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Originally Posted by jplinville
I loved Dirty Jobs...the guy had no problems getting as dirty as he did, learning a new skill each time. I love how he showcased manual labor, and embraced and applauded it. He is spot on in what needs to be done with education to bring America back.
A college degree means very little...look how many college educated people we have on welfare today. These people don't have the skills needed to bring the nation back as a strong economy.
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I disagree--a little. A college degree means something--at the very least it means you were capable of finishing something--and a great many people are incapable of finishing. As for the degrees, themselves--many are of little value.
Good/ GREAT computer skills are VERY marketable. A superintendent was telling me about his son. While earning a doctorate in computer science, he had a summer internship with State Farm Ins. He arrived a few days early--the first of the summer interns, and his supervisor showed him around, and told him that the task for the interns was to develop a website for people to access State Farm. He scoffed, and asked what were they going to do next week--after that was accomplished. His supervisor told him that it was a lot more involved than he could imagine. The next morning, the intern presented his supervisor with a CD version, and a flash drive version, and a web-based version. The supervisor took him to his supervisor, who took them to another supervisor, who took them all into a conference room where a group was meeting. He asked if he could interrupt, and they told him "Of course". he then turned to the intern, and said--"Make your presentation". which he did because he had prepared a Power Point. After that the man leading the meeting gave the intern a chair at the table, and said, "This is your assignment--to be here and advise us on computer matters." The intern started to decline, and the man told him to walk out the double doors to the hallway, turn around, and see what was there. He walked out, and found that he had been in a meeting of the Board of Directors. State Farm, paid him a nice salary when he returned to school, paid his expenses, and gave the school a large gift.
At least that was the story his dad was telling.
Some degrees ARE valuable.