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Default The scandal of $50k culinary degrees

Mr. Bill wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:27:59 -0700, Dan Abel >
> wrote:
>
> > Don't know about BB, but football in the US is Big Business. The
> > alumni generally pay for the schooling.

>
> No...that wasn't my point. There isn't a "football school" to
> attend....you don't get a degree in "football". You have the
> talent before hand. A talent in any profession will not become
> better just because you have attended "Blah Blah University".


Talent won't, but skill might. And sometimes it might be the right
kind of skill. (There are people who seriously contend that an MBA
is worse than useless.)

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