Posted on 09/19/2007 5:48:59 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
That is an excellent score and should give you confidence that you understand the Government well. :^)
I would consider you to be self-educated, which is by no means disparaging. You have the desire to learn and to understand, which I would argue is the most important trait of anyone undergoing an education. I’ve said for years that you get out of an education what you put into it. Unfortunately many kids attend school merely because the law requires it; they have no desire to be there, no desire to learn anything, and after 12 grades of doing the bare minimum they are only fit for ringing up your purchases at the local mall. Letting them vote is pure insanity.
Statistics nerd going night-night
Happy hunting freepers
“Hillsdale has been brought up twice during this discussion.
Which represents Hillsdale?”
Having NOT looked for the other post, I can simply tell you:
1. I am not affiliated with Hillsdale in any way, shape or form
2. The closest I’ve ever been to the Hillsdale campus is probably when
my parents drove me over that mile-high bridge from Michigan into
Windsor, Ont. when I was six years old. Scared the h-ll out of me.
3. What I do know about Hillsdale is
a. A good, conservative and independent school
b. A place that hasn’t abandoned traditional education, i.e.,
Western Civ and The Great Books haven’t been replaced by GLBT Studies,
Wymens Studies or Chicano/LaRaza studies,
c. Yes, they had one mell of a hess when there was a scandal involving
the leadership maybe 10 years ago
d. IIRC, the school takes NO federal aid; run on private endowment
(or something radical in that manner)
e. Now under the guiding hand of Larry Arnt (sp?), Hillsdale is
BACK and running smoothly (at least that’s the talk on “the conservative street”)
and oh, yeah,
f. Probably one of the few institutions that I’ll recommend to my
brother when his daughter is getting ready for “where to go for college”.
If you’d like to investigate the good, bad and neutral of Hillsdale, check
the Keyword archive at the URL below. IIRC, The National Review has
an article detailing Hillsdale’s come-back.
KEYWORD: HILLSDALE
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=hillsdale
78%
Take time to catch up with the current technology. It is too easy to become complacent in your specialization, then suddenly unemployable when that special focus is eclipsed by something better in the marketplace. Marshall Rose often referred to the phenomenon as "overcome by events". In the software development business, the reward for a job well done is often unemployment.
91.67 percent....4 of them on economics questions that I thought were rather subjective, but I’m probably wrong about that.
56 put of 60, 93.33%
The book “The Pragmatic Programmer” talked about developing a “Knowledge Portfolio,” which is like a stock portfolio.
You have certain “blue chip” skills, like Java or Dot Net, they don’t necessarily pay a premium but they are constantly in demand.
In addition, you identify certain areas, that while they may never take off, can wind up being lucrative if they do.
Invest the time to become the expert on them.
If you can develop a balanced knowledge portfolio, that puts you in a better position to make it through the ups and downs that happen in the IT world.
“Which list is in the correct chronological sequence:”
#4 - but it depends on which Defenestration of Prague you mean ;)
“Those who fail history are doomed to repeat it.”
55/60 — I’m not sure I would have gotten that John Locke question since I saw the thread already. Missed the bond question, wasn’t sure about the Puritans, the just war question, and now that I scan through the test again, I can’t figure out the other one.
marking
I actually don’t know about Hillsdale other than the good remarks given. ;^) Thanks
Did well enough on the areas of my interest.
Still wonder about the effects of the government buying bonds. Seems to me that affords businesses a way to raise money at lower interest rates, thus relieving them of having to water down their stock. Somebody care to help me with this? Are the commercial banks the middle men for supplying the government with such bonds?
I should have thought a little more about Puritans being Catholic.
I've heard the name Weber but know nothing of him.
I am lucky enough to be in Design Engineering and should be able to create much more for the emerging market needs. (I Hope) :^)
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