You got me Mike! Congrats. I'm actually a high school student.
It's good to know you have more material than just calling us "college boys" or saying things like "Let me guess, you heard it in a college class?" You have now upped the ante to "high school boy." Impressive work.
I just figured you would show your superiority to the lowly college student by displaying your resume again. I agree that not everyone in Fort Wayne is hayseed. I didn't miss that point, and I didn't need to see your resume to support that thought. I'm just sorry I got under your skin so much here and have thus derailed this comment section. I apologize.
I would just like to reiterate the fact that I never called Mike a hayseed, but it takes a pretty thick pair of rose-colored glasses to deny the existence of the Hayseed contingent.
For example, I was at Casa Grille (Stellhorn) a couple of weeks ago for dinner, and there was actually a guy in there wearing a Dale Earnhardt Jr. t-shirt and matching hat. Now, I'm no NASCAR expert, but I'm fairly confident that the guy in question was NOT, in fact, Dale Earnhardt Jr. To boot, this guy's wife was wearing blue sweat pants and a purple coat.
I'm assuming it must have been their anniversary or somebody's birthday, since they were all gussied-up in their church clothes.
Of course there are some "hayseeds" in Fort Wayne...
My point was that Andrew Kaduk was 100% WRONG when he said that a factory would have a hard time finding the type of employees they would need in Fort Wayne.
There are "hayseeds" everywhere...
I was stationed in Hawaii... A lot of my friends in the Navy were from the South. They used to go to Country bars in Honolulu and hang out with a bunch of people who dressed up like cowboys (One of them was from Lima, Ohio).
Does that mean Honolulu was full of "hayseeds?"
Fort Wayne has plenty of bright, educated, and creative people.
It is misleading and absurd to think that all of our best and brightest leave Fort Wayne...
They don't...
I do agree that more and more college graduates are leaving Fort Wayne and fewer are choosing to relocate to Fort Wayne. This is a large problem and one that we need to resolve.
I think your debate is very interesting! Having been a former FFA member, at Carroll High School, I know of several farmers, factory workers and the like. Many of those individuals who opted for the hard-knocks-of-life education are actually doing quite well. There many members working at SDI, making more than $70,000 per year. Granted a number of the farmers that went on to college are in agricultual business ventures. A neighbor of mine who just graduated 2 years ago from Purdue and is now 24, just built a $350,000 home. So maybe, we need some 'hayseeds.' Although they do not have the college education, they have the work ethic. And having gone to graduate school, where many of my classmates assigned actual course assigments to their employees at work, to get by, I would actually have a few 'hayseeds.'
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What is yuor source?
Your desktop publishing suite?
Mike Sylvester
Yes, my source is Microsoft Paint
That'd be more than good enough for Matt Kelty.
Looks like it would be good enough over here as well...
I still do not see a source...
Let me guess, you heard it in a college class?
Mike Sylvester
Mike, Look at my post.
There is a blue, underlined word at the bottom of my post.
If you click on that, you can see the report
Mike,
Let me guess, you're going to post your resume again for everyone to read.
Change Fort Wayne:
That is an interesting read. Thanks for posting the document.
Kram:
You missed the point; but, you seem to be pretty good at missing the point...
My point was that not everyone in Fort Wayne is a "hayseed."
Don't worry Kramylamo, you are almost to summer break and you can spend some time watching television this summer before you return to High School...
Mike Sylvester
You got me Mike! Congrats. I'm actually a high school student.
It's good to know you have more material than just calling us "college boys" or saying things like "Let me guess, you heard it in a college class?" You have now upped the ante to "high school boy." Impressive work.
I just figured you would show your superiority to the lowly college student by displaying your resume again. I agree that not everyone in Fort Wayne is hayseed. I didn't miss that point, and I didn't need to see your resume to support that thought. I'm just sorry I got under your skin so much here and have thus derailed this comment section. I apologize.
I would just like to reiterate the fact that I never called Mike a hayseed, but it takes a pretty thick pair of rose-colored glasses to deny the existence of the Hayseed contingent.
For example, I was at Casa Grille (Stellhorn) a couple of weeks ago for dinner, and there was actually a guy in there wearing a Dale Earnhardt Jr. t-shirt and matching hat. Now, I'm no NASCAR expert, but I'm fairly confident that the guy in question was NOT, in fact, Dale Earnhardt Jr. To boot, this guy's wife was wearing blue sweat pants and a purple coat.
I'm assuming it must have been their anniversary or somebody's birthday, since they were all gussied-up in their church clothes.
I have hundreds of hayseed stories.
Hayseeds...
Of course there are some "hayseeds" in Fort Wayne...
My point was that Andrew Kaduk was 100% WRONG when he said that a factory would have a hard time finding the type of employees they would need in Fort Wayne.
There are "hayseeds" everywhere...
I was stationed in Hawaii... A lot of my friends in the Navy were from the South. They used to go to Country bars in Honolulu and hang out with a bunch of people who dressed up like cowboys (One of them was from Lima, Ohio).
Does that mean Honolulu was full of "hayseeds?"
Fort Wayne has plenty of bright, educated, and creative people.
It is misleading and absurd to think that all of our best and brightest leave Fort Wayne...
They don't...
I do agree that more and more college graduates are leaving Fort Wayne and fewer are choosing to relocate to Fort Wayne. This is a large problem and one that we need to resolve.
Mike Sylvester
I think your debate is very interesting! Having been a former FFA member, at Carroll High School, I know of several farmers, factory workers and the like. Many of those individuals who opted for the hard-knocks-of-life education are actually doing quite well. There many members working at SDI, making more than $70,000 per year. Granted a number of the farmers that went on to college are in agricultual business ventures. A neighbor of mine who just graduated 2 years ago from Purdue and is now 24, just built a $350,000 home. So maybe, we need some 'hayseeds.' Although they do not have the college education, they have the work ethic. And having gone to graduate school, where many of my classmates assigned actual course assigments to their employees at work, to get by, I would actually have a few 'hayseeds.'
"Hayseed" is not an occupation.
It's a lifestyle and a state of mind.
I have met plenty of hayseed hicks with MBA's and/or massive piles of money.
That doesn't mean they have a healthy worldview...it just means they've got degrees and money.
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