Re: Job Offer

On 3/17/2025 11:07 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 3/17/2025 10:30 AM, AMuzi wrote:

On 3/16/2025 10:01 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 3/16/2025 4:28 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

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Education isn't an accomplishment, it's a tool.

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It's both. Education can't be simply given to a person. It can be greatly helped by a competent teacher, but the person still has to work to achieve it. Doing that successfully is an accomplishment.
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What's odd is that this discussion group has a few denizens who think they can accomplish just as much without that tool.
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In modern parlance, they actually are the tools.
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I don't think it's binary or Manichean.  That is, both or all can be true in different examples.
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Examples abound of both autodidacts with gaping holes in their repertoire (me) and others who accomplished much from the same background (Franklin).

 Benjamin Franklin was brilliant. It's been pointed out that his science accomplishments alone would have won Nobel Prizes had they existed.
 But any modern American is a fool if he says "Franklin was great and he learned it all himself. So I don't need no schooling."
 

Right, that would be a logical leap in most cases.
Still and all, situations, capacity, attitude and resources vary so much that a certificate or a degree may not hold a good return for everyone.
Again this is the difference between education broadly and certification specifically.  No one wants a heart surgeon or structural engineer who sorta gets the general idea in his field:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-BpW_cM7iYc
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