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    Let me get this right... a degree is worthless if one got a full scholarship for it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BidenPresident View Post
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    sure I did.....I saw something stupid.......I pointed at it......I said, "Look! Something stupid!".....

    its what I do......
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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    Let me get this right... a degree is worthless if one got a full scholarship for it?
    A degree is worthless to people without a formal education. I think it's some form of bitter envy.

    "I love the poorly educated." -Trump

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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    Let me get this right... a degree is worthless if one got a full scholarship for it?
    that isn't exactly what i said. those that have excelled throughout their academic careers and earned scholarships to higher education are not obtaining totally worthless pieces of paper........but make them all free, and they will all be totally worthless
    A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SmarterthanYou View Post
    that isn't exactly what i said. those that have excelled throughout their academic careers and earned scholarships to higher education are not obtaining totally worthless pieces of paper........but make them all free, and they will all be totally worthless
    Still makes no sense. If someone gets a BA in mechanical engineering from MIT, and paid no tuition, it's worthless? That makes no sense.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Diesel View Post
    A degree is worthless to people without a formal education. I think it's some form of bitter envy.
    In my chosen career field I have met plenty of college graduates who like to think they are 'better' because of that piece of paper. They do, however, like to get really pissed off and offended when this high school graduate shows that he's more intelligent than they are and not in student loan debt
    A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BidenPresident View Post
    Still makes no sense. If someone gets a BA in mechanical engineering from MIT, and paid no tuition, it's worthless? That makes no sense.
    it's not going to make any sense to you because you stupidly consider formal education as some sort of status symbol.
    A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SmarterthanYou View Post
    that isn't exactly what i said. those that have excelled throughout their academic careers and earned scholarships to higher education are not obtaining totally worthless pieces of paper........but make them all free, and they will all be totally worthless
    What exactly are you saying? Scholarships make those education partially or fully free. What's the difference? If those students are incapable of passing the courses, they will be flunked out and they won't get their degrees. No loss.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SmarterthanYou View Post
    it's not going to make any sense to you because you stupidly consider formal education as some sort of status symbol.
    I think you are just stupid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SmarterthanYou View Post
    it's not going to make any sense to you because you stupidly consider formal education as some sort of status symbol.
    In that case, you should focus your compliant on the rich elite who pay their children their way out of colleges.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SmarterthanYou View Post
    In my chosen career field I have met plenty of college graduates who like to think they are 'better' because of that piece of paper. They do, however, like to get really pissed off and offended when this high school graduate shows that he's more intelligent than they are and not in student loan debt
    I don't think that a college education necessarily makes a person "better" than someone without one, but a college degree is not "worthless".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Diesel View Post
    I don't think that a college education necessarily makes a person "better" than someone without one, but a college degree is not "worthless".
    make them free and they will be
    A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SmarterthanYou View Post
    make them free and they will be
    What we learn in college is how to make an argument. You keep repeating the same sentence without explanation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BidenPresident View Post
    What we learn in college is how to make an argument. You keep repeating the same sentence without explanation.
    simple facts don't need lengthy explanations.......brevity is the key to good communication
    A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SmarterthanYou View Post
    simple facts don't need lengthy explanations.......brevity is the key to good communication
    You stated an opinion, not fact.

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