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On 5/24/13 10:14 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 24 May 2013 08:14:28 -0400, iBoaterer
wrote:

Educators certainly don't seem to be destitute as they would have you
believe.

Gee, you and Scotty both think education is a "scam"......

Students graduating with a degree that Harry admits does not convey
any job skills and comes with a big 5 figure debt think it was a scam.

There is a law school being sued by it's students as we speak over
that exact issue.

Harry "admits"? What I said was that I didn't think the primary purpose
of a college education was to get a job. I think a good college
education helps a student learn how to think critically and abstractly,
and how to adapt one's self to the changing circumstances life presents.
Thinking critically is certainly a job skill, at least in the world I
occupy in earning a living. If I wanted to learn a trade, I would have
gone to a trade school. In fact, I did attend trade school classes
part-time because I had an opportunity to learn a skill I wanted to
have, but not because I really wanted to work at that trade.