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Canadian Doctor Charged with Smuggling Treated Athlete in San Diego
I have a very good idea of who it was, but to speculate without more proof would be foolish. ==== Oh, don't be a tease...speculate!— May 19, 2010 8:46 p.m.
For Scrap
I'm betting they had no business improperly cutting up a propane tank and setting their place on fire. ============ There was a guy in LA or San Bernardino recently who was stealing $2K fire hydrants and then cutting them into smaller pieces for scrap, less than $100 in scrap value..........crazy stuff.— May 19, 2010 4:19 p.m.
San Diego’s newest corporate darling, Bridgepoint Education
She had seen enough of your types over the years to peg you right from the get go. She gave you that grade to piss you off, because you went pass/fail. ============= The Pass/Fail grade is assigned through the registrars office, the professor has no knowledge of the option. BTW-what exactly is my "type"?— May 18, 2010 11:11 p.m.
San Diego’s newest corporate darling, Bridgepoint Education
Stunned silence. I know when to keep my big mouth shut. ============= So you agree, or disagree? Yes Don, you said exactly what the Professor said-the "men start the wars" comment was verbatim (and true).— May 18, 2010 3:54 p.m.
San Diego’s newest corporate darling, Bridgepoint Education
What grade did that man-hating feminist give you? F? ================= OK, here is what happened. I was very worried about this class when I signed up for it, so I took it on a "Pass/Fail" basis, which means if you get a C or higher you "pass" and anything below C is fail. This way the course counts on credits but NOT towards your GPA. You do this option if you have a decent GPA and you're worried you might get a C in the class. You must sign up for this option before the course starts-you don't get the option half way into the class. I received a B+ in the class, but since I took it Pass/Fail I didn't get the B+ GPA boost(3.3 GPA points). I was very upset about my grade b/c that B+ would have boosted my overall GPA. I just didn't think I would get that good of a grade. BTW-SDSU grades on a strict curve, 10% A's, 15% B's, 50% C's, 25% D's or F's. At best 25% of an SDSU class will get a 3.0 grade or above.— May 18, 2010 3:49 p.m.
San Diego’s newest corporate darling, Bridgepoint Education
Did you REALLY take a course in women's studies from a man-hater? Must have been a truly "broadening" experience for you. (Sorry, couldn't resist that one.) ====== hehhehehehehe....yes, she hated men. Everything that came out of her PhD educated body boiled down to this-all the problems in the world were because of men. But, I will say this, I am glad I took the course. It gave me a completely different view of the genders. I saw her side of things, even though I did not agree with most of it, I saw her side and how it shaped her views-and that made me grow as a person b/c that allowed me insight in dealing with others who have very opinionated and extreme views-to either the right or the left. Those are the ways that a higher education can force a person into personal growth. On to your lawyer son-good for him, accepted to an ABA LS, graduated AND has a job, a minor miracle today. There are very few law schools with classes of 400, even harder to land jobs with a big class, but still glad your son has a job. There was an interesting discussion about this a few days ago on Abovethelaw.com, where the issue came up about LS tuition costs and ability to repay-and New York Law School, what is considered a low ranking "fourth tier toilet" (TTTT) LS had the highest tuition in the nation at $45K/semester, more than Harvard, Yale and Stanford, the top three LS's in the country. It is generally acknowledged that 90% of those grads won't have the financial ability to repay the LS costs. If the gov stopped allowing students access to LARGE sums of student loans, then the LS's would simply not be able to charge these ridiculous tuition costs (like NYLS). LS tuition has been going up, on average, 10% per year for the last 20 years.— May 18, 2010 2:14 p.m.
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What I was trying to express is that in the full sweep of a lifetime, one's education should mean more than just vocational training. Focusing on that aspect of educational preparation and ignoring all the other aspects may very likely result in the education being less effective as an occupational qualification. That would be due to putting all one's eggs in a single basket, and forgetting other things an employee should be able to offer an employer. ===== Do not get me wrong V-I am with you 100%. An education that is well rounded, providing many different views of society, the ability to grow personally and intellectually from different cultural perspectives-that is probably the best thing about getting an education IMO. But that must be balanced today wit the ability to pay for the education b/c even state subsidized schools are setting people back tens of thousands of dollars. Speaking of taking varied college courses/classes, making you grow personally, the one I took that was really biased (at the urging of a friend who dropped the class after 2 days) was "Women's Studies". I was one of (I think) two males in the class. The teacher, an ultra feminist, seemed to have a distinct and intense hatred for men (making the class almost hostile towards me based on gender). Very uncomfortable class-but you did get the female perspective in it, and as much as it made me uncomfortable, it made me grow as a person.— May 18, 2010 12:55 p.m.
San Diego’s newest corporate darling, Bridgepoint Education
In all the exchange of the past few days, there is an assumption that one attends "college" to get a job. That is a reflection of an attitude rampant, but certainly not new, in our society that higher education is almost exclusively vocational. In all this back-and-forth I never picked up the idea that education has a value and purpose beyond readying the degree holder for some sort of occupation or profession. Is it elitist to think that a university education is to broaden one's horizons and increase one's appreciation for the finer things of life? By Visduh ==== V-if the college education were free, or the student was a trust fund baby, your statement would be fine, and 25 years ago it would be true (when SDSU only cost $150/semester in tuition). But the cost of a college education today runs tens of thousands of dollars, sometimes hundreds of thousands, and that cost prevents one from going JUST to expand ones knowledge base, finer things in life or personal growth. The ability to pay the education costs back MUST be the top priority after graduation. Not everyone can get connected into a $200K per year GED gov job, and then the only thing that can help is a skill, and usually that skill comes with a cost, as in a college education cost or even vocational education, from trade schools, cost.— May 17, 2010 11:57 p.m.
San Diego’s newest corporate darling, Bridgepoint Education
If the only reason people are not getting jobs was because of the "quality of thei education they received," then yeah, I would agree. But I have been trying to ask you to think about whether that statement is itself correct. For example, are you suggesting there are plenty of jobs available out there, but the employer is pulling out his "quality of education ranking" manual before making hiring decisions, and leaving positions open if not enough people apply with "high quality" degrees? ===== My statement was very simple-if you cannot pay the debt back in a normal job market, then the schools program costs too much, and the program needs to be shut down-makes no difference what the root cause is-if you can't pay the debt then the progam is too much. Simple, yes?— May 17, 2010 11:35 p.m.
San Diego’s newest corporate darling, Bridgepoint Education
Also, its hypocritical that you tell the previous commenter that he "can't" say whether people slack off at other schools because he did not attend those schools. Did you attend every single school about which you hold such a strong opinion? By Clarissa =============== But I never made the global claim that I know what students at every school in this country does, now did? I? But yes, I did indeed attend every school in America hard to believe but true :)— May 17, 2010 5:09 p.m.