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In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Tuesday, 24 April 2012 [View all]rfranklin
(13,200 posts)24. You sound like an old fuddy duddy! There are huge numbers of students pursuing "practical" careers
in accounting, engineering, etc. It hardly takes a college education to change a diaper, especially with the new fangled ones with tape and velcro. Manual labor was always an alternative to college, i.e., "If you don't study, you'll end up digging ditches!"
What if Steve Jobs hadn't pursued the useless art of calligraphy or meditating at Hariakhan Baba?
There are many paths to enlightment and achievement!
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That depends on whether one learns anything that can be applied to the real world
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You sound like an old fuddy duddy! There are huge numbers of students pursuing "practical" careers
rfranklin
Apr 2012
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