Comments on: Recession Survival Guide For Current Students

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:43:10 +0000

A pretty set of advice for current college students. The ‘know your stuff’ comment is particularly important, as I’ve noticed all too many students focusing more on the next party they want to attend than on their classes. Being a good student, either whether high school, college, or graduate/professional school, it the first priority of someone whose work is primarily to study.

By: Millionaire Acts

Millionaire Acts — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:56:17 +0000

Nice post! Nice to stumble a blog that has same niche as mine.

By: richerandslimmer.com

richerandslimmer.com — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:15:06 +0000

Hey, good post

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:40:46 +0000

I partially agree that you need to ignore the recession with regards to focusing on school work, since it might be over by the time you graduate. At the same time, there are valuable lessons to be learned from a recession. I’ve learned that I am not risk averse. I am unafraid of losing money so early on in my investing career because I have plenty of time to make it back. It’s important to remember that these recessions are not unusual. They happen without much warning, but it’s important to learn that recessions happen, but they aren’t permanent.

By: Jeff@StretchyDollar

Jeff@StretchyDollar — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:23:30 +0000

Nice post – we’re lucky as students because we’re somewhat insulated from the crisis, especially if we have jobs on campu and things like that.

By: SuzieBee

SuzieBee — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:58:09 +0000

I’d just hunker down, ignore it, and do the best you can in everything, same a you would anyway. But then I have a rather naive view that hard work will always be rewarded.

By: Studenomist

Studenomist — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:54:35 +0000

I took business stats a few years ago and as boring as it may seem it will definitely help you later on in life. Standard deviation, box whisker plots, IQR may seem irrelevant now but you never know where you will be working one day down the road. If you want to work for an insurance company one day then your knowledge and application of what you learned in business stats class will be what gets you the job. How do you feel about the class so far?

By: The Financial Nut

The Financial Nut — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:46:27 +0000

I couldn’t agree more with your point about “Know your stuff.” School is for more than just improving your resume. There’s a good chance that you’ll be using the critical thinking skills you’re developing inside the classroom in the real world.

My good friend tells me that his business stats class (a class I’m taking right now) has been HUGE for him LATER in his education.

I’ll be paying more attention.