Success and education

sapphirebride06 · April 2013

I know the term successful can vary in definition based on viewpoints, etc. But let's make this easy and say in this question I mean on a scale of sorts - maybe by degree or title? Who of your family has the highest degree or job title. I am not saying one is more important than the other by any means.

This is a subject of conversation between H and I right now as he has 20+ first cousins and it is a HUGE range of education levels, life styles, employment, careers, etc. It is interesting just how different people can be. He has an uncle who is a school custodian all the way to a cousin that is a doctor to his dad who didn't finish high school and became a bull rider. Random!

I thought it would be interesting to compare.

sapphirebride06 · April 2013

I have three siblings and I'm the only one with a degree - I have a BBA and an MBA. I am one of 8 cousins and 5 of us have a degree, but I'm the only one with an MBA.

H is one of 4 siblings and all of them have at least a Bachelor's degree

Sept07b2b · April 2013

It's funny you bring this up because my mom is the 6th of 6 kids. The range of education/degrees/success in that family is astounding!!!! I have one cousin who can't hold down a job and is constantly claiming to be disabled for purposes of col

JessieJH · April 2013

My BIL and FIL and DH's uncle are all doctors so they have great degrees. DH and I both have a Bachelors (Arts for me and Computer Science for him). Our company is kind of snobby about degrees and I don't think most of my peers realize I *only* have a BA

sapphirebride06 · April 2013

I'm glad this didn't come across judgey or anything because that was not my intention. I just think it is so interesting how families can be so different, even individuals within a family. My brother is on his own path - not quite of destru

coybig · April 2013

I have two cousins with college degrees, I have a bachelors, my brothers both have associates, and the rest have nothing.

The cousins with degrees are both in management (one a hotel, the other a golf course) and both on my mom's side. She

sapphirebride06 · April 2013

The more education - the further away from home they end up moving. The lone exception is my mom

It's funny you say that - I ha

NatnDyl · April 2013

I?m an only child and I have 2 BAs, DH is working on his. DH?s two brothers,

goldenleaves · April 2013

I have one sister with a high school education, one with a bachelors degree and I have an associates degree. I make the most money by a lot. More education doesn't mean more success!

hizah05 · April 2013

I have a Bachelor's degree and H has an associate's. He has always held a higher title and made much more money than I ever did. This is possibly my own fault because in the jobs I've had I never envied the higher stress and higher paying roles. That make

MrsLindinger0905 · April 2013

Wow, now that I think of it I don't think any of my siblings have degrees. At least none that they use. My oldest step brother graduated from a police training academy before I met him, but he is a mechanic. My other step brother went into the army after

MrsLindinger0905 · April 2013

My mom and all of her siblings graduated with degrees. Two in nursing, one is a teacher, one in finance, and the youngest in pharmacy and law. My dad never went to college but he is a lieutenant on a fire department and makes decent money now.

NatesLady1309 · April 2013

I have no college degree, I finished 2 years out of the 4 and that's it.

DH has a Bachelors in English. It does him no good other than being able to say he has a college degree, which I do think helps him in the job market for sure, but I d

karleegirl · April 2013

goldenleaves:
I have one sister with a high school education, one with a bachelors degree and I have an associates degree. I make t

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