Roll call?

[cookderosa]

Jennifer- I notice so many people here earn multiple degrees, more than any group I've ever encountered. Why do you think that is? Is it because they don't want to leave this site, so they just stay around and collect degrees?

Because when you have more than 120 credits, you don't want it to go to waste! I have about 225 undergrad credits, 187 are inside a degree. It KILLS ME, really it does, that I have unused credit. KILLS ME!. I have a theory (of course) though it probably doesn't apply to everyone, I think it applies to many. So, bear with me. I went to culinary school, and spent the past 25 (!) years of my life in the field. So, whipping together a dinner party at my house for 25 people is nothing. Literally. It's no more stress or time for me than cooking any regular dinner any day of the week. The only difference is that my house is cleaner. My non-chef friends ooohhhh and ahhhh even though I know the truth. ;P For some of my friends to take a turn would be nothing short of massive undertaking, so I continue to host.
So, that being said, I think it's like that for degrees here. People here know things that look hard to an outsider. Testing out SOUNDS HARD. Earning a degree SOUNDS HARD. Many of us are 30-40-50 and have careers that we entered without degrees, but in some respect always wanted- but never did- and then our window seemed to close or jobs forced us to reconsider the options. Our board opens the window for people, and as a motivated adult (which we all clearly are) we have generally got the tenacity and resources to rack up credit like people eating M&Ms. Plus, it's kinda addictive.

*note to self- reevaluate using my unused credits for 2012....arrrghhhhhhh!!!!!