DrDan
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Sat Apr-28-07 08:06 AM
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why bother to teach our youth anything beyond basic reading and mathematics?
Third grade or so then off to trade school.
You sound quite disgruntled. Bad experience in college?
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| -MIT admissions dean resigns |
bluestateguy |
Apr-26-07 05:52 PM |
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Oh, the delicious irony |
Sabriel |
Apr-26-07 06:09 PM |
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I don't find the "irony" delicious at all. It's very sad. |
pnwmom |
Apr-26-07 06:55 PM |
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Bitter Irony, IMO. She didn't need credentials for the job when she started. |
cryingshame |
Apr-27-07 07:38 AM |
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I know. It's too bad she didn't apply for the job without a degree, |
pnwmom |
Apr-29-07 06:39 AM |
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Proof positive |
RogueBandit |
Apr-26-07 06:16 PM |
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I understand your point...but... |
Stuckinthebush |
Apr-26-07 06:28 PM |
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So, pray tell, what do George W Bush's |
ikojo |
Apr-26-07 07:39 PM |
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That is not representative |
Stuckinthebush |
Apr-27-07 07:11 AM |
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She started by getting a low level job that required none of the credentials she provided. |
cryingshame |
Apr-27-07 07:40 AM |
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don't you think this says a lot about her character? |
DrDan |
Apr-27-07 07:49 AM |
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Actually this is a life lesson...."Sooner or later your lies catch up with you" |
bleedingheart |
Apr-29-07 08:32 AM |
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This proves a college degree is mostly useless |
ckramer |
Apr-26-07 06:26 PM |
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No to proves that your lies catch up |
Pavulon |
Apr-26-07 06:33 PM |
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A college degree is not useless |
Stuckinthebush |
Apr-26-07 06:34 PM |
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College has completely changed my life. |
melnjones |
Apr-26-07 09:01 PM |
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With a right attitude and a right mentor, one can almost do any jobs |
ckramer |
Apr-27-07 10:23 AM |
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Doesn't it prove the opposite? |
Bornaginhooligan |
Apr-27-07 06:14 PM |
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After 28 years of successfully doing the job. |
superconnected |
Apr-27-07 07:37 PM |
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well why stop there |
DrDan |
Apr-28-07 08:06 AM |
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Too bad |
cheesedawg |
Apr-26-07 06:27 PM |
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Welcome to DU, cheesedawg! |
pnwmom |
Apr-26-07 06:57 PM |
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I missed that.. did it say she would forfeit her retirement? |
SoCalDem |
Apr-26-07 09:19 PM |
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Saddest Part She Did Not Get the Degrees |
erpowers |
Apr-26-07 07:12 PM |
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Lying on a CV or resume is/should be a reason for automatic firing |
robcon |
Apr-26-07 07:13 PM |
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Agreed. |
YDogg |
Apr-26-07 08:23 PM |
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M.I.T.’s Admissions Dean Resigns; Ends 28-Year Lie About Degrees |
flowomo |
Apr-26-07 08:56 PM |
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...said she did not have even an undergraduate degree. |
Earth_First |
Apr-26-07 08:56 PM |
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wow. |
melnjones |
Apr-26-07 08:56 PM |
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Why do you need a degree for that anyway? |
YellowRubberDuckie |
Apr-26-07 09:00 PM |
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How are you going to |
melnjones |
Apr-26-07 09:02 PM |
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Thirty year career.... |
kgfnally |
Apr-27-07 12:48 AM |
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Well, if you're aiming for truly paranoid, you've succeeded. |
pnwmom |
Apr-27-07 01:22 AM |
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Agree |
ckramer |
Apr-27-07 10:32 AM |
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Bill Gates never *lied* about having a degree. |
Lance_Boyle |
Apr-27-07 11:07 AM |
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hahahahhahahha. |
superconnected |
Apr-27-07 07:57 PM |
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No, she's not a role model anymore, and it's a shame. |
pnwmom |
Apr-28-07 01:14 AM |
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Well, she managed to do it, because she was highly successful. She rose on her merits |
cryingshame |
Apr-27-07 07:43 AM |
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That's right |
ckramer |
Apr-27-07 10:33 AM |
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Riiiight. People cure diseases every day without college training. |
tabasco |
Apr-27-07 07:40 PM |
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You're given guidelines to follow? |
YellowRubberDuckie |
Apr-27-07 04:12 PM |
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it's sad and i'm surprised it ttok them this long to catch up with her. |
chimpsrsmarter |
Apr-27-07 12:55 AM |
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A good reminder and lesson |
fujiyama |
Apr-27-07 06:12 PM |
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How far are you in the private sector? |
superconnected |
Apr-27-07 07:45 PM |
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Faking degrees to head the admissions office at the world's most prestigious |
fujiyama |
Apr-28-07 12:47 AM |
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She started out at a lower level job and WORKED her way to the top over years and on her merits |
cryingshame |
Apr-28-07 11:16 PM |
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While I am of two minds about what she did, it does prove that a |
hedgehog |
Apr-27-07 06:28 PM |
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Sad joke on MIT. |
Orsino |
Apr-27-07 07:28 PM |
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The science degrees she was claiming wouldn't have had any bearing |
pnwmom |
Apr-28-07 01:16 AM |
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By this time they wouldn't have any bearing on a science / engineering career |
FarCenter |
Apr-28-07 10:32 PM |
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A college degree in science isn't so much a matter of acquiring information, |
pnwmom |
Apr-29-07 06:37 AM |
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People at MIT are praising her work...but this kind of fraud can't be tolerated |
entanglement |
Apr-28-07 07:04 AM |
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If they don't fire her for fraudulent claims, |
robcon |
Apr-28-07 10:14 AM |
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Given MIT's contributory negligence in not checking her references |
FarCenter |
Apr-28-07 10:24 PM |
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Has she ever even taken a college class in her life? |
w4rma |
Apr-28-07 11:15 PM |
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She still has to "play" by the rules of the game |
Massachusetts |
Apr-29-07 08:59 AM |
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