experience: You need both, otherwise you are left with a lousy future employment outlook if your company closes shop.
I know, I know . . "too-much info" but it was fun and is great practice for when my kids get a bit older and need some advice.
