# A few words of advice?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-words-of-advice/44204>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 5, 2000, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-words-of-advice/44204 "2000-12-05T23:15:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigFriendlyGiant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@BigFriendlyGiant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigFriendlyGiant)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-words-of-advice/44204/1 "2000-12-05T23:15:42Z")

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I need a few words of advice on school courses that are fun because I’m gunna have four whole classes to wast on fun but I don’t want to graduate early. For those of you with sugestions, one of my options is to go to VOTEC and get certified in a trade or more than one trade(such as masonary or electricion or auto-mechanic) in the time I have left. All suggestions are apreciated in full so if you can, please help me in my delema. Thank You.

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**Author:** ![B\_to\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@B\_to\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B_to_B)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-words-of-advice/44204/2 "2000-12-05T23:24:59Z")

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Automechanic is something everyone should know, and you can get a job in a hurry if you become a drifter.😃

Seriously, I’m glad I took it, even though I’m in finance now.

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-words-of-advice/44204/3 "2000-12-05T23:28:02Z")

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Try an English class. Or at least a computer class that’ll teach you how to run spell-check. Sorry, man. It had to be said.

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-words-of-advice/44204/4 "2000-12-05T23:32:02Z")

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Oh baby. Take touch-typing. They call it keyboarding now. A) you can get an entry-level job as a clerk-typist making a lot better money than you can at Mcdonalds, and B) it really speeds up message board posting and other computer/Internet stuff.

If you ever get a chance to get into plumbing, go for it. Ditto electrician work. It’s indoors, not too messy, pays extremely well, and you can get a job with it literally anywhere in the world.