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To: Drew68
it doesn't matter, college is for education, not job training, unless you are in a tech degree program.
41 posted on 06/11/2003 11:52:21 AM PDT by steve8714
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To: steve8714
it doesn't matter, college is for education, not job training

That's right!

That French Lit degree will help a great deal as you attend bartenders school to get a real job--like pronouncing 'Pernod' and 'Vermouth' and 'Sec'. You'll be a real asset...

Face it, since the patron system of arts died out, the only thing college is is a glorified trade school wrapped in past traditions that no longer exist.

Now, get me my martini!

49 posted on 06/11/2003 11:57:51 AM PDT by Cogadh na Sith (The Guns of Brixton)
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To: steve8714
college is for education, not job training

The B.A or A.B. is not a job ticket. There are few jobs specifically for 4-year graduates, except possibly engineering jobs. If formal education is continued, it is usually followed by some kind of post-grad education, which is where the professional 'jobs' begin. Business management, lawyer, some medical positions, economists, those kinds of things begin to open at the masters level.

To write your own ticket in the world you might want the Ph.D. or other doctoral level degree. You have that, you are professional, end of story--it's up to you and only you after the doctorate: you have the key to the world in your hand. If you have some public speaking talent you might even run for high public office.

54 posted on 06/11/2003 12:03:01 PM PDT by RightWhale (gazing at shadows)
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To: steve8714
it doesn't matter, college is for education, not job training, unless you are in a tech degree program.

Most of my education was obtained reading books at random in the college library while procrastinating having to study my boring courses. I did an ENORMOUS amount of reading that way. I could (and can still) skim at least a dozen books per day that way.

130 posted on 06/11/2003 3:28:39 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (He Who Laughs Last Was Too Dumb To Figure out the Joke First)
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