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Aceofwhat?3/18/2010 9:59:59 am PDT

re: #556 Obdicut

I’m proud of her, and I am proud of myself when I see her shiny Macbook and know that I’ve managed to get farther without a college degree than most people have with one. Then I feel embarrassed that I didn’t get one again.

That’s really something I should finish up. It didn’t bother me as much in the past, but it is now.

Meh. It’s a tool that, if you don’t need, you don’t need. I think that graduation rates for professional athletes, for example, are a funny metric. Don’t kids go to school to get a good job?

Student leaves school early because Microsoft recruits them and we laud. Student leaves school early because the NBA recruits them and we boo. I never understood the difference, myself…