Success with finding jobs

["T. Mazza" <tmazz -at- KODIAK -dot- ADAMS -dot- COM>]

On Jul 11,  8:52am, annasoj -at- EXABYTE -dot- COM wrote:
> Subject: Re[2]: success with finding jobs
>      Sounds to me like the ones w/o a degree think it's not important and
>      the ones with a degree think it is.  I'm proud that I got my degree.
>      College itself was an experience I'll never regret (especially now
>      that it's finally paid for!).  I figure that if an employer requires a
>      degree, that doesn't mean they are lamebrained, it's just a
>      requirement for that particular job.  If you can't or don't want to
>      fill that requirement (no matter how lamebrained you think it is),
>      just apply for a different job.  Their loss.
>
>      My 2 cents.
>
>      anna
>      annasoj -at- exabyte -dot- com

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Not a flame thrower today.

Maybe the people without a degree are trying to make themselves feel good in
spite of not having a degree. Maybe the degreed people are trying to do the
same to justify all the time and money spend to earn that degree. It's all
relative (is that an absolute?).

I have a BA and an MA, and feel blessed to have been able to acquire them. I
don't look down on people who don't have degrees, as not everyone is given the
same opportunities in life. However, I don't appreciate when society sends the
message that formal education is not important; when society puts more value on
people being able to bounce a ball on a court than put PathFinder on Mars; when
one makes more money for punching people than for great medical discoveries;
when it's considered a greater accomplishment to be in the NHL than in the AMA,
etc. Every great empire/nation has fallen when it became so arrogant and so
wrapped-up in petty pursuits that it lost sight of the great benefits of
knowledge (and truth).

Is it important to have a degree? - Depends. It doesn't hurt. Lack of knowledge
and appreciation of knowledge hurts or worse...




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(As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools.)

Theodora Mazza (tmazz -at- adams -dot- com)

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