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Drew,<br>
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Yes. It may well be one of those "paradigm" things - those things that are
so much a part of our environment that we don't question them, or in some
cases even see them. I'm not exactly a self-efacing type, and I'm not unaware
of the intellectual gifts I got handed at birth. What's more, I knew full
well that my high school education stood up very well against most of the
standard college curricula (we were using Boolean Algebra and Differential
Calculus in our senior year, and most of us got advanced placement in one
or more subjects, based on our college entrance exam scores).<br>
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Yet, once I did complete the trip across the stage to collect that degree,
I had changed inside. I knew I had achieved something. Was I especially
different? Well, no - most of what I now had a "stamp of approval" on was
stuff I had been using for years. But, from then on, I had a sort of "I
have one, too" attitude that completely surprised me. (Could be "leftovers"
from the traditional cultural point that Charles mentioned.)<br>
<br>
Tina<br>
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Drew Wutka wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Hmmm, so you think you realized something afterwards, that you hadn't pin
pointed before?
Drew
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From: Tina Norris Fields [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:tinanfields@torchlake.com">mailto:tinanfields@torchlake.com</a>]
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 4:07 PM
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:accessd@databaseadvisors.com">accessd@databaseadvisors.com</a>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: the "Education" system
Drew,
Oh yes, you probably are "up hill" of most of the people you ever will
meet. So are many of the contributors on this list. What surprised me
was that I didn't know until after I had the degree that I had ever felt
"down hill."
Tina
Drew Wutka wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Interesting.
I have never really felt 'downhill' though. In fact, many times I feel
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<pre wrap="">I am uphill from people with degrees, because I see the solution, and they
are flapping in the wind. Oh well.
Drew
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