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As a dentist I'm in full agreement here...Greg,<br /><br />As a dentist I'm in full agreement here. I think we ought to turn dentistry into an apprenticeship like any other trade. Our current system is less interested in hand skills and more concerned with your ability to take exams.dochollidaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-3247704029466222282012-05-08T07:28:34.123-07:002012-05-08T07:28:34.123-07:00Publius,
We have a friend who went to her las...Publius,<br /><br /> We have a friend who went to her last thesis review with her lawyer. She's been strung along for over two years. Rampant abuse, indeed.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Coal GuyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-20648761376470527962012-05-05T08:23:49.560-07:002012-05-05T08:23:49.560-07:00Greg et. al.:
Another example of the rot and abuse...Greg et. al.:<br />Another example of the rot and abuse rampant in higher ed.<br />I was at my neighbor's two nights ago. He was giving me some more teaching in the art of computer programming.<br />His brother-in-law (well, soon to be ex), has been in a PhD program for computer science for 5 or 6 years.<br />His "advisor" kept him strung along all these years, refusing to accept his thesis, but keeping him busy doing the Professors work, writing his papers for him, etc.<br />Very common in academia: using the grad students as unpaid slaves.<br />Anyway, the student finally demanded that he be allowed to pass and graduate. The professor said no, the student left, without his PhD.<br /><br />Thank God the computer industry is one of the few industries where <i>some</i> companies will still hire people who are smart but have no formal degree. Sometimes I wonder why the government hasn't yet mandated some kind of unecessary credentials... I suspect they will try, if they have time before the whole overloaded superstructure of our strangled and dying economy implodes.<br /><br />The issue of academic freedom is another area that deserves discussion. If you express ideas that are against the ideology of the administration or big donors, you are very likely to get thrown out, or at the very least forced to apologize and cringe in submission. That happens to countless professors and graduate students, and it happens to those who don't toe the line on both the left and the right. I would say espousing libertarian ideas would get you in hot water pretty quickly in most universities.Jacob Gitteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10559764359800682222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-20611549453729153102012-05-05T07:04:17.890-07:002012-05-05T07:04:17.890-07:00Want to read something that will make your stomach...Want to read something that will make your stomach turn?<br /><br />They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 Post Nazi interview of 10 nazi's by a Jewish reporter from chicago. <br /><br />"The 'democratic,' that is argumentative, bill-collector, Herr Simon, was greatly interested in the mass deportation of Americans of Japanese ancestry from our West Coast in 1942. He had not heard of it before, and when I told him of the West Coast Army Commander's statement that 'a Jap is a Jap,' he hit the table with his fist and said, 'Right you are. A Jap is a Jap, a Jew is a Jew.' ... He asked me whether I had known anybody connected with the West Coast deportation. When I said 'No,' he asked me what I had done about it. When I said 'Nothing,' he said, triumphantly, 'There. You learned about all these things openly, through your government and your press. We did not learn through ours. As in your case, nothing was required of us - in our case not even knowledge. You knew about things you thought were wrong - you did think it was wrong, didn't you, Herr Professor?' 'Yes.' 'So. You did nothing. We heard or guessed, and we did nothing. So it is everywhere.' When I protested that the Japanese-descended Americans had not been treated like the Jews, he said, 'And if they had been - what then? Do you not see that the idea of doing something or doing nothing is in either case the same?'" <br /><br />~ DexAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-33082958402106530282012-05-04T19:51:35.785-07:002012-05-04T19:51:35.785-07:00Teddy Roosevelt sent a commission to investigate t...Teddy Roosevelt sent a commission to investigate the claims on the book; supposedly he was eating sausages for breakfast while reading it. all the claims were substantiated except the Guy that fell in and got canned.<br /><br />Best,<br />DanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-26290842663084527132012-05-04T19:27:48.122-07:002012-05-04T19:27:48.122-07:00what Barnes & Noble and Amazon both do is comm...what Barnes & Noble and Amazon both do is commission new cover art for public domain books then bundle it and sell the copyrighted cover art with the free book attached. pretty sleezy if you ask me. they are forfeiting lots of goodwill to make a quick Buck.<br /><br />Best,<br />Dan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-20863304842343235132012-05-04T18:38:05.345-07:002012-05-04T18:38:05.345-07:00tweel: Never mind, just downloaded Huckleberry Fin...tweel: Never mind, just downloaded Huckleberry Finn... I like the price!A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-41790210485760346592012-05-04T18:03:13.751-07:002012-05-04T18:03:13.751-07:00Tweel:
Can I download to Kindle from there?Tweel:<br /><br />Can I download to Kindle from there?A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-79097408843669341972012-05-04T13:35:21.915-07:002012-05-04T13:35:21.915-07:00Speaking of saving money...
That book and over 38...Speaking of saving money...<br /><br />That book and over 38,000 more are free at:<br />www.gutenberg.orgtweellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164718561825615886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-80980753202298079152012-05-04T12:15:27.602-07:002012-05-04T12:15:27.602-07:00Dan: Funny, I literally just finished "The Ju...Dan: Funny, I literally just finished "The Jungle" last week. Never read it before... With Kindle Classics for a buck I have been grinding through them... great book... but I had to put it down on several occasions - just brutal (talking about the working conditions).A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-72617440385353519262012-05-04T08:13:23.762-07:002012-05-04T08:13:23.762-07:00I think every state is different but Oklahoma will...I think every state is different but Oklahoma will give you a HS diploma for completion of 31 hours of college credit with a C or better. Also several of the community colleges are open enrollment (absolutely anyone can enroll) and whitch classes you can take are determined by placement tests. one of them, Rose State, used to have 24 hour enrollment as well but stopped because too many drunks were enrolling right after the bars closed.<br /><br />On the regulations, it seems odd that we have came from the sorry state of affairs described in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle; where the public wanted regulation an TPTB did not, to today's sorry state of affairs where we are over regulated, the public wants less regulation while TPTB want more, and now spear to be headed back to the jungle. Perhaps intemperance is just human nature and a reasonable level of regulation is only available for a few fleeting moments in passing.<br /><br />Best,<br />DanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-55690583177666249902012-05-04T06:04:36.683-07:002012-05-04T06:04:36.683-07:00Tweel:
Spot on. But now that we cannot afford the...Tweel:<br /><br />Spot on. But now that we cannot afford the status quo I think we can safely question it.A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-24380884324995019792012-05-04T05:59:59.107-07:002012-05-04T05:59:59.107-07:00PP:
I am pretty sure that he enrolled as a non-m...PP:<br /><br /> I am pretty sure that he enrolled as a non-matriculating student at the local CC before he was permitted to take his GED. With his GED in hand, he was able to matriculate and get his GED and AA at the same time. Then he moved on to Lynn University (I thought it was FAU a state school... my bad), then on to Depaul Law.<br /><br />He is 27 or 28 and living the dream down on South Beach in Miami. I live vicariously through his pictures on Facebook!A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-43619785928949048672012-05-03T19:21:22.260-07:002012-05-03T19:21:22.260-07:00All part of the nanny-state government. Licensing ...All part of the nanny-state government. Licensing is for YOUR good, it protects you from unscrupulous con artists claiming that they are doctors/dentist/barbers (yes, plenty of states license barbers) etc. The folks doing the trade are all for licensing, they get grandfathered in and it limits competition, so they can raise prices. The government makes money. The schools make money. Win-win-win! Why do I not have any money? Hmm...tweellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164718561825615886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-4333685142266150232012-05-03T19:13:04.472-07:002012-05-03T19:13:04.472-07:00It isn't just lawyers, doctors and dentist. Ev...It isn't just lawyers, doctors and dentist. Even school teacher requirements are being constantly added to. As I remember it every degree offered had at least 4 to 6 extra class hours added from one book of the early 90's to another from the "01" period to graduate.<br /><br />Also Greg I have a question regarding your earlier post about the young man who had made it through college by 18.<br /><br />I had the displeasure of being sent to a private school in Austria for High School. Don't ask why... Anyway I had graduated and was back in the states at 17 and tried to get into college then. I was turned down flat without a credited U.S. HS diploma with the main reason given as a lack of U.S. and State Constitution studies which were a national requirement. <br /><br />I was forced to take my GED but then with the added qualification of requiring a higher than normal SAT score to attend. I was told at the time that it was a federal regulation that required such qualifications so I do not understand how a non-HS graduate even got accepted to attend classes. Every state could be different I guess but...PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.com