>Degrees are a mere convenience to the personnel departments
>of corporations. They don't want skilled programmers half
>as much as they don't want to be bothered by working too
>hard to make their appointments. So they need an automatic
>screening device provided by someone else.
>
>Carrol
It's also a social filter. It filters out people who aren't middle class, and also acts as an excuse not to hire minorities. (Think that second one through - it's true.)
There's something else about college. There's a lot of knowledge that's locked up in there, and not disseminated to the masses. Sometimes, you're learning something that isn't that important, but it gives you something to talk about with another college educated person. (To put it in terms that this list uses - strictly for the whipping out of the dick.)
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-------------------------------------- John Kawakami johnk at cyberjava.com, johnk at firstlook.com