Do you save & look over your old work from college?

[topcatny]

I saved everything from college, every notebook, tests, term papers etc. I kept it in boxes in my father's basement. After 6 or 7 years his basement flooded and ruined one box of papers and I just told him to go ahead and throw everything else out too. I never looked at the papers after I put them in the box and I haven't missed them since they were thrown out. I did save the textbooks from my majors though.

My father did save some of my schoolwork from when I was a kid. He gave me a file with random class projects I did from kindergartern to about 4th grade. It was pretty cool to see some of those things almost 30 yrs later.

 

[balder]

Originally Posted by itskub

Typical work such as weekly assignments and papers, etc. do you save them after the school year is over? And those of you that are long out of school, do you ever read your old stuff?

NO,NO,NO!

 

[haganah]

I'm still pissed that a friend borrowed an organic chemistry lab to copy it and then lost it so it's not in my collection anymore. Of course I work in finance so organic chemistry labs are critical.

 

[Financier]

I saved a lot of stuff from graduate school. Have dug through the boxes to find an article or once or twice, but never revisited any of my actual work.

Next move all that stuff is likely getting tossed.

 

[billiebob]

I've never had a job.

I've been in school since 1979 and have saved everything. I use textbooks from college (10+ years ago) almost daily to look stuff up.
I start my first job in my life at the end of July and man will it be a change. I am thrilled.

 

[injung]

0_o

how the hell can you be in school for 29 years

 

[Gus]

I actually referred to my old accounting and finance books a few times in the first year or two out of school. Other than that, the other books just took up space on a book shelf for years until I threw them out.