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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
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Subject: Re: cyclists attack auto driver
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 10:54:16 -0500
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On 8/20/2024 10:38 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 11:25:49 -0400, Frank Krygowski
> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 8/20/2024 8:49 AM, AMuzi wrote:
>>>
>>> The formal education racket is not for everyone, but education is nearly
>>> free, requiring only time, diligence and access to a few used book stores.
>>
>> Sorry, Andrew, that's true only for the lowest definition of "education."
>>
>> In one of the first engineering classes I took, the teacher said
>> something like "Look at the guys standing to your left and right. They
>> are probably not going to make it through this curriculum. Only about
>> ten percent of the men who start this program manage to complete it."
>>
>> And he was right. It's very foolish to believe that everyone is equally
>> intelligent, and that everyone can succeed if they just try really hard.
>>
>> I certainly recall students who were diligent, studied hard, got special
>> help, spent tons of time on their work and still failed. I felt sorry
>> for them, but if they were not up to standards, they did not pass.
> 
> Education is a tool. It's what one does with the education that
> counts, not the piece of fancy paper they hang on the wall and brag
> about.

While it's true that autodidacts often suffer gaps of 
education, it's also true that graduates include those who 
tested well with little post college retention and also 
those of extremely narrow education.

Neither is a perfect solution for everyone.
-- 
Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971