Re: cyclists attack auto driver

On 8/20/2024 8:49 AM, AMuzi wrote:

 The formal education racket is not for everyone, but education is nearly free, requiring only time, diligence and access to a few used book stores.

Sorry, Andrew, that's true only for the lowest definition of "education."
In one of the first engineering classes I took, the teacher said something like "Look at the guys standing to your left and right. They are probably not going to make it through this curriculum. Only about ten percent of the men who start this program manage to complete it."
And he was right. It's very foolish to believe that everyone is equally intelligent, and that everyone can succeed if they just try really hard.
I certainly recall students who were diligent, studied hard, got special help, spent tons of time on their work and still failed. I felt sorry for them, but if they were not up to standards, they did not pass.
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- Frank Krygowski