<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><br></div><div>In my books, you get full credit for dropping out of high school.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> And this New York state school superintendent graduated in the bottom tenth of his high school class.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>See wonderful TEDx talk at --</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> <!--StartFragment--><a href="https://youtu.be/S4kXrTK1VMk?t=85" target="_blank" style="color: darkblue; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fdfdfd;" rel="noopener" data-mce-href="https://youtu.be/S4kXrTK1VMk?t=85" data-mce-style="color: darkblue; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fdfdfd;">https://youtu.be/S4kXrTK1VMk?t=85</a><!--EndFragment--> </div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> Who looks more deficient now -- the student or the high school he attended? </div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> phil</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"ipg-smz" <ipg-smz@netpress.org><br><b>To: </b>"ipg-smz" <ipg-smz@netpress.org><br><b>Cc: </b>"researchbuzz" <researchbuzz@gmail.com><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, July 23, 2019 7:49:51 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Ipg-smz] What college class or major did you transfer out of?<br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div dir="ltr">Does dropping out of high school count? <br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 6:46 PM Phil Shapiro via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br><div> When I was in college, I transferred out of geology class after one week. After I heard the professor lecture about rocks for an hour,</div><div>I knew the class was not for me.</div><br><div> Then, as a mechanical engineering student, I learned that all third year engineering students were required to take accounting.</div><div>The very thought of accounting class makes my brain hurt. So, I transferred out of engineering and got a degree in liberal arts (majored</div><div>in philosophy.) If I need an accountant, I'll hire one, thank you. </div><br><div> Just curious, what class or major did you transfer out of?</div><br><div> phil</div><br><br><div>-- <br></div><div>--<br>Phil Shapiro, <a href="mailto:pshapiro@his.com" target="_blank">pshapiro@his.com</a><br><a href="http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html</a><br><a href="http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro</a><br><a href="http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html</a><br><br>"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>"Learning happens thru gentleness."<br><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></div></div></div></div>-- <br>
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