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I have a standard, and in this day and age it is almost required that they at least have a career, and are motivated and have goals. I would not rather get with a woman that does not have life goals, something that keeps her busy ect. Does she need a degree to do these things, hell no. There are plenty of people out there making great money with no degree all they need is motivation and hard work.
I have a standard, and in this day and age it is almost required that they at least have a career, and are motivated and have goals. I would not rather get with a woman that does not have life goals, something that keeps her busy ect. Does she need a degree to do these things, hell no. There are plenty of people out there making great money with no degree all they need is motivation and hard work.
true people can make money with out a degree but one thing that gets over looked is this. The networking down the road and meeting people at college that you would never meet if you did not go to college. According to a recent survey of the Department of Labor, networking accounts for at least 69% of all annual hires.
true people can make money with out a degree but one thing that gets over looked is this. The networking down the road and meeting people at college that you would never meet if you did not go to college. According to a recent survey of the Department of Labor, networking accounts for at least 69% of all annual hires.
That stat doesn't say that it occurs in college, networking can happen outside of college and it does everyday. No reason to go to college to network.
OP, I think your post highlights one of the flaws of online dating, and why it's adversely affecting some people's perception of what the opposite sex wants in a partner. Online dating oversimplifies and dehumanizes people down to a few photos, a freehand profile and an itemized checklist...education level, career/occupation, interests, what they like to do on Friday night, what foods they like, and so on. It then feeds that, combined with the user's filters, into their fancy but limited algorithms and spits out results that they deem to be good matches. It's basically a marketplace. The "upside" is that it's easy for someone to filter out those without a college degree or whatever. The issue is that none of this really tells us who those people are - you have to interact with them to get a feel for that. There is far more to someone being a good & compatible match than what any dating site is capable of providing. Meeting and dating people in more traditional ways has far less of a marketplace feel and feels more natural and organic. "Man B" (met via OLD) might meet all of the woman's preferences in educational background, culture, social skills, humor, moral compass, etc...and he may be very attractive in her eyes and may be good in bed...but she still just isn't getting that special feeling (and perhaps neither is he). In short, things may look good on paper, but the chemistry...the synergy...isn't there.
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It has less to do with actual intelligence and more to do with socio-cultural background. If the girl is say, from a middle class Jewish family on the east cast, she is probably used to dating and socializing with people who all have at least bachelors degrees. It's likely she will not field advances from someone who went to a technical school and became a mechanic, for example, not because she thinks he's dumb but rather because she figures she will have more in common with someone with a bachelors in medicine or law. Statistics show that people tend to date within their "tribe", meaning similar religion, culture, beliefs, socioeconomic status and yes, education.
I think you are correct. For many people it's just a bit easier and perhaps safer to date someone (with intentions of a relationship) that has a similar socio-cultural background. They're more likely to "get" each other and relate to each other. Less risk of misunderstandings and unexpected awkwardness (e.g. he may say something that he feels is harmless but she may deem it offensive). Better chance of each other's family and friends to be comfortable with the person, if one or the other feels that's important to them.
That stat doesn't say that it occurs in college, networking can happen outside of college and it does everyday. No reason to go to college to network.
that is fine if you feel that way but people that went to college have a leg up on people that did not go to college in most cases when it comes to networking.
What if the median weekly earnings of a liberal arts graduate are less than the earnings of a high school graduate? Than 'all you have to say' is woefully insufficient.
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minority in my eyes.
