History? You want history? Your hands are History babe!
Posted on 07/01/2012 3:24:51 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
I am encouraging her to find her way. She is a smart kid, has good family values and is enterprising, as is my son.
I don’t think that is being smug. I think it is showing confidence and having faith in my child’s future. Trust me, when she said she wanted to be a Paleontologist, we stepped in and had a talk.
Medical degrees?
Not anymore. Why become a corperate state slave?
I don't think that Catholics are a homogeneous group. They vary from the rock solid, like Thomas, to the FAR LEFT (as in Liberation Theologists).
Unfortunately most of them vote Dem and are very suspicious of “capitalists”. A very good family friend recently asked me if I supported the capitalists, when I told him I attended the Texas GOP Convention. That one really set me back, they are good people, but that is the mindset.
Yes, among other things.
“You could not utilize any of of services or product because they are for products for people who work with their hands and pay taxes so teachers can unionize and only work 9 months out of year.”
Hmm, I see. It’s not as if I don’t work for people who work with their hands and pay taxes either. Folks who have a vested interest in making sure their child gets an education.
We aren’t all public school teachers - as anyone who had a clue in this thread could see it, - I’m private. Prefer it that way as I can run my own curriculum without the cruft that’s accumulated in the public schools.
Nobody’s trying to ruin your business, you’re doing a fine job of that yourself. So, want some more rope there?
This little tirade has me wondering, exactly how many subsidies do you receive to do your work from the various levels of government. That would be an interesting question, no?
With interest rates on mortgages being so low, and home prices depressed, I have a feeling they will be looking for either another duplex or perhaps a single family home for themselves....both are 22 and they are actually in much better shape than MGD and me.
___________________
Smart kids, I have tried to teach mine the same. For some it sticks, for others, no.
Thanks! Lifeguarding isn’t strenuous work, but it is out in the hot sun all day. I loved it, at his age, when I discovered I could work in an air-conditioned office, typing all day ;-). Unfortunately, typist jobs seem not to exist any more.
This little tirade has me wondering, exactly how many subsidies do you receive to do your work from the various levels of government. That would be an interesting question, no?
We are a truly American business doing business with Americans, not politicians and special interests.
“We have never done any sales or work for the government on any level...from local to federal. Pretty well answers your question?”
That’s not what I asked. What subsidies does your business receive?
Agreed. I am in Cook County IL and Catholics here are pro-family, etc., but have a mis-developed sense of social justice. It leads them to vote Democratic and cause a lot of harm to those they would help.
One problem is that you can be “Catholic” in a social sense while totally ignoring any Catholic Doctrine. That happens to a lot of religions, too. My hope is that as government unions die you’ll see better thinking. A lot of the Catholic vote is driven by the pocketbook issues of government employment.
>>History, psychology and electronic media?
Have they applied at the Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravleniye yet?
As you may have guessed by now, this one is a nominee for ignorant quote of the day :)
A good education with a major in history is a solid start to a career in business as a manager or entrepreneur. The history major may end up with a group of his pre-professional peers (engineers, IS, accountants) working for him. Pre-professional is the easier path to a guaranteed job right out of college, but longer term the history major (or other quality liberal arts grad) can be highly successful.
It's sad to think that conservatives would fail to see value in a classic liberal education.
It's sad to think that conservatives would fail to see value in a classic liberal education.
Please provide a list of undergraduate majors that are "quality liberal arts."
Thank you.
History? You want history? Your hands are History babe!
I guess if they cannot at some point afford toilet paper due to lack of income then the degree may come in handy....
I kind of agree with you, except that no one outside of a few small colleges offers a ‘quality liberal arts’ education. It is possible to find self-educated folks though.
Almost all LA grads these days are simply brainwashed leftists or worn-out cynics, not to mention barely literate by any historical standard.
The fact that such grads become managers just means that American business as a whole is non-competitive.
Umm I wouldn’t hire her based on her NAIL POLISH!! Flourescent PINK that needs a FILL on an interview? Forget it!
And you can accomplish all the math you need using a calculator. You don't need to actually know how to add.
Sadly, the education establishment has been a big proponent of the above two beliefs.
I noticed that too. And “in need of a fill” indicates it was probably done at a nail salon. I work full time and I can’t afford to have my nails done.
It's not the major, it's the quality of education. One could get a liberal arts education and major in biology or psychology or economics or computer science or philosophy or Russian or music theory.
Of course a liberal arts major will study a wide array of fields and should graduate as a sort of Renaissance Man (you know, people who got classic liberal educations!) who has the ability and flexibility to succeed in law, business, finance, politics - wherever interest takes him and opportunity presents. That's the ideal, anyway. Whether that describes the typical psych major at Texas A&M I doubt; the average graduate of a good liberal arts school like the University of Dallas is probably much closer to the mark.
The riff raff can become managers. The exceptional become executives / owners.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.