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Re: Q. Where is the USA? A. You are standing on it!
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 21 Nov 2002 23:19:27 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton writes:
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> > > By the end of my fourth semester (my gen
> > > eds) I realized that, with the exception of one course, I'd learned nothing
> > > but bits of trivia. The exception class was a course in critical thinking,
> > > which I still believe to have been my overall best course.
> >
> > I guess it also depends on what you're learning-- I get the sense (From
> > other people I know in the field) that things like Biochemistry and Medicine
> > are a little more fact-oriented than method-oriented.
>
> Here's a word of advice for anyone seeking a liberal arts education: DON'T
> And if someone tries to B-S you with some spiel about "it's best to have a
> broad base of education" I urge you to laugh in that person's face and tell
> him I told you so. I know several guys who barely finished three semesters
> and who are currently earning twice what I do with half the student loans!
> If those kids in New York succeed in their ridiculous McLawsuit, I plan to
> sue Penn State for failing to advise me of the employment futility of an
> English degree! All I have to show for it are my dazzling vocabulary, my
> sparkling prose, and my irrepressible humility.
A good friend of mine who went to some effort to acheive his PH.D. went
immediately through a long-ish period of unemployment because he was
"over-qualified" for most jobs he went hunting. He printed up some
self-mocking business cards "Thomas M. Cantine, Ph. D. Will Think for Food."
James
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