Author Topic: Grrr...SAT Scores... (Read 26118 times)

JackTucky · « **Reply #120 on:** April 05, 2007, 11:24:20 am »

Did you go from engineer to chef?

Jacktucky

USSEnterprise · « **Reply #121 on:** April 05, 2007, 11:29:27 am »

I'm all over the place. Engineer, chef, teacher ar all things I'm considering. Its mainly because of CIA's booth at the college fair last night that I regained some interest.

Chris G · « **Reply #122 on:** April 05, 2007, 11:31:45 am »

Quote from: ChadTower on April 05, 2007, 10:11:44 am

Your best option.

Holy crap, man. Where do you come up with this stuff.

ChadTower · « **Reply #123 on:** April 05, 2007, 11:34:47 am »

He could be the next Brutus Beefcake.

JackTucky · « **Reply #124 on:** April 05, 2007, 11:37:45 am »

Quote from: USSEnterprise on April 05, 2007, 11:29:27 am

I'm all over the place. Engineer, chef, teacher ar all things I'm considering. Its mainly because of CIA's booth at the college fair last night that I regained some interest.

Did they have cookies?

=J

USSEnterprise · « **Reply #125 on:** April 05, 2007, 11:39:34 am »

Quote from: JackTucky on April 05, 2007, 11:37:45 am

Quote from: USSEnterprise on April 05, 2007, 11:29:27 am
I'm all over the place. Engineer, chef, teacher ar all things I'm considering. Its mainly because of CIA's booth at the college fair last night that I regained some interest.

Did they have cookies?

=J

No, but the woman's face who was talking to me kind of looked like a cookie, or maybe I was just hungry...

ChadTower · « **Reply #126 on:** April 05, 2007, 11:40:13 am »

Is he trying to say he is considering the CIA with those test scores?

CheffoJeffo · « **Reply #127 on:** April 05, 2007, 12:06:26 pm »

Quote from: tommy on August 06, 2006, 02:32:43 am

Lets not encourage me and turn this thread bad again chad... try to keep my name out of your mouth.

ChadTower · « **Reply #128 on:** April 05, 2007, 12:10:15 pm »

So tommy is like acid reflux.

CheffoJeffo · « **Reply #129 on:** April 05, 2007, 12:12:12 pm »

Quote from: tommy on December 21, 2006, 11:23:38 pm

In all honesty my god is to have a good heart and feel love and compassion to others and generally not be an ---uvula---

USSEnterprise · « **Reply #130 on:** April 05, 2007, 12:20:30 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on April 05, 2007, 11:40:13 am

Is he trying to say he is considering the CIA with those test scores?

CIA doesn't require SAT scores.

ChadTower · « **Reply #131 on:** April 05, 2007, 01:17:04 pm »

Quote from: USSEnterprise on April 05, 2007, 12:20:30 pm

CIA doesn't require SAT scores.

Wait, I just did a google on CIA. It apparently is also a culinary school.

shardian · « **Reply #132 on:** April 05, 2007, 01:21:15 pm »

Hey, isn't that the culinary school that charges like 30,000 per semester? I believe a guy I went to school with went there for a year...at least it was some culinary school in NY I know for sure.

ChadTower · « **Reply #133 on:** April 05, 2007, 01:21:49 pm »

They better be making meals out of supermodels for 30 large.

Chris G · « **Reply #134 on:** April 05, 2007, 01:26:02 pm »

I thought maybe he meant
shorthair's school.

USSEnterprise · « **Reply #135 on:** April 05, 2007, 01:40:27 pm »

Quote from: shardian on April 05, 2007, 01:21:15 pm

Hey, isn't that the culinary school that charges like 30,000 per semester? I believe a guy I went to school with went there for a year...at least it was some culinary school in NY I know for sure.

Yes, its about 30k a year with R&B, fees, uniform, books, equipment, etc. It would probably only be two years there, and the person at the college fair said that around 92% of students get financial aid.

ChadTower · « **Reply #136 on:** April 05, 2007, 01:43:13 pm »

I like her student body
she wants a better grade
I say if you roll over I'll throw in fianancial aid

Samstag · « **Reply #137 on:** April 05, 2007, 02:06:00 pm »

On the bright side, you won't have to pay for meals if you have any talent.

I used to go to school down the street from the CIA in Pittsburgh. You could tell what semester they were in by their belt size.

nostrebor · « **Reply #138 on:** April 05, 2007, 04:23:22 pm »

Quote from: pinballjim on April 05, 2007, 03:23:54 pm

The amount of drinking, drug use, and casual sex was literally astounding to my sheltered sensibilities.

I don't think this is an effective way to discourage a teenager from taking up a particular profession.

I'm just sayin'.

USSEnterprise · « **Reply #139 on:** April 05, 2007, 04:31:03 pm »

The first two I have no interest in. Can't say that there's no interest for number three, though.

Havoc · « **Reply #140 on:** April 05, 2007, 04:31:58 pm »

Quote from: pinballjim on April 05, 2007, 03:23:54 pm

The amount of drinking, drug use, and casual sex was literally astounding

I Knew I should have changed my major .....

Chris G · « **Reply #141 on:** April 05, 2007, 04:33:21 pm »

It's effective for the ones with sheltered sensibilities.

The rest of us them are un-discourageable anyway.

ChadTower · « **Reply #142 on:** April 05, 2007, 04:46:05 pm »

I did food service for a while and agree with pinballjim. To make a career out of it it has to be something you really enjoy. I hated, hated, hated it after I ran a food franchise for a few months. I was ready to go Shelly Cartman on every customer that came in.

billf · « **Reply #143 on:** April 05, 2007, 05:04:15 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on April 05, 2007, 04:46:05 pm

I did food service for a while and agree with pinballjim. To make a career out of it it has to be something you really enjoy. I hated, hated, hated it after I ran a food franchise for a few months. I was ready to go Shelly Cartman on every customer that came in.

Were you the manager or the owner of the franchise? Care to say which food place it was? Just curious - never worked in the food industry.

ChadTower · « **Reply #144 on:** April 05, 2007, 07:33:22 pm »

Quote from: billf on April 05, 2007, 05:04:15 pm

Were you the manager or the owner of the franchise? Care to say which food place it was? Just curious - never worked in the food industry.

Manager - Subway. I was the night guy when I was 17 working 7/week. A new guy bought the place and fired everyone but me and then told me to run the place day to day while he built up staff/etc. I guess he asked the old owner who on the staff was worth keeping and the staff owner said I was the only one. For months the new owner and me were working about 90 hours each.

DrewKaree · « **Reply #145 on:** April 05, 2007, 07:55:06 pm »

USSE does NOT strike me as the type who can make a career out of food service. Depending on what you're doing and where you're working at, the money is FAR better than what people think, but you WILL earn every penny of it. Give you a for-instance for Wisconsin, and this was going on at LEAST 10 years ago, but a friend of mine was an assistant manager who started at $33k/yr. Doesn't sound like much, but again, 10 years ago, and the cost of living in Wisconsin is nowhere near NJ. I know for certain that there were managers (not owners) who worked for the same chain I did that made $65-70k/year to start in NJ, which probably sounds like you're just scraping by (in NJ), but that was for people who were able to at least use one nostril to fog up the mirror in the hiring process.

I hate the "check this out" stories though. It's bad enough I had to live through them, and that they go on EVERYWHERE

USSEnterprise · « **Reply #146 on:** April 05, 2007, 08:46:41 pm »

"check this out" stories?

DrewKaree · « **Reply #147 on:** April 05, 2007, 09:26:39 pm »

Quote from: USSEnterprise on April 05, 2007, 08:46:41 pm

"check this out" stories?

"Check out what happened to ME when I worked at ________ and blah blah blah"

Finger in the chili, foot in the salad, etc

sphetr2 · « **Reply #148 on:** April 05, 2007, 10:02:32 pm »

Holy mothballs, this thread made me realize how incredibly smart I am.

CheffoJeffo · « **Reply #149 on:** April 05, 2007, 10:15:13 pm »

Quote from: tommy on December 20, 2006, 10:04:12 pm

I think it is all in the persons head that just wants to believe something, almost anything can do the same thing for a person if they believe and want to change things for themself.

boykster · « **Reply #150 on:** April 06, 2007, 01:05:36 am »

You guys with your foodservice experiences DO realize that graduating from a culinary institute is quite a few steps above getting a third shift job at Denny's as a short order cook, right? I have several friends who have graduated from high profile culinary schools that aren't laughing about the "secret ingredient" in the "special sauce".

With a good culinary education from a respected school, and good achievements along the way, you can expect to be recruited into a totally different class of restaurants.

Night shift manager at subway != apprentice or sous chef at a 3+ star restaurant.....

RayB · « **Reply #151 on:** April 06, 2007, 01:13:09 am »

Even waiting tables at a fine dining establishment will get you some amazing tips. (go where the money is!)

ChadTower · « **Reply #152 on:** April 06, 2007, 08:35:01 am »

Quote from: boykster on April 06, 2007, 01:05:36 am

With a good culinary education from a respected school, and good achievements along the way, you can expect to be recruited into a totally different class of restaurants.

Of course you are 100% correct, but given how long this kid sticks with a project, how well he listens to advice/instructions, and how well he picks his projects, we're not willing to allocate him a quality education and good long term achievements yet.

USSEnterprise · « **Reply #153 on:** April 06, 2007, 01:31:29 pm »

A person coming out of a culinary institute such as CIA, has worked in one of the campus restaurants in the past, which are open to the public.

I'm going into a low level food service job right now (I had to leave the pinball job because I wasn't happy with the 50 miles a day to make 7.50 an hour). Its at McDonald's. I'll see how it goes. I would much rather be waitering just because of tips, but I couldn't find anything.

ChadTower · « **Reply #154 on:** April 06, 2007, 01:34:04 pm »

You won't need experience to tell you that job sucks. It's money, of course, and one does what one must to make a living... but McDonald's is a half step above migrant crop picking.

USSEnterprise · « **Reply #155 on:** April 06, 2007, 02:09:08 pm »

Its very close to migrant crop picking. I feel very alone in said McDonald's as one of the few people who doesn't speak either Spanish or Ebonics. I don't intend that to be in any way racist, but if it comes off as such, I apologize.

Chris G · « **Reply #156 on:** April 06, 2007, 02:21:14 pm »

If it makes you feel any better, I'm the minority in my IT deptartment. At least 75% East Indian these days. I don't have a problem with that, but combine the cultural differences with the language barrier and it can be tough some days. It's not racist, that's just the way it is.

ChadTower · « **Reply #157 on:** April 06, 2007, 02:40:05 pm »

Don't sweat being the only white guy. Your coworkers are going to be swapping in and out constantly so it won't matter. Few people stay at McDonald's too long. They usually either quit because it sucks so much or they get fired because they are so unemployable they got hired by McDonald's.

shardian · « **Reply #158 on:** April 06, 2007, 02:44:28 pm »

Quote from: USSEnterprise on April 06, 2007, 01:31:29 pm

A person coming out of a culinary institute such as CIA, has worked in one of the campus restaurants in the past, which are open to the public.

I'm going into a low level food service job right now (I had to leave the pinball job because I wasn't happy with the 50 miles a day to make 7.50 an hour). Its at McDonald's. I'll see how it goes. I would much rather be waitering just because of tips, but I couldn't find anything.

I thought your pinball job was pretty much right down the street?

ChadTower · « **Reply #159 on:** April 06, 2007, 02:47:24 pm »

Trust us, it's way better to have a job that is enjoyable and a pays less than it is to have on that really sucks but pays a little more.

And there's no way you're making 7.50+ at McDonald's to start. Well, maybe if it's a gay McDonald's, and you're the special sauce extractor.


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