Doug,

Excellent!

When I was in high school our math teacher (Geometry) was diverted somehow to the question of what education proved.  He promptly told us that what it meant most of all that we were willing to learn.  He said  "An employer is looking for someone willing to learn.  Your education will prove that you are willing to learn.  When you start work they will teach you much of what you need to know to achieve their goals.  Education is not so much a proof of knowledge as the proof of willingness to learn!"

Drew Meyer

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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



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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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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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