Re: Attorney generals trying to shut down usenet?

On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:50:06 -0700, JosephKK <quiettechblue@xxxxxxxxx>
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On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:19:27 -0700, Jim Thompson
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On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:28:25 -0700, JosephKK <quiettechblue@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:48:15 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:40:59 -0700, JosephKK <quiettechblue@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

[snip]

You may find this data interesting:

http://www.epi.org/books/rethinking_hs_grad_rates/rethinking_hs_grad_rates-FULL_TEXT.pdf


When I was growing up, in WV, we had very near 100% because, back
then, they realized one mold doesn't fit all, so my high school was...

1/3 academic... college-bound

1/3 business... secretaries, clerks, small store management, etc.

1/3 trade school... machine shops, automotive and aircraft, etc.

Now the dorks think everyone should go to college :-(

...Jim Thompson

That reminds me of the information economy" types that forget that
they often wear clothes and drive cars and live in houses and such.
And just how much of our ordinary lives are made more convenient by
the work of clerks, salespersons, laborers, assembly line workers,
etc., I have done enough of these things to have permanent respect.


Yep. I pumped gas, worked in a TV repair shop, and washed dishes in a
cafeteria, before graduating up to being a technician ;-)

A goodly portion of my income goes to pay for "services": lawn and
tree maintenance, swimming pool maintenance, aquarium maintenance, car
wash, car and truck maintenance/service, laundry/shirts, barber,
beautician (for wife :-), manicure (for wife :-), restaurants, movies.

Then there's clerks of all kinds, bank tellers, bus drivers, pilots,
flight "attendants", cab drivers, train and subway operators, elevator
operators, Sky Caps, rental car agents...

And government employees :-(

On and on and on...

I'm sure I missed something ;-)

None of these need a college degree.

Yet.


Then there's Slowman, hangs out at home and lives off his wife... he
didn't need any degrees either ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Oh, he actually has a PhD; i have verified it. Bill is a classic
example of overeducated idiot. And i am sure that if you really think
about it, you came across them at MIT as well.


Yep. It's sort of odd, but the brightest guys in my class (went on to
PhD) have turned out to be the least productive.

...Jim Thompson
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