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Good observation. One of my instructors in college once said "College
only teaches you about 25% of what you need to know. It gives you the
tools to understand what you will be taught in the workplace". I have
found this to be very true.
Doug Pauls
From: Louis Hart <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: 08/15/2013 08:40 AM
Subject: Re: [TN] NTC again [TN] Refreshment (NTC rant continues)
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Bev et al, a few weeks ago, I heard an interesting observation about
education and its value on the radio. The speaker said education provides
knowledge, and knowledge reduces fear. Living with minimal fear is a
valuable behavior. Thus, anthropology and Spanish have practical value,
not easily quantified.
I studied physics at a liberal arts college. One of the physics profs
there made a comment I have never forgotten: The only students who are
getting a real liberal education are the science students. Now I would
expand upon his statement: The most useful path in education to follow is
one in science, preferably physical science. Louis Hart
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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bev Christian
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Subject: Re: [TN] Refreshment (NTC rant continues)
And yet another addition.
The oldest is a former paratrooper who I then helped put through fire
fighter's school, now studying for captain while an active city
firefighter and pulling in a good salary. The oldest daughter with a BA
in sociology and anthropology is living in a camper van and working as a
farm hand while the younger daughter with a BA in international
development and Spanish has been teaching English in Mexico but not
getting enough hours to make ends meet and is now coming home to live with
us for a max of six months while she tries to get her act together. I
wish the girls had taken something practical, but you can't really tell
teenagers/young adults much. It is hard watching them learn the hard way.
Bev
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