<p>thanks again to everyone for the kind words and support. it gives me hope for the world to see that people i don’t even know have positive things to say, and can inspire someone to press on.</p>
<p>I am a positive, often ultra-supportive, contributor to this forum over more than 6 years. I have never taken this kind of position with anyone. Congratulations. You are the first. With your attitude, as I said, I would not encourage you to go to college. If you want different advice from me, then clean up the writing here on the forum, because it gives a bad impression. I do not believe everyone should go to college, and I believe that the value of a bachelor’s is being diluted by people who don’t have the skills or don’t care to work at them. Work ethic trumps talent in most fields, and verbal skills are important everywhere.</p>
<p>I have followed this thread from the beginning, sympathetic to the OP but now I’m wondering…■■■■■?</p>
<p>Thank you Joblue. Great insight. Maybe the prank is over now.</p>
<p>“Is it really that big of an issue that I have a few comma splice’s, a few run on’s, the occasional sentence fragment, lack a little Punctuating Dialogue, Apostrophes, and capitalization of a few words?”</p>
<p>So someone who writes like this poster, knows what a “comma splice” is?</p>
<p>That does evidence some pretty spectacular laziness - if you know that you have issues with grammar and punctuation and refuse to fix them just because you don’t have to.</p>
<p>But that aside, I agree with all the other encouragement on the thread. You are doing what you and your family feel is best long-term, and your wife supports you. Your family is eating and has shelter. The rest doesn’t matter!</p>
<p>OP, while you may be insulted by compmom’s post, I have to say she’s right. Yes, this is a forum. More specifically, this is a forum for the college bound and college educated, including you. In order to have a complete intellectual discussion about why you deserve to be in college (which you do), you are expected to use proper grammar. You say teachers and professors have been telling you this for years and it’s time to realize that they’re right. Proper grammar skills and a cohesive writing ability help in what ever career you choose. If you’re applying for a job, it doesn’t matter if you can wow them in person because you won’t get the opportunity. If you sent in a resume that looked like this, it would go straight to the trash. Writing is important. No matter what your strengths are, no matter if you’re a math person, no matter what. If you can’t communicate your ideas effectively, then you may as well not have any. Especially in a field like engineering where you may have to communicate through memos, emails, and yes, even essays, you need to have the essential skills TO communicate. You want to be taken seriously, so I suggest you do just that. Go to your college’s writing center, get help, learn the skills you lack and it will do more than you expect. Trust me. In your particular case, the reason to go to college is to provide for your family by getting a good job because you know that educated people have higher paying careers and more stable lives. Well, if you don’t sound educated, you can’t reap all of the benefits of your degree. I know it sucks to improve in skills you lack, it takes a lot of work, but it helps in the long run.</p>
<p>In addition to my post, I would like to say that you’re doing a wonderful thing for your family and yourself. You are breaking a cycle. Not only are you providing a stable future for your child now, you are setting an example that education is important, and that will stick with him for the rest of his life. My parents were both the first in their families to go to college and they have made an incredible life for my sister and me. By doing this, you’re not only ensuring that life is better for you and your wife, but that your son will have a better life and so will your grandkids and so on and so forth. If your family can’t see that, then shame on them because you are doing a brave and noble thing and you will be rewarded.</p>
<p>Agree with joblue–that grammar-insightful post was the tipoff. I was going to tell compmom to ease up on him, that he DOES know English after all…then I realized he knew too much.</p>
<p>■■■■■.</p>
<p>I don’t think I have never been harsh with anyone in all these years on CC. </p>
<p>If this is not a ■■■■■, I am less concerned at this point with the writing issue and more concerned with the attitude problem. I cannot believe that this young person told me “shame on you” for saying he needed to improve his writing, when he wrote, himself, that he was “lazy.”</p>
<p>There are a lot of times on this forum when I feel a little lonely. I was hoping someone else would see my point of view amidst all this encouragement. Looks like that is happening at this point so I am not going to get involved in this thread anymore!</p>
<p>If you think that bachelor’s degrees are being diluted, write your congressman. Again this is a forum, not an English class, so ill be a lazy writer all I want and if it bothers you, like I said before don’t read my thread. I have made it clear that I am writing on an ipad mini, which if you do not know is pretty much the same as an iphone, but with a larger screen. I hate to break it too you but the only one with an attitude is you (compmom), which you are entitled to have, and last I checked I’m an American too, so I have to right to have one as much as you do, even though I feel that I do not have one in regards to this thread, I’m simply taking a stand against a T****( do I dare even say ■■■■■ ?). I’m such a ■■■■■ that i post my reply’s once a day around the same time (my lunch break). If I’m not mistaken, trolling would be me being on here 24/7, sorry I don’t have extra time like that ( I was not aware that knowing what your mistakes are qualifies one as a ■■■■■, good to know). And just looking at this thread really quickly, I’m not the only one who made writing errors, but I’m not here to scold anyone, its not my place, I have better things to do than criticize someone on a forum for writing errors, and I wish others felt the same way. I’ll make sure to tell all my friends that if they choose to be apart of this forum, to make sure they have there post’s proof read by a qualified English teacher/professor.
This has now gone beyond the point of being ridiculous, and I realize that I am now feeding the fire, so I will be the bigger person and extinguish it . That being said if there’s an admin available please delete this thread. I do not want to make anyone feel uncomfortable because of my horrible, and “diluted” writing skills. I will not post or contribute to this forum anymore (which I’m sure will make some happy). Thank you to everyone who had kind and positive things to say as they will remain with me during my hard times with family, but this “■■■■■” must now bid you farewell.</p>
<p>I gave you the respect involved in telling you the truth. I did not patronize you. Initially, at least, I gave you the respect of expecting something. (I also asked at first if you were using a phone, and if that explained things.)</p>
<p>You are posting to a bunch of adults who form opinions of you before giving suggestions. I think you will get much better advice if you post from a computer and give a good impression overall, which I am sure you are capable of.</p>
<p>Again, initially, this position of mine was a practical one not a moral one.</p>
<p>I sincerely apologize for upsetting you. But I also hope that some of this has helped you in the long run.</p>
<p>It’s no different than wearing a nice shirt to a job interview. Presentation is crucial.</p>
<p>Good luck. I mean it.</p>
<p>I’m on an iPhone too. It isn’t that hard. Just saying.</p>