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The Realities of ‘College Education’
Pajamas Media ^
| June 15, 2009
| Abraham H. Miller
Posted on 06/18/2009 4:55:13 AM PDT by decimon
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To: SonOfDarkSkies
To sit for the CPA, I simply bought text books of my choice and took equivalency exams offered by the state.Looks like you chose well. A text that informs rather than confuses is always a plus.
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06/18/2009 6:35:25 AM PDT
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decimon
To: decimon
And I had friends at work that were always eager to help me.
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06/18/2009 6:38:06 AM PDT
by
SonOfDarkSkies
(Obama: "Enough about me, let's talk about you...what do you think of me?")
To: WayneS
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posted on
06/18/2009 6:45:06 AM PDT
by
1010RD
(First Do No Harm)
To: decimon
The general requirements of the first two years at most colleges are what high school should have been. My twin girls will be starting dual credit courses at their high school next year, and will take as much of their credit courses as they can though the local community college.
My sister has a double Nursing/Business doctorate, and has mentioned several times how much BS work is involved in a degree.
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06/18/2009 7:02:15 AM PDT
by
MamaTexan
(I am NOT an administrative, corporate, collective, legal, political or public entity or ~person~)
To: decimon
The general requirements of the first two years at most colleges are what high school should have been.
I absolutely agree. Have you noticed the rise of the 'Community College'? Education has become a growth industry and the community colleges are becoming High School II offering 'developmental' courses in everything from study skills, English, and basic math. How do the kids get high school diplomas without understanding basic math and how to write a complete sentence? Has anybody ever done a study on how much money is paraded as opportunities for the 'at risk' young adults?
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06/18/2009 7:07:39 AM PDT
by
AD from SpringBay
(We deserve the government we allow.)
To: 1010RD
How true. That does seem to make a difference.
I paid for the vast majority of my college education myself. I finished an engineering degree at Virginia Tech in four years, at a time when they were just starting to consider making their engineering program a five year degree (like their Architecture program) because so many were having trouble finishing it “on time”.
Since tuition, books, room & board, etc. were ultimately coming out of MY pocket (and I paid back every dime of my student loans... early!), I was truly motivated to get it finished in as little time as I could.
Many of my classmates whose parents were footing the entire cost did not seem to share my urgency.
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06/18/2009 7:11:00 AM PDT
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WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: decimon
Sounds like I’m close to the same page as this author.
Proposal for the Free Republic High School Diploma.
Saturday, January 08, 2005 2:35:26 PM · by Kevin OMalley · 34 replies · 1,603+ views
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1316882/posts
Free Republic ^ | 1/8/05 | Kevin O’Malley
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06/18/2009 7:23:23 AM PDT
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Kevmo
(So America gets what America deserves - the destruction of its Constitution. ~Leo Donofrio, 6/1/09)
To: Kevmo
Thanks. I’ll try to read through that later today.
Something to consider is that CLEP, DANTES and some other tests can be taken at any age. They enjoy wide acceptance at RA institutions and near universal acceptance at DETC schools.
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06/18/2009 7:35:16 AM PDT
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decimon
To: Kevmo
Read through the old threads...pretty much. Interesting stuff.
Alternate forms of “degree-getting” are easy to pursue these days and I think more people should consider them.
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06/18/2009 3:11:28 PM PDT
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decimon
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