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1. over 13 years ago on [Deleted]

   DTpi: A head start toward a respectable career. We live in a world where many of us have to work, and it has come to pass that the lack of a degree is an obstacle. If degrees are for future Einsteins and Platos then there needs to be another measure of what is needed to qualify for a good job in the real world.

2. over 13 years ago on [Deleted]

   Call me cynical but most of us are not going to contribute in the ways those men did – that is why we celebrate them. So, yes, to succeed in putting food in the table and provifing for one’s family, I think that is a reason to want that work permit ASAP Even Einstein had to work at the patent office for a while.

3. over 13 years ago on Doonesbury

   I would submit that college is not the only place, possibly not even the best place, to develop a world view and a knowledge of history. I can point to many, many people in high places in business and industry who seem to have neither.It irks me that so many people look down on training in skills. No, by themselves they do not make a well rounded person. At the same time it is a little snide to say that they prepare a person for “routine, well-defined, repetitive tasks”. The assumption must be that people are incapable of developing on their own, without the “magic beans” you get at college.It just isn’t true. What is true is that the process of getting a degree does give a person a head start, and the possession of a degree will get that person in the door of a lot of places that are inaccessible to those who have none. That being the case, you can hardly blame someone for wanting the shortest path to that work permit.

4. over 13 years ago on Doonesbury

   College is great, and if anyone asked, I would say do it if you have the chance. But college is not the only way to success, and I question whether it teaches any of the things listed – or ever did. It can help, but you have to get those things yourself.