On 1/03/2012 5:32 AM, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:37:08 -0500, >
> wrote:
>
>> On 2/29/12 9:23 AM, John Kuthe wrote:
>>
>>> Yes I know that, but you did not answer my question. If you are so
>>> smart, why do you have NO college degrees? I've got 3 and you've got
>>> ZERO! You didn't even finish high scool, and had to get a GED. As I
>>> told a friend's daughter at the Super Bowl party I went to "High
>>> school is not that darned hard!" (and she laughed!)
>>>
>>> Stick to the question! Or mnaybe that's why you have no college
>>> degrees: inability to stay on task!
>>>
>>> John Kuthe...
>>
>> John, if you truly think a college degree defines how "smart" someone
>> is, you're quite ignorant.
> ....
>
> No, college degrees to not define someone as smart. But they are
> accomlisments. Anyone who has a college degree knows this too. A
> college degree invilved intelligence which enables one to do the
> required work, but a degree also demonstrates that someone has the
> ability to stick with a long and difficult task (sometimes
> unpleasant!) and complete it successfully.
>
> John Kuthe...

There are college degrees and there are college degrees. The degree of
difficulty is dependent upon the discipline. A degree is a stepping
stone in a career path hopefully providing the necessary underpinnings
to a career in a particular field. Relevant industrial experience rounds
out the degree and makes it much more valuable than the degree alone.
For this reason, if I see a person who has a degree but has not worked
in a relevant field for 10 or more years since its attainment, I
discount the degree entirely as a factor in an employment application.

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Krypsis