On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:57:26 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
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Which explains why Harry Krause has fabricated his Yale story. He is hung
up on his inability to get an Ivy League education. I still don't
understand why or how he ever came up with Univ. of Kansas in his quest to
get a quality Liberal Arts Education.

If you look at the number of people who have been successful in their
chosen fields you will see most DO NOT have an Ivy League school
education.

I would also postulate that most of those successful individuals who DO
HAVE an Ivy League would have been successful no matter what college they
went to.

The Ivy League education can help someone in their first job, but after
that, it is up to the individual's ability to perform.


I don't know if Harry attended Yale or not and don't really care. I get a
bit responsive though when he his critical of others in terms of their
education or tries to justify the qualifications of people based on what
school they went to rather than what they accomplish.

With our kids I preached that in reality it didn't matter what school you
went to as long as you pursued a degree. A degree is a key for opportunity
but unless you plan to enter the job market as an attorney or something at
some prestigious law firm, the school you attended and earned your degree
from really isn't that important. The biggest battle I had with our oldest
son was trying to convince him that his school selection should not be based
on the football coach's offensive line strategy. (He was quarterback and
team captain of his high school football team).

I saw a show the other day where a professor at a well known big university
was discussing this. She made the point that more focus and interest should
be given to trade and technical schools in the US. Mike Barnacle was also
a panelist on the show and he and she both agreed that one of the biggest
educational "bargains" today are Jr. Colleges and state universities, both
of which Barnacle attended and earned his degree.

Having dealt with many people who never left the world of academia, worked
at big colleges and universities and rated themselves and their peers based
on how many papers they authored and delivered, I couldn't agree more with
the show's quest or Barnacle.

Eisboch

The problem with attitudes like Harry's is that it spreads to the kids in
school, many of whom are trying to win a popularity contest because of the
school they choose. In Virginia, any credit earned at a community college
*must* be accepted by any state university. My younger daughter took
advantage of that, going to a community college for two years and then
transferring to George Mason for her nursing degree. She saved a lot of my
money. She then used that to help with the down payment on a house.

She learned something.