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To: GovernmentShrinker
And most "students" end up with a pile of student loans for an education that did nothing to increase their earning power, but did raise the financial bar for their independence.

Great point. Too many people are worshiping at the altar of a college degree at any cost. It doesn't make financial sense to go a hundred thousand dollars in debt to get a job making 25K a year. A course in entrepreneurship might be all they really need. Conventional wisdom isn't cutting it anymore.

89 posted on 08/02/2005 10:33:50 AM PDT by badbass
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To: badbass
A course in entrepreneurship might be all they really need.

Or a course in "common sense for the working world" which is available for free at McDonald's and many other companies. I'm now a successful banker making well into 6 figures, but the years I spent at a fast food chain between high school and college -- first as counter help, and later as a shift manager -- served me VERY well.

103 posted on 08/02/2005 10:54:34 AM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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