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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gboulton, post: 1375357, member: 27043&quot;]A high school diploma, a two year associates degree or a four year BA or BS &quot;speak nothing&quot; [sic] to the quality of the person who earned them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m reminded, in fact, of a young man who was accepted into Harvard University at the age of 16, where he earned an undergraduate degree.&nbsp; Later, he obtained a PhD in mathematics from the University of Michigan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or the gentleman who attended the University of Washington briefly, before dropping out to pursue an interest in politics.&nbsp; Several years later, he returned to college at Temple University, and eventually finished his BS in psychology.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or perhaps the man who earned his Associate&#039;s Degree in Electronics from Butler County Community College, before going on to attend Wichita State University, where he earned a Bachelor&#039;s in Administration of Justice.</p><p><br /></p><p>Each of these gentleman demonstrated the &quot;quality of person&quot; they were with tremendous flare...</p><p><br /></p><p>Ted Kaczynski when he killed 3 people and injured 23 others with an anti-technology motivated mail bombing campaign that lasted over 2 decades.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ted Bundy by murdering 30 people (at least) in 7 states in a mere 4 years.&nbsp; The best demonstration of his &#039;quality&quot;, however, was probably having sex with several of his female victims after he killed them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dennis Rader was the best one though.&nbsp; he showed HIS quality by coming up with the clever &quot;BTK - Bind, Torture, Kill&quot; acronym for himself as he was committing&nbsp; 10 murders over 17 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gee....after all that, I&#039;m kind of prompted to wonder what happened to people who didn&#039;t finish high school or college...</p><p><br /></p><p>There seems to be a few who dropped out of college to pursue his crazy computer ideas...they never turn into anything though.&nbsp; Just ask Steve Jobs and Michael Dell.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or the kids who don&#039;t finish HIGH SCHOOL... They never go on to write great novels (H.G. Wells), become the first internet billionaires (Jim Clark), sign the Declaration of Independence (Patrick Henry), or make any sort of artistic contributions (Louis Armstrong, Ansel Adams, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny).&nbsp; They CERTAINLY don&#039;t do anything significant to help the community or country (Danny Thomas, Walter Nash, Andrew Jackson), or start profitable companies (Richard Branson).</p><p><br /></p><p>=============</p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s that you say?&nbsp; A small sample of well known names doesn&#039;t &quot;prove&quot; that college graduates turn into serial killers, or that high school dropouts go on to fabulous success?</p><p><br /></p><p>Why...you know...I believe you might be right.&nbsp; Maybe the presence or lack of education DOESN&#039;T determine someone&#039;s character or quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>What a concept.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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