Posted on 02/20/2015 11:25:52 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
The issue I have with Walker is not that he doesn’t have a college degree (who cares?), but that he has essentially zero private-sector work experience.
Scott Walker worked for IMB and for the American Red Cross.
James Garfield, 20th President of the USA, assassinated in 1881, could write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other - AT THE SAME TIME.Garfield was ambidextrous, meaning that he was both left and right-handed. He was primarily left-handed, and was actually the first left-handed US President. Other interesting facts about President Garfield: He was the last president born in a log cabin and he was the first president to campaign in two languages (English and German). Also, on election day, November 2, 1880, he was at the same time a member of the House, Senator-elect and President-elect.
Garfield was raised in humble circumstances on an Ohio farm by his widowed mother and elder brother, next door to their cousins, the Boyntons, with whom he remained very close. He worked at many jobs to finance his higher education at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, from which he graduated in 1856.
A year later, Garfield entered politics as a Republican, after campaigning for the party's anti-slavery platform in Ohio.
And the left-wing commentariat claim that Obama is the most intelligent man ever to hold the office. Obama cannot even speak English correctly (said the corpsman), doesn't know what language is spoken in Austria, and doesn't know how many states are in the United States.
This is a feature, not a bug.
People need to say this more: There IS such a thing as TOO MUCH education!
The elitsts are not going to be happy about this article.
My daughter-in-law is the corporate vice president of the cosmetics department at a major US retailer. She makes big bucks. There are a lot of senior positions in retail where a person quietly moves their way up and one day they are an executive.
Sorry, the correct answer is: President of the United States!
About the resident in OUR White House, yeah, he can't even pronounce OB-GYN instead saying Obie-Gynie with a hard G.
What an ignorant moron. Constitutional professor my @$$.
I’ll bet you liked the job...if you would stay 30 years! :-)
My Dad was like that. He left High School to fight in WW2, and he ended up helping to design Teheran’s telephone system for the Shah. I often wonder what ever happen to those nine nice engineers he trained. Probably murdered by the ayatollah’s minions.
Bit of a lousy example, but I went through my state’s Fire Academy and got my EMT license in the hopes that they’d increase my chances of getting hired. Three years later, I’m still not hired and I’ve seen many other guys with less education get hired on their first test, so certificates clearly aren’t a guarantee of a job.
Around four years ago, I had to fly in late to an airport without a car reservation. Small airport, maybe thirty flights a day. One car rental place still open. The young lady was friendly and helpful. We got into small talk as she wrapped up the episode. She was the manager of the car rental place, and had just graduated from the local university. I assumed an associates degree....I was wrong, a bachelor’s degree.
I stood there. Twenty years ago...at almost every car rental shop in the US....the local manager was usually an older guy, and he had a high-school education....that was it. We have taken a $28,000 job as a car rental manager which usually required minimum education and now puffed it up enough that university graduates are the manager. Unique skills? No.
The problem is that we are producing so many of these degree people....that they end up with simple task jobs with limited future progression. It doesn’t make much sense.
There was a time (up until WW II) where you went to college for a real degree....engineering, science, or medicine. Even high school teachers used to be folks with one or two years of some teacher-college (I had several of these people as I went to school in the 1960s/1970s) We’ve cheapen the educational process to such a degree that it’s mostly fake.
I was very intimidated by the atmosphere. It was very much dominated by cliques. I spent more time at the adjoining Community College cafeteria where I made friends and eventually joined a fraternity.
Long story short...I left U of M after 3 years and took a job working for the County in Vocational Rehabilitation. I gained an appreciation for “non-profit” organizations and the soft work load.
Moved to Tampa in 1974. In 1979 I got my some insurance licences (still no degree) and spent the next 25 years doing very well for myself, selling insurance.
In 2005 I went back to school for a specific reason, I wanted a 2 year Associates Degree in Physical Therapy (Assistant).
This has proved to be an excellent investment in time and money. I work from my home and visit my elderly patients in their homes, providing doctor prescribed physical therapy.
In addition I have developed a business opportunity for myself. I have designed a Home Exercise System. It is based on a tool I call The MobilityBar. I discovered 20 Essential Therapeutic and Functional Exercises that are the “Holy Grail” of Physical Fitness.
Using my MobilityBar and performing the Essential 20 each day, only requires 10 minutes.
At age 65, exercising just 10 minutes per day, using my MobilityBar and performing the Essential 20, my physical fitness is improving.
So...I am happy for the path I have followed. No 4 yr degree needed.
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