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The intangible value of a college education
Oakland Press ^ | 6-9-15 | Hunter Rawlings

Posted on 06/13/2015 5:32:07 AM PDT by TurboZamboni

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To: super7man
In my experience, persistance is more important than intelligence in being successful.

Excellent!

“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”

Calvin Coolidge

21 posted on 06/13/2015 7:42:47 AM PDT by BwanaNdege
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To: tje

MOST


22 posted on 06/13/2015 8:12:53 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: BenLurkin

Spent most of my junior and senior years in a conservative business school. Best things they taught me were to know when you didn’t know the answer, where to go to find the answer, and equip me with the tools to understand the answer once found. One professor even gave an extra credit test question in advance and encouraged/challenged students to find the answer in the library.


23 posted on 06/13/2015 8:13:31 AM PDT by Boomer One ( ToUse)
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To: Maceman

900% increase since 1981

I’m sure governent meddling had nothing to
do with that.


24 posted on 06/13/2015 8:23:46 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: TurboZamboni

Conservatives with a college education can count the number of votes in an election.

Liberals with a college education can tell you how to get more people to vote for the Democrat candidate in an election.


25 posted on 06/13/2015 9:12:20 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: TurboZamboni

A college education is less about what you learn than about who you establish relationships with. That is why a degree from one of the ivy league, elite schools is worth more. It is not because the education is superior. It is because of the people you connect with.


26 posted on 06/13/2015 9:55:36 AM PDT by Chuckster ("Them Rag Heads just ain't rational" Curly Bartley 1973)
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To: TurboZamboni

What high schools need are shop classes.


27 posted on 06/13/2015 1:56:12 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: BwanaNdege

Hard work beats Talent when Talent quits working hard.


28 posted on 01/15/2016 8:38:16 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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http://profoundlydisconnected.com/foundation/

The mikeroweWORKS Foundation promotes hard work and supports the skilled trades in a variety of areas. We award scholarships to men and women who have demonstrated an interest in and an aptitude for mastering a specific trade. The mikeroweWORKS Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

The Foundation’s focus is on supporting the specific skilled trades that help close the Country’s skills gap and those that represent the significant bulk of our unfilled jobs.

The Foundation has participated in more than $2.5 million awarded in scholarships to schools around the country, including Midwest Technical Institute, Tulsa Welding School, The Refrigeration School and Universal Technical Institute.


29 posted on 01/15/2016 8:40:14 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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