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To: wrench
A college education today can't hold a candle to a class of 1937 High School education from 75 years ago...   ...I stand by my statement.

That may be your view when it's lite banter on the FR, but when you need surgery you don't want some class of 1937 high school grad, you get a state of the art MD.  Same when u need a good lawyer.  Same when you check out the engineering staff at company you're buying into. 

15 posted on 02/09/2016 6:24:31 AM PST by expat_panama
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To: expat_panama; wrench

Boy, learn something new everyday....1937 high schools pumped out engineers, doctors and lawyers. Damn how things have changed in 75 yrs. /s

Basic education (HS equivilency) between the two? I’d say the 1937 would beat the pants of 2016.


19 posted on 02/09/2016 7:44:01 AM PST by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: expat_panama

Since when, ever, was a MD an undergraduate degree? Comparing apples to nails doesn’t help your argument.

A “college educated” youth today can not articulate how our government works. How our banking system works, how to calculate compound interest, or even how to write a simple contract. They can not name 3 supreme court justices, or 4 state governors. And, yet, they are voting?

Scary


20 posted on 02/09/2016 12:16:59 PM PST by wrench
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