Do Penn State grads/current students carry a stigma?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Saw a some dude wearing Pedophile $tate U t-shirt at a Starbucks in Arlington...stared his bitch A$$ down...

Do you really stare down every Penn State grad wearing the t shirt that you see? Bc how do you get anything else done? There are a LOT of them in this area - second only to Philadelphia, I think. The Clarendon to Ballston corridor seems full of young grads wearing the gear - esp during football season.

Dp. Actually, the gear has been MUCH less obvious over the past few years. But the grads are there, yes. It's like a high achievement for them to get a govt job that tops out at a GS-14

Don't know if Penn State gear has declined here or not -- have only lived here for 2 yrs and prior that was in Philadelphia were Penn Staters are still out in full force and often get into drunken arguments with others that their school is just as good as the ivy Penn. I do think a GS14 job that'll have them making 130-140k within 5-10 yrs is a HUGE achievement for many of these kids. Many are from central Pa. and would LOVE to have stayed there but there aren't enough jobs to accommodate all the new grads in areas that are already economically challenged and places like Harrisburg and Philadelphia have only so many openings. So I think DC is the next option (probably bc NYC is overwhelming and lots of these kids don't have that kind of hustle) -- and yes -- to them and their families a new grad starting a 60k job that'll eventually top out at 130k is winning at life -- bc lots of their parents in Pa are struggling and to them the fact that their son will be making 130k at 32 is unbelievable and instead of thanking the GS scale for that, they credit Penn State.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When they rioted over Joe pa being fired and put "we love you joe" on their bellies and vigils it didn't say much for the education level of the school. The football program which is more of important than the school by any measure, is a mediocre program with an atrocity at its core. The football program has long been populated by dummies who can't figure out how to handle decades of kiddy rape in the showers without checking with their Joe pa .

How did they get like that? It's really wierd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any Penn State grad has an asterisk by their name from now on.

Oh, no - an asterisk? Whatever shall I do? This is horrible.

[Anonymous]

Yes.


http://www.theonion.com/article/rest-nation-penn-state-something-very-wrong-all-yo-54010

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes.


http://www.theonion.com/article/rest-nation-penn-state-something-very-wrong-all-yo-54010

Satire but spot on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any Penn State grad has an asterisk by their name from now on.

Oh, no - an asterisk? Whatever shall I do? This is horrible.

Do this... what a shitty school:

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/20646836/pennsylvania-police-report-2011-says-joe-paterno-known-child-sexual-abuse-allegation-jerry-sandusky-prior-2001

[Anonymous]

stigma or stigmata?

[Anonymous]

In state you may have no choice due to money. If anybody goes there out of state, they need to have their head examined.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:stigma or stigmata?

Odd and even days. You pick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Saw a some dude wearing Pedophile $tate U t-shirt at a Starbucks in Arlington...stared his bitch A$$ down...

Do you really stare down every Penn State grad wearing the t shirt that you see? Bc how do you get anything else done? There are a LOT of them in this area - second only to Philadelphia, I think. The Clarendon to Ballston corridor seems full of young grads wearing the gear - esp during football season.

Dp. Actually, the gear has been MUCH less obvious over the past few years. But the grads are there, yes. It's like a high achievement for them to get a govt job that tops out at a GS-14

Don't know if Penn State gear has declined here or not -- have only lived here for 2 yrs and prior that was in Philadelphia were Penn Staters are still out in full force and often get into drunken arguments with others that their school is just as good as the ivy Penn. I do think a GS14 job that'll have them making 130-140k within 5-10 yrs is a HUGE achievement for many of these kids. Many are from central Pa. and would LOVE to have stayed there but there aren't enough jobs to accommodate all the new grads in areas that are already economically challenged and places like Harrisburg and Philadelphia have only so many openings. So I think DC is the next option (probably bc NYC is overwhelming and lots of these kids don't have that kind of hustle) -- and yes -- to them and their families a new grad starting a 60k job that'll eventually top out at 130k is winning at life -- bc lots of their parents in Pa are struggling and to them the fact that their son will be making 130k at 32 is unbelievable and instead of thanking the GS scale for that, they credit Penn State.

$130K puts you in the top 20 percent of earners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Saw a some dude wearing Pedophile $tate U t-shirt at a Starbucks in Arlington...stared his bitch A$$ down...

Do you really stare down every Penn State grad wearing the t shirt that you see? Bc how do you get anything else done? There are a LOT of them in this area - second only to Philadelphia, I think. The Clarendon to Ballston corridor seems full of young grads wearing the gear - esp during football season.

Dp. Actually, the gear has been MUCH less obvious over the past few years. But the grads are there, yes. It's like a high achievement for them to get a govt job that tops out at a GS-14

Don't know if Penn State gear has declined here or not -- have only lived here for 2 yrs and prior that was in Philadelphia were Penn Staters are still out in full force and often get into drunken arguments with others that their school is just as good as the ivy Penn. I do think a GS14 job that'll have them making 130-140k within 5-10 yrs is a HUGE achievement for many of these kids. Many are from central Pa. and would LOVE to have stayed there but there aren't enough jobs to accommodate all the new grads in areas that are already economically challenged and places like Harrisburg and Philadelphia have only so many openings. So I think DC is the next option (probably bc NYC is overwhelming and lots of these kids don't have that kind of hustle) -- and yes -- to them and their families a new grad starting a 60k job that'll eventually top out at 130k is winning at life -- bc lots of their parents in Pa are struggling and to them the fact that their son will be making 130k at 32 is unbelievable and instead of thanking the GS scale for that, they credit Penn State.

$130K puts you in the top 20 percent of earners.

Not in DC. DC reigns supreme, where all the Very Important People live.

[Anonymous]

I am from Central PA, went to Penn State, live in DC and make many multiples of $130K.

Everyone doesn't fit in your box, PP. I also don't care about your stigma - at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am from Central PA, went to Penn State, live in DC and make many multiples of $130K.

Everyone doesn't fit in your box, PP. I also don't care about your stigma - at all.

Someone is butt hurt...but you will survive...unlike those kids molested by Sandusky and Pedophile State U for over 30 years!

[Anonymous]

wow..what a weird thread...what's the big deal if you go to Penn?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am from Central PA, went to Penn State, live in DC and make many multiples of $130K.

Everyone doesn't fit in your box, PP. I also don't care about your stigma - at all.

Um, it is actually your stigma, not the PPs.