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Old May 6th 17, 05:18 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
AMuzi
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On 5/6/2017 10:42 AM, wrote:
"Ursa Major commemorates Bob Hite of course." - Andrew Muzi

Andrew, would you please stop damaging my self-image? You make me feel totally unworthy, knowing that I will never even APPROACH your level of trivia knowledge!


I miss Bob Hite who, beyond performances, was a giant of
musicology and especially classic blues. He made our world
better. Who could ever forget him?

We all have our areas of interest and ignorance. I can't
finish a crossword if there are more than a couple
references to sports or television. YMMV

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Old May 7th 17, 03:41 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 1:37:33 PM UTC+1, AMuzi wrote:

On Thu, 4 May 2017 14:32:22 -0700 (PDT), Andre Jute
wrote:


Back in the 1960s/70s it probably cost the same as an average American family's income, $25K, to send a kid to a benchmark university for one year.


$25,000.00 40 years ago? On what planet?

One might pick and choose data points but I started at $139
per semester, cash on the line, at a large school. Quit at
$250 and not over the price.


I expect my first university cost about as much as yours but I don't actually know because I was on a full scholarship from the government paid directly to the college, and my living expenses were taken care of by an insurance company which thought they'd found their next actuary (dullest job in the world but very well paid). But after that I attended overseas universities, where they charged (and still do) foreign students the full whack. It's expensive pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.

Note that Jeff and I are not talking about fees alone, nor merely a semester, but all the expenses of being a student for a year.

Have I told you the heartrending story of how I was so poor, I never had long trousers until I walked the 300 miles to my first university with my boots around my neck to save the soles for best wear?

p.s. Here's a pithy analysis I enjoyed greatly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8utmmWoBSBY


Absolutely. A Ph.D. qualifies one to -- study for another one.

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For that much I received an education that did, and does, okay by me, especially considering it didn't cost me a penny, nor did I ever hear a single complaint from those whom it cost plenty.

I have faith that enough kids will come out of the identity-minefields of present-day colleges with the makings of successful careers. Survivors survive. I've never heard a really successful man regret his education.

Andre Jute
If words fail you, your education has failed you
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Old May 7th 17, 04:47 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Sat, 06 May 2017 07:37:23 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

p.s. Here's a pithy analysis I enjoyed greatly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8utmmWoBSBY


The problem is why people go to college. Conventional wisdom suggests
that it's to obtain a diploma, which is considered a guarantee of
success in future employment. This is totally wrong. College was
original where the upper classes sent their sons to receive
instruction in how to act like a proper gentlemen and member of the
upper class. That meant a classical education:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_classical_studies
which included proficiency in ancient Greek and Latin. There were
also classes in history, from the perspective of the elite. Etiquette,
propriety, dueling, dance, proper dress, etc were taught so that they
would know how to act at social events. Overall, such an education
worked well for the intended purpose.

Things started to go astray when members of the GUM (great unwashed
masses) noticed that wealthy children were going to college. They
logically deduced that if they also went to college, they too would
become wealthy. Interchanging cause and effect is a problem among the
GUM.

So, they attended college, paid dearly for the privilege, and were
predictably disappointed with the expected wealth did not magically
materialize upon graduation. Not wishing to admit that they had
screwed up and did not achieve their expected goals, they perpetuated
the myth to other members of the GUM, who promptly repeated the
original logic error. The mistake would have been easily discovered
were it not for the substantial number of sons and daughters of the
wealthy, who continue to attend college.

"23 Famous Dropouts Who Turned Out Just Fine"
https://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleyperez/23-famous-dropouts-who-turned-out-just-fine
"8 Hugely Successful People Who Didn't Graduate College"
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/249683

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Old May 7th 17, 12:37 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
John B Slocomb
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On Sat, 06 May 2017 20:47:00 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:

On Sat, 06 May 2017 07:37:23 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

p.s. Here's a pithy analysis I enjoyed greatly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8utmmWoBSBY


The problem is why people go to college. Conventional wisdom suggests
that it's to obtain a diploma, which is considered a guarantee of
success in future employment. This is totally wrong. College was
original where the upper classes sent their sons to receive
instruction in how to act like a proper gentlemen and member of the
upper class. That meant a classical education:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_classical_studies
which included proficiency in ancient Greek and Latin. There were
also classes in history, from the perspective of the elite. Etiquette,
propriety, dueling, dance, proper dress, etc were taught so that they
would know how to act at social events. Overall, such an education
worked well for the intended purpose.

Things started to go astray when members of the GUM (great unwashed
masses) noticed that wealthy children were going to college. They
logically deduced that if they also went to college, they too would
become wealthy. Interchanging cause and effect is a problem among the
GUM.

So, they attended college, paid dearly for the privilege, and were
predictably disappointed with the expected wealth did not magically
materialize upon graduation. Not wishing to admit that they had
screwed up and did not achieve their expected goals, they perpetuated
the myth to other members of the GUM, who promptly repeated the
original logic error. The mistake would have been easily discovered
were it not for the substantial number of sons and daughters of the
wealthy, who continue to attend college.


Given that of the 56 signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
some 29 had attended collage and 27 had not. So apparently starting a
rebellion doesn't necessarily require a collage education. George
Washington received the equivalent of an elementary school education
while General Howe entered the army when he was 17 by buying a
cornet's commission in the Duke of Cumberland's Dragoons in 1746 at
the age of 17, which would seem to preclude any higher education.

It is apparent that in the world of Real Politics collage is not
necessarily an advantage :-)

But I believe that you have missed a significant point in the great
Gentry - GUM debate. One attends a collage, just as one dresses for
dinner, not as a matter of education, but rather because that is
simply what a gentleman does. Just as one does not formally introduce
one's mistress to one's wife.
  #25  
Old May 7th 17, 02:41 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Andre Jute wrote in
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I've never heard a really successful man regret his education.


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Old May 7th 17, 03:51 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 5:37:33 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 5/5/2017 8:40 PM, Andre Jute wrote:
On Friday, May 5, 2017 at 6:50:31 PM UTC+1, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Thu, 4 May 2017 14:32:22 -0700 (PDT), Andre Jute
wrote:

Andre Jute
Curiosity and enthusiasm will carry a young man beyond even
the best education money can buy --

I beg to differ. Curiosity and enthusiasm are not suitable
replacements for ability and perseverance.


Back when I was educated, you didn't need a college degree to apply for a job as a shoe salesman. It was assumed that the able and the persevering were the ones who matriculated into college. I was talking about a young man chosen for his ability, educated, and carried by curiosity and enthusiasm beyond merely having his ticket punched. I'm big on perseverance too, but it's another thing I assume axiomatically to be in the armory of winners.

However, once one is will
and able to learn, and to keep at it without giving up, then curiosity
and enthusiasm are quite valuable and important. Money also helps in
today's diploma factories. For our local state college per year:
http://financialaid.ucsc.edu/costs/undergraduate-costs.html


I'm not so sure. Back in the 1960s/70s it probably cost the same as an average American family's income, $25K, to send a kid to a benchmark university for one year.

Today the average family's income is around $75K, so the $60K the college you cite costs every years falls short of inflation by a whopping fifth, if I have the numbers right. Or maybe they were cheaper back in the day and have just kept pace.

Curiosity and enthusiasm are not going to help much with tuition
expenses. However, if you're suggestion that curiosity and enthusiasm
are suitable replacements for a college education, I would agree, but
only if your mythical young man has ability, perseverance, some
business sense, a good mentor, and possibly some rich backers.


Can't do any harm to know rich people. One meets them at university.

Incidentally, this is somewhat contradictory with "The secret to
engineering is to know when to give up and stop engineering". This
might explain why most engineers make terrible CEO's.


I was too polite to say so, but now that you have admitted it...

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150 Felker St #D
http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558


Andre Jute
The problem is too much "education" -- and not enough quality teaching


$25,000.00 40 years ago? On what planet?

One might pick and choose data points but I started at $139
per semester, cash on the line, at a large school. Quit at
$250 and not over the price.

p.s. Here's a pithy analysis I enjoyed greatly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8utmmWoBSBY


You know, I was going to drop out of Harvard and start a multi-billion dollar tech company, but instead I decided . . . oh, wait, I didn't get into Harvard.

I just got back from my son's graduation from University of Utah. I pushed him to get a degree for a number or reasons, but mostly so he would have more career options. Not a guaranteed income, but options.

He went to a state school, and I had been saving for his tuition since he was born -- so he's getting out debt free. The great thing about Utah is that residency is easy to achieve, and in-state tuition is available after the first year. The price of tuition is less than the University of Oregon -- and its not Oregon. It's Alta and Snowbird and Solitude and Deer Valley (really cheap passes through the U)! And riding up endless canyons and going to bike races (yesterday) and getting eaten alive by brine flies on Antelope Island. I loved my son's college education!

I was sitting at the graduation ceremony next to a guy who was also from Oregon and who, amazingly, knew my wife's family in Hillsboro. His daughter was getting a masters in accounting. He will never again have to rely on Turbo Tax. One word: accounting. It's the future.

-- Jay Beattie.


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Old May 7th 17, 04:53 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Frank Krygowski[_4_]
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On 5/6/2017 11:47 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:


"23 Famous Dropouts Who Turned Out Just Fine"
https://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleyperez/23-famous-dropouts-who-turned-out-just-fine
"8 Hugely Successful People Who Didn't Graduate College"
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/249683


I believe very strongly that there are many people in college who should
not be there, either because they lack the intellectual horsepower, or
because there are other pursuits that would do them and us much more good.

But to examine your lists in context, we should compare with the list of
people who dropped out of college and did badly. Also with the list of
people who never started college and did badly. I'm thinking those are
longer lists.

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Old May 7th 17, 05:00 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 8:47:06 PM UTC-7, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Sat, 06 May 2017 07:37:23 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

p.s. Here's a pithy analysis I enjoyed greatly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8utmmWoBSBY


The problem is why people go to college. Conventional wisdom suggests
that it's to obtain a diploma, which is considered a guarantee of
success in future employment. This is totally wrong. College was
original where the upper classes sent their sons to receive
instruction in how to act like a proper gentlemen and member of the
upper class. That meant a classical education:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_classical_studies
which included proficiency in ancient Greek and Latin. There were
also classes in history, from the perspective of the elite. Etiquette,
propriety, dueling, dance, proper dress, etc were taught so that they
would know how to act at social events. Overall, such an education
worked well for the intended purpose.

Things started to go astray when members of the GUM (great unwashed
masses) noticed that wealthy children were going to college. They
logically deduced that if they also went to college, they too would
become wealthy. Interchanging cause and effect is a problem among the
GUM.

So, they attended college, paid dearly for the privilege, and were
predictably disappointed with the expected wealth did not magically
materialize upon graduation. Not wishing to admit that they had
screwed up and did not achieve their expected goals, they perpetuated
the myth to other members of the GUM, who promptly repeated the
original logic error. The mistake would have been easily discovered
were it not for the substantial number of sons and daughters of the
wealthy, who continue to attend college.

"23 Famous Dropouts Who Turned Out Just Fine"
https://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleyperez/23-famous-dropouts-who-turned-out-just-fine
"8 Hugely Successful People Who Didn't Graduate College"
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/249683


I'm a high school drop-out that joined the Air Force. They put me through about 3 months of electronics and another 3 month learning "systems" which was the electro-mechanical computers that we used in the bombing, navigating and radar systems in a B-52D.

My first job on leaving the Air Force was at Physics International and was the number two man on B^2 (B Square) facility using high energy nuclear physics to generate particle streams to radiate semiconductors and then engineers would study the effects of this. We would generate Gamma Rays or electron streams. The machine used 20 million volts to operate so it was a little difficult to repair. B^3 used 200 million.

From there I went on to Berkeley Computer Company as a technician. But Archey Stanley was the head engineer and he wasn't about to have anyone working for him that didn't know exactly what we were doing and why and he explained to us everything we were doing. We built the base leg of the Pacific coast Internet. The computer would handle 33 times more traffic than the most powerful IBM they had. It was installed at UC Berkeley and we went promptly out of business.

From there each job I went to I moved up. Senior Technician, Jr. Engineer, Engineer, Sr. Engineer. Project Leader, Department Manager.

Each time I achieved these promotions in a very simple way - by using my mind instead of trying to impress people with my education.

In one meeting the two PhD engineers told the project leader that they would need 2 of IBM's supercomputers to achieve what he wanted. ($3 Million at the time) I responded that I could do it with one or two microprocessors for virtually the cost of labor. I completed the job on time and on budget and the Chief Chemist with success in hand won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Education doesn't come from a diploma since most people with degrees cease learning the second they get that paper in hand. It comes from the will to succeed.

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On Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 8:47:06 PM UTC-7, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Sat, 06 May 2017 07:37:23 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

p.s. Here's a pithy analysis I enjoyed greatly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8utmmWoBSBY


The problem is why people go to college. Conventional wisdom suggests
that it's to obtain a diploma, which is considered a guarantee of
success in future employment. This is totally wrong. College was
original where the upper classes sent their sons to receive
instruction in how to act like a proper gentlemen and member of the
upper class. That meant a classical education:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_classical_studies
which included proficiency in ancient Greek and Latin. There were
also classes in history, from the perspective of the elite. Etiquette,
propriety, dueling, dance, proper dress, etc were taught so that they
would know how to act at social events. Overall, such an education
worked well for the intended purpose.

Things started to go astray when members of the GUM (great unwashed
masses) noticed that wealthy children were going to college. They
logically deduced that if they also went to college, they too would
become wealthy. Interchanging cause and effect is a problem among the
GUM.

So, they attended college, paid dearly for the privilege, and were
predictably disappointed with the expected wealth did not magically
materialize upon graduation. Not wishing to admit that they had
screwed up and did not achieve their expected goals, they perpetuated
the myth to other members of the GUM, who promptly repeated the
original logic error. The mistake would have been easily discovered
were it not for the substantial number of sons and daughters of the
wealthy, who continue to attend college.

"23 Famous Dropouts Who Turned Out Just Fine"
https://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleyperez/23-famous-dropouts-who-turned-out-just-fine
"8 Hugely Successful People Who Didn't Graduate College"
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/249683


Fully 80% of college graduates NEVER work in their field of studies. Perhaps because most of them have time-killing studies such as BA's,

But success is not becoming a billionaire as Steve Jobs or the rest. It's having a good life without too much want. My father was pretty smart but was satisfied to work for the Railroad for his entire life because it was so much better than being a cook in a hash house.
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Old May 7th 17, 05:52 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On 5/7/2017 10:53 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 5/6/2017 11:47 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:


"23 Famous Dropouts Who Turned Out Just Fine"
https://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleyperez/23-famous-dropouts-who-turned-out-just-fine

"8 Hugely Successful People Who Didn't Graduate College"
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/249683


I believe very strongly that there are many people in
college who should not be there, either because they lack
the intellectual horsepower, or because there are other
pursuits that would do them and us much more good.

But to examine your lists in context, we should compare with
the list of people who dropped out of college and did
badly. Also with the list of people who never started
college and did badly. I'm thinking those are longer lists.


Education is a fine thing, as are discipline, curiosity and
perseverance. The University system is not equivalent to
education, although they may sometimes overlap, however
coincidentally.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971


 




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