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Colleges Are Closing Their Doors Rapidly – What Does That Mean?
Musing Over Colleges Closing Their Doors While perusing Twitter (or X, if you prefer) the other night, I came across an article so shocking, I had to read the title twice: Colleges are now closing … Read the rest
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Education Vs. Experience Part 2: The Future
*NOTE: This is Part 2 of an essay dealing with the value of education and experience. Part 1 can be found by clicking here.* In Education vs Experience Part 1, we looked at – and compared – the two. … Read the rest
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Do you need a college degree to get a good job?
**Updated for 2023** I grew up during a time when people used to toss around the mantra, “You have to go to college to get a good job.” I wouldn’t be surprised if it were still tossed around today. … Read the rest
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Don’t know what you want to do for a living? Get a job
***Updated for 2023*** Don’t know what you want to do for a living? Get a job Seriously – get a job – any job at all. Are you getting ready to graduate from high school? Already graduated? Are you looking … Read the rest
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Education Vs. Experience Part 1: Which Is More Valuable?
***Updated for 2024*** *NOTE: This is Part 1 of a series on education vs experience.* For years now, there has been an argument brewing on this website and the various posts which adorn it. It is true that I have … Read the rest
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Classes – not degrees – enhance an individual
This topic inadvertently came to mind while I was writing another post, which seems to be the genesis for many of my articles here recently. I began to articulate in the other post the idea that classes and not degrees … Read the rest
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Higher Education? – Book Review
***Updated for 2023*** I discovered The Math Myth and Other STEM Delusions by Andrew Hacker doing some research for something else entirely. I quickly ordered the book, read it in short order, underlined so many portions my pencil complained … Read the rest
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“Battling the Trades Stigma” – How the AWS is right on this
Professional societies are typically beneficial; it is for this reason that people elect to join them in the first place. I would be remiss were I not to mention I belong to two: the American Welding Society and the American … Read the rest
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The Math Myth and Other STEM Delusions – Book Review
Riveting, compelling, and tantalizing are but a few of the words I would use to describe The Math Myth and Other STEM delusions. I might follow them up with ingenious, stimulating, intriguing, fascinating, irresistible – all fitting adjectives for one … Read the rest
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College class hazing – Yea, it’s a thing
Ideas for posts originate almost anywhere and at anytime and this one’s no different. I got to thinking about all the various “general education” classes you have to take in the pursuit of a degree. You know the classes I’m … Read the rest
