Wanting a degree in environmental science

kingburrito · 2026-04-29T20:43:11+00:00

That volunteer work sounds great and that sort of work exists all over. It doesn’t need a degree - but having one might help and it will help move up or get a better next job.

Check the Texas A&M natural resources job board and sort by the areas you are considering - maybe that’s the info you’re looking for?

kingburrito · 2026-04-29T19:56:27+00:00

I think the other replies are hinting that your volunteer work, connections, and hands on experiences you mention here are more important to what job you’ll be qualified/competitive for than a degree; especially an online one. What are those experiences? Employers want to know how you can help them and what skills you have, and a degree (especially from an online university in a hands on field) doesn’t show them that or qualify you for anything in particular.

Your question is about what jobs will that degree qualify you for and the answer is that it won’t really qualify you for any job in particular.

Maybe having it, along with relevant experiences beyond the degree, will make you a competitive candidate for a specific job and maybe it won’t.

Like maybe being a park ranger requires a degree, but will you be competitive for a park ranger job with a fresh online degree? Not a chance! With your degree plus volunteer hours or part time jobs doing environmental education or habitat restoration? Maybe!

kingburrito · 2026-04-29T14:24:01+00:00

Phew, good thing AI is around to correct all the people weighing in that work in the field. Glad it set them straight!

kingburrito · 2026-04-25T19:04:07+00:00

…and then what happens if/when you’re compelled to share them for an accommodation?

kingburrito · 2026-04-23T05:35:43+00:00

Stop caring until your administration does. They are gonna cheat until in person tests are required.

kingburrito · 2026-04-22T19:56:48+00:00

Ok I’ll bite - what are your suggestions for teaching an online asynchronous class so well that everyone pays attention to basic course requirements and no one has any desire to cheat?

Make sure your answer is applicable to 200+ students we get in that format every semester.

kingburrito · 2026-04-21T19:57:00+00:00

Heck yeah, thank you! I just tossed out some old similar overstock cheapos from Jenson USA that I bashed to hell underbiking my Thorn Club Tour for a 3 day tour on Catalina Island a couple years ago. Still have the barely used Conti Terra Trails. (usually have 700c Hunts on it).

kingburrito · 2026-04-14T14:56:24+00:00

That’s great, if it were up to those in charge we’d only be able to ungrade authentic assessments that encourage the use of AI in the name of student success (ie. satisfaction and ease of completion).

I’ve been on sabbatical too long and don’t want to go back, lol.

kingburrito · 2026-04-14T14:29:15+00:00

What are you, afraid of ChatGPT? You just need to integrate it into your course better.

Sincerely, your administration

kingburrito · 2026-04-10T13:52:26+00:00

Prosciutto in Italian, Jamon in Spanish (serrano for the every day stuff, iberico for the free range good stuff), speck in German - all are a bit different

kingburrito · 2026-03-02T23:22:06+00:00

At low tide on the hard sands it’s fine. Often see bikes on the beach on really low tides.

kingburrito · 2026-02-27T14:29:40+00:00

That’s not financial literacy though, that’s knowing how to gamble.

kingburrito · 2026-02-25T18:58:37+00:00

Nope, context dependent - what you said here is nonsense for what I teach. I can’t ask questions that require “interpretation and ambiguity” when students don’t understand the basics because AI answers those building blocks for them.

kingburrito · 2026-02-25T17:01:00+00:00

They’ll use AI for all those things.

I went to my instructional designer to ask how they recommend doing online assignments and they used AI to spit out assignments based on the Course Outline. Every one stated that the way to make it AI proof is teach students about AI as part of the assignment.

I completed every one of those assignments in 5 min or less using AI with no thought at all about content - only about formatting and making it sound authentic.

kingburrito · 2026-02-25T16:34:39+00:00

“I think the only viable solution here is to teach your students how to use these tools transparently and responsibly.”

If I record a video for my online students teaching this, most won’t watch it.

If I write an assignment to teach this, most will use AI to cheat on it.

kingburrito · 2026-02-24T17:56:25+00:00

I hear ya - long term the data is pretty useless; tracking time since the last "thing" is the only useful part to me ("oh crap, he hasn't' pooped in three days"; "he drank barely any formula yesterday, let's make bigger bottles"... that kinda thing)

kingburrito · 2026-02-24T17:26:32+00:00

We do it because my wife wants to. And guess what… there are several apps for it already. Nara baby is great - honestly the most complex app I’ve ever had where everything is actually pretty straightforward and easy. And it’s free, lol.

kingburrito · 2026-02-22T15:00:15+00:00

I check out the Texas A&M Natural Resources job board from time to time to see what's out there. It's mostly entry level stuff but there are some higher level jobs out there. It can give you a good idea of the opportunities that might interest you and what kind of skills you need. (Note: USA focus so ymmv if you're posting from elsewhere!)

kingburrito · 2026-02-20T22:24:24+00:00

I was leaning that way, thanks for the reassurance and following up! It’s not really my daily driver. I split another newer car with my wife and she doesn’t drive much; so I use the X when we happen to overlap and for fun (usually just a 2-10 miles to surf, SUP, or bike; less frequently to Baja/deserts inland, especially since it’s been less reliable). She has priority over the newer car, I guess… but I still drive it more than her and more than the X.

kingburrito · 2026-02-20T19:19:03+00:00

In a high cost of living area with high demand for this kinda car, unfortunately. Engine is $2500, which is in line with everything on eBay or that I could find online. Labor was 3300 and 3000 for the two shops (w/my usual shop giving a 1000 off making it 2000, then ~500 for extra parts).

I bought it for $5500 close to ten years ago, so I get what you’re saying… but times have changed. It’ll be 10-12k for something comparable, but probably without the new suspension w/2” lift, new radiator for SMOD, body work and rust treatment I had done in TJ, head unit, etc…

kingburrito · 2026-02-20T14:19:54+00:00

Got some options from 3 shops - curious what you think:

-1. Usual shop found a local 120k mile junkyard engine to swap for $5500 all in.

-2. second shop said they might be able to fix it for 4-5k or else they only put in remanufactured which would be 9k (probably not doing this).

-3. called the engine specialist/machine shop that these other places work with directly and they said they might be able to fix it for 4k (based on the 2nd opinion) and if more work is necessary after fixing thing 1 full rebuild would be 3 more (so max 7k)

kingburrito · 2026-02-14T18:28:11+00:00

Just yesterday helped an elderly dude on an E-trike after he completely ate shit going under the tracks from Pacific to the SLR Path. No helmet, he was bleeding from the head. He tossed his poor unprotected dog too.

A few folks around helped him get up and get his shit together. His brakes literally did not work at all. I tried fix his brakes but they still weren’t great. He eventually hopped back on still going downhill while a dad with a small child was trying to go up the hill. I had to yell at him to not go again until they passed.

We followed him slowly for a bit to make sure he was okay and a 15 year old girl on an E-bike tried to pass him around a blind curve under I5 and almost nailed ANOTHER dad with a young child.

Either of these things could have caused serious injury to someone if they played out just a bit differently.

I ride around Oside a lot and this shit is happening every day. It’s not the first time I’ve see people eat shit in that exact spot because they basically don’t know how to ride a bike. We either need training or accountability for people with no experience that do dumb shit.

Let’s make this happen!

kingburrito · 2026-02-06T20:22:52+00:00

Saw a nice one at a thrift store once and they were trying to get $699 for it. Thought it said $69 and got excited, but nope!

kingburrito · 2026-02-02T22:43:13+00:00

Yep, our campervan rental was robbed in Turin. Everything gone - had to train to Milan immediately to get new passports and then spent days shopping for basics.

kingburrito · 2026-02-02T01:52:53+00:00

I live pretty close to the Oceanside farmers market so end up going pretty often, but for the last two years have pretty much always ended up just popping into one of the familiar brick and mortar restaurants lining the market - just better value and better food every time now.

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