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GalaxyHead
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Location: Discrimination of male social status by female hamsters
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 Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:37 am |
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If being self-taught could get you by in this country I would have never joined a university.
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GalaxyHead
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:18 pm |
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| Sure but that's for the diploma, not the knowledge (almost all of which is found in books at the undergraduate level). |
I agree whole-heartedly with you. There is nothing that I have learned in my time at university that I could not have learned through publications and the internet (oh hey, my entire undergrad education cataloged for free), and I do believe it is the sad state of this economy when intelligent people cannot succeed without a piece of paper that costs far too much. I could go into my sociological banter about crazy inequalities within a system that demands an education that everyone cannot achieve, but for the most part, self-education, while personally fulfilling, will land you in the same positions as a person without a degree. It may give you an advantage depending on the job, but this country is set up to where credentials are more important than knowledge. Otherwise, yeah, I wouldn't have wasted my time being bored for 5 years.
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GalaxyHead
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:37 am |
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Apparently I read 1254 words per minute with a 84% reading comprehension. Which doesn't surprise me, as I skim too much. I usually slow down when I have to absorb crucial information, but I have mastered the art of skimming articles and finding important information for my classes. Professors all want the same sort of information anyway.
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