Scott Walker Doesn’t Need a Degree — and Neither Do You - Many great job applicants lack a degree

National Review Online ^ | February 20, 2015 | Michael J. Petrilli

[Cincinatus' Wife]

We've been suckered into thinking we need Big Education (and be happy and willing to foot the bill - and go into long-term debt for it), get credentialed (and the required social engineering classes) to earn a living.

Have you seen the billion dollar endowment funds many colleges are sitting on?

And Obama wants us to now foot the bill for a 2-year free college education to extend the time until you can't go out and find a job. He also wants to play Santa Clause and forgive the $1.16 Trillion student loan debt - taxpayer funded relief.

Years ago a 1st to 8th grade education imparted a LOT of knowledge.

Now pre-K to 12th grade is so filled with things other than reading, writing and arithmetic (and remedial class in your first year of college is required for many in......reading, writing and math).

But the unions protect their teachers - Gov. Scott Walker could tell you stories about the 5 month union siege of the Wisconsin state capitol in 2011.

[left that other site]

I don’t have one...and I teach Music theory at the College Level, and prepare people for auditions and entrance exams!

(I am self-taught and self-employed)

[biggredd1]

harvard law scumbag says $9 trillion debt is unpatriotic!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kuTG19Cu_Q

[Genoa]

A bachelor’s degree from many colleges and universities is hardly worth the trouble it took to get it. And when it comes to training a young person to analyze and think for themselves, it is often several steps in the wrong direction.

[rktman]

Sometimes, common sense and an “I get it” mind set can help you succeed. Not saying that I posses either, I worked my way up from a labor grade 7 mechanic to a supervisor, test conductor, and eventually a field propulsion engineer and worked for the same employer for 36 years. Boy did I fool them. :>}

[Slyfox]

Half of our Founding Fathers did not go to college.

But then again, the education of those who did graduate with a BA was equal to getting a PhD today.

[manc]

I have never understood why many companies need a college degree, hell even most police agencies today require degrees.

[lavaroise]

Last thing we need is college seen as a badge of maturity

One should feel ashamed to depend on parents until age 30 going to college.

[Pollster1]

Cruz and Walker have dramatically different educational backgrounds. Walker is technically a college drop-out, but he is clearly intelligent and skilled enough to do the job (the average garden vegetable is intelligent enough to do the job better than Barack Hussein Obama, but we need someone exceptional to fix the current mess, and Walker may be that good).

Cruz graduated cum laude from Princeton, and then magna cum laude from Harvard Law, and few people in the world have better educational credentials, and he is also intelligent and skilled enough to do the job. While Cruz actually earned the same law credential that Obama was awarded as an affirmative action gesture, I won't hold that superficial similarity against Cruz.

At this level, the credentials are irrelevant.

[Cry if I Wanna]

I read that many HR departments don’t verify that a diploma is legitimate. So put down anything and give it a shot.

[deadrock]

Anyone who doesn't believe;
that the big government is the answer to all problems,
that it knows how to spend your money better than you,
that rights and liberty flow from the state,
that feminism is about equality,
that all cultures are equal,
that all men are possible rapists,
etc.

Then you are an idiot, regardless of your qualifications or education. Commies are smarter, don't you know.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Half of our Founding Fathers did not go to college.

They read (and read and read) and they were educated!

[Cry if I Wanna]

But then again, the education of those who did graduate with a BA was equal to getting a PhD today.

And many spoke some Latin!

[TexasCajun]

[Genoa]

I read that many HR departments don’t verify that a diploma is legitimate. So put down anything and give it a shot.

Gamble if you like. My company has you order them a transcript. Something to think about, kiddos, when you are signing up for courses. (Bonus question: Name a high-level job that does not require a college transcript.)

[thirst4truth]

He deserves an honorary degree. Shame on any college in his state that has not bestowed that on him yet!

Can Hillsdale college give him an honorary? Would that be delicious?

[Slyfox]

Most of the founders (I am thinking most all of them, I am still doing the research) knew Latin. The ones who graduated with a BA in Philosophy actually knew Latin well enough to be able to debate their professors and each other in Latin. Our Founding documents could have been written and debated in Latin.

They were so well-educated that we can not possibly imagine it correctly.

[rainee]

I honestly believe in street smarts vs book smarts. I know plenty of people who have degrees but wouldn’t be able to cut it in a sales position or others that involve customer interaction. Super smart on paper but not people persons. You can’t teach personality.

[Mears]

Hank Johnson,the “Guam might tip over” guy has a college degree——and a law degree.

Scary stuff !

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[Slyfox]

Most of the books they read were not yet translated into English so it was imperative that they know Latin.

Benjamin Franklin attended Boston Latin school but he was prevented from going on to college through lack of funds. But that did not stop him from forming a philosophical society called the Junto which allowed everyone who had an interest in all things philosophical to get together and discuss stuff.

George Washington was a member as well as most of the founders. Washington read from Plutarch and the Greek and Roman military leaders in Latin.

In those days, the mark of an educated person was their ability to use Latin.