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Originally Posted by sleepyjeff
Good read CP. Kind of reminds me of that line from The Incredibles....."Everybody is special Dash"......Dash responds mumbling "another way of saying no one is"
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Funny: I just watched that last night and that line really stuck with me this viewing.
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Originally Posted by blueerica
...I don't find it sad, but to be one of the most honest pieces I've read in ages.
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Well, it depends on what on eis sad about. I am sad for the lack of caring and understanding portrayed by Ms. L as this is a symbol of what many people in our society are. But at the same time, I am quite glad that Professor X chose to take what I believe is the right path. Social Advancement is a horrible concept.
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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer
The article reminded me of my time at University of Phoenix. <snip> Some students were Ms. L, yet they passed with an A (college for all, an A for all at UoP).
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THIS is sad.
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Originally Posted by Morrigoon
What is a shame is that with so many people having bachelors degrees, the value of it is so diluted that jobs paying maybe a dollar or two above minimum often require/desire a degree. Ridiculous. So we have a populous who have acquired massive student debt in the hopes of a better paying career that fails to materialize because too many other people have taken the same path.
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WTF? It is a SHAME that so many people are educated? That makes no sense to me at all. In fact, I find it quite arrogant!
When a person with a Bachelor's (or higher) degree is only able to make a buck or two above minimum wage, I say that person is doing something wrong. Having the piece of paper is not some magical ticket where the world owes you something, it simply gave the person a better base of knowledge and understanding of how to learn and how to grow. One's education does not end on graduation day: there is a reason it is called a "
Commencement": it is the beginning, not the end.