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Re: The Real Waste Re: More waste (was Re: More Orwell, for everyone!
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:18:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote:
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One has to
Get the Balance Right: today’s Undergrad’s are tomorrow’s tax payers. The
better the education they get today, the more they can earn (and contribute
back) in the future. Why not base education on ability to learn not ability
to pay?
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Because that doesn’t account for the desire to learn. If you truly
want to learn, you’ll find a way to pay. Your way rewards intelligent
lazy people (you?). I’d say there’s a balance somewhere, but you haven’t
got it right either.
And since you’re quoting old pop tunes, consider these. I’d have thought
this one
was your motto. “You can’t change the world, but you can change the facts...”
But perhaps you should listen once more to the message in
this one.
Enjoy,
Don
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 | | Re: The Real Waste (lyrics from Fashion News)
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| (...) An interesting choice. And what you might say with irony I say with conviction (1). These lyrics would be a fine theme. I'd say Scott is trying to change some people's 'facts', because their 'facts' just aren't. As the song points out - you (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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