BA in English, minored in History. This was back before there was such a thing as Baristas!!. If one earned a degree, which was respected then, meant one could learn!! Worked in an array of fields, none linked to teaching-where most English majors ended in the old days. Though I oft-times wish I’d…

[image] Amazon_Seller: My kid was one who went into liberal arts. My kid graduated with honors, a GPA above 4.0, AP classes (including calculus) - the works. Just because they go into liberal arts doesn’t mean they can’t do school. I didn’t imply that. I implied that parents who think college…

[image] ModernSwitch: But with self publishing on amazons kindle platform you don’t even need to graduate to be an author :joy:. You don’t even have to be literate!

[image] papy: I’ve been recommending welding for years This!!! There is a high school welding program in a very small city (maybe 15k residents) near me. Those kids that graduate that program are starting at $65-75k per year straight out of high school with future paid certifications, trai…

[image] TJB: …a high school welding program in a very small city (maybe 15k residents) near me. Those kids that graduate that program are starting at $65-75k per year… But the guy who goes to college and designs welding robots will make a lot more in the long run.

The one guy out of 1,000 with the ability to assist in the design of welding robots has the potential to make more than any one of the 20 guys out of 1,000 with the ability to weld well enough to earn a living. The guys without the ability to assist in the design of welding robots but who were told …

[image] TJB: Any school district that isn’t looking at these types of programs needs to have their entire board replaced with people that understand what the future is going to look like. It’s not the district it’s the parents. When I lived outside of St. Louis parents in my community voted f…

[image] rms: But the guy who goes to college and designs welding robots will make a lot more in the long run. Sure, but how many of them are there versus those capable of finishing the welding program?

[image] TJB: Sure, but how many of them are there versus those capable of finishing the welding program? Ah, the question that melts noodles is how many colleges will accept them. [image] The artificial lowering of acceptance rates and class sizes that do not grow with endowment size or po…

[image] VTR: The artificial lowering of acceptance rates Bingo. I’m fairly ancient but I remember having to actually meet standards to get into University. I wasn’t dumb but I spent very, very little time studying. I made it in because I did very well on the ACT test. Most of my fri…

[image] TJB: Higher education should be for those who are going to benefit from it, not just degree factories were graduates end up $100k in debt working the same job as someone that didn’t. Equally bad… “legacy admissions” are the real BS in higher education. Donations over merit shows criti…

Educational background?

Just for fun!

TJB May 21, 2025, 2:43pm 82

Sure, but how many of them are there versus those capable of finishing the welding program?

3 Likes