Julian Edelman set to graduate from college

robertweathers said:

Depends on the yard work. I don't mind edging, planting stuff, mulch or putting down fertilizer.

Raking leaves....I hired someone once. They sucked so I do it and my property accumulates a **** ton of leaves

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Download the Plowz and Mowz app for the leaves. I use it when I either don’t have time to do it or just don’t want to. Never a bad experience outside of them having to reschedule a couple of times.

KontradictioN said:

Download the Plowz and Mowz app for the leaves. I use it when I either don’t have time to do it or just don’t want to. Never a bad experience outside of them having to reschedule a couple of times.

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Yea I got a guy that cuts my lawn. He's cheap but if they do leaves I might give 'em shot.

There goes the one thing I had on him

his class ring will be bigger than theirs

He hasn't even gotten the diploma yet and it's already the least important achievement in his life.

But hopefully Kraft will be impressed and give the young fella a pay raise.

Great for Jules still hope the Pats give him a two year extension he can until he's 35 or when Brady retires.

The Amendola separation must have been life altering.

robertweathers said:

Depends on the yard work. I don't mind edging, planting stuff, mulch or putting down fertilizer.

Raking leaves....I hired someone once. They sucked so I do it and my property accumulates a **** ton of leaves

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NFW I am ever doing mulch ever again. Ordered 4 cubic yards and knew the owner of the company so he sent 2 extra yards free.. Thanks. ( sarcasm)... Threw my back out and slept on the floor for 3 nights. Told the Mrs., cost is no object, I am not doing that ever again... and haven't in 20 years.....

Finally he'll be able to land a high-paying job.

robertweathers said:

I was wondering the same thing. He's getting a BA in Integrated Studies.

Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman to graduate from Kent State University this Saturday

I have no idea what it is but whatever.

Bachelor of Integrative Studies | College of Arts & Sciences | Kent State University

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Thanks, apparently it allows the student to structure their degree as they would like. kind of like mona lisa vito, a degree on overall general knowledge..

Patsfanin Philly said:

NFW I am ever doing mulch ever again. Ordered 4 cubic yards and knew the owner of the company so he sent 2 extra yards free.. Thanks. ( sarcasm)... Threw my back out and slept on the floor for 3 nights. Told the Mrs., cost is no object, I am not doing that ever again... and haven't in 20 years.....

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I hear you. I won't move really heavy stuff or do grueling, backbreaking work anymore. Two years ago I was moving 1/4 stone in a wheelbarrow and concrete up a hill on my property (for a fire pit) and felt a sharp pain in my left shoulder. It kinda was achy but I kept working. Wolk up at 2am in serious pain and I couldn't move it. Had a partially torn labrum and torn rotator cuff. Didn't need surgery but 3 months of PT did the trick.

robertweathers said:

I was wondering the same thing. He's getting a BA in Integrated Studies.

Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman to graduate from Kent State University this Saturday

I have no idea what it is but whatever.

Bachelor of Integrative Studies | College of Arts & Sciences | Kent State University

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Sounds like a Burger King Degree, "Have it your way".. wouldn't want to go into an interview with a bare bones degree such as this..

The Bachelor of Integrative Studies Degree (BIS) is a College of Arts and Sciences non-major degree that provides maximum freedom for the student who wishes to take a multidisciplinary, individualized approach to the design of an educational program while maintaining a focus on career and professional goals.

The BIS is an individualized program in which the student is personally responsible for the research and design of his or her own degree.

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DarrylS said:

Sounds like a Burger King Degree, "Have it your way".. wouldn't want to go into an interview with a bare bones degree such as this..

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DarrylS said:

Sounds like a Burger King Degree, "Have it your way".. wouldn't want to go into an interview with a bare bones degree such as this..

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Likely he won't ever have to go into a traditional job interview where the college degree , or advanced degree is a necessity. But, I give him credit and others like Larry Fitzgerald who went back and got their degrees when they didn't have to...
Whether the major was Physics, Art History or BIS, he's a college graduate and to quote a wise old man, " an education is something no one can ever take away from you.".....

DarrylS said:

Sounds like a Burger King Degree, "Have it your way".. wouldn't want to go into an interview with a bare bones degree such as this..

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Unless someone is going into something specialized, the undergrad degree being in basket weaving doesn't matter, just the piece of paper that's suppose to demonstrate a level of intelligence combined with just enough work ethic to complete something.

A Masters (or something higher) is something of a different story.

EDIT - This is from experience hiring employees at two separate Fortune 500 companies.

Patsfanin Philly said:

Likely he won't ever have to go into a traditional job interview where the college degree , or advanced degree is a necessity. But, I give him credit and others like Larry Fitzgerald who went back and got their degrees when they didn't have to...
Whether the major was Physics, Art History or BIS, he's a college graduate and to quote a wise old man, " an education is something no one can ever take away from you.".....

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Did not try to minimize his efforts, but realistically if it is a piece of paper you want, he got it. Do not see all that much value in a Bachelor of Integrative Studies... kind of like a grad degree in English, but at least with that you can join the "Society of English Majors" (a secret society of men and women who possess excellent spelling and punctuation skills ) ...

Makes me wonder of the value of all those on line college degrees that are quite expensive, is there a commensurate reward???

One of the issues I have with Kent State has to do with what happened there on May 4, 1970 which is indelibly etched into my mind and soul.. "4 dead in Ohio", the whole thing still creeps me out.

DarrylS said:

Did not try to minimize his efforts, but realistically if it is a piece of paper you want, he got it..

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As he posted on Twitter or Instagram, it sets an example for his daughter, something that shouldn't be overlooked...

DarrylS said:

Makes me wonder of the value of all those on line college degrees that are quite expensive, is there a commensurate reward???

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As someone who went back to school 20 years ago in an online program ( when it was in its infancy) there is a reward. In addition to the education itself, for those who can't manage it any other way, it is an option.My children were young and I was working 50+ hours a week. Traveling to school wasn't an option but sitting at a computer late at night ( I attending with west coast students who were 3 hours behind) made it work. My program was trying to attract students so tuition was extremely low and frozen for the length of the program. I would do it again in a heartbeat. It didn't give me a new career but added to what I had and helped in other ways.

DarrylS said:

One of the issues I have with Kent State has to do with what happened there on May 4, 1970 which is indelibly etched into my mind and soul.. "4 dead in Ohio", the whole thing still creeps me out.

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Yeah but it was the students, who were victims at Kent State who were protesting the expansion of the Vietnam War into Laos and Cambodia (IIRC) and were shot by state National Guardsmen (at the time minimally trained weekend warriors). The Guardsmen thought they heard a shot and believed that they were under attack... For those too young on this board, the shooting was memorialized with one famous picture of a young 14 year old girl kneeling over the body of her friend Jeffrey Miller, who was mortally wounded by the Guardsman...

The Kent State Massacre Photo and the Case of the Missing Pole

Trifecta!

-College Grad
-3x Super Bowl Champ
-Super Bowl MVP

All within THREE months of each other!

Congrats Jules!

Patsfanin Philly said:

As he posted on Twitter or Instagram, it sets an example for his daughter, something that shouldn't be overlooked...

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And his parents, especially his dad, who, IIRC, didn't have the opportunity to go to college.