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noamnety

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8. I should probably add in a disclaimer here.

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Sun Jul 7, 2013, 11:00 PM

Jul 2013

I dropped out of high school at 16 after finishing 10th grade, and don't have a high school diploma or GED. It's felt a little like a punch in the gut each time I see someone latch onto that dropout thing like it's some kind of badge of shame. It's been bothering me.

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Elitism, education, and high school drop outs [View all] noamnety Jul 2013 OP

It means that some punk w/o a HS diploma gets a 6 figure job at MichiganVote Jul 2013 #1

That's just stupid Spider Jerusalem Jul 2013 #2

Thank you. I knew someone would save me from thinking rationally. MichiganVote Jul 2013 #4

Interesting questions noamnety Jul 2013 #7

You are weighing the same arguments re: ethics that are taught in HS&College. MichiganVote Jul 2013 #9

I raised the ethics questions noamnety Jul 2013 #16

Nor do I. But his entire life is fair game. He chose MichiganVote Jul 2013 #34

His entire life is fair game - that's the part I'm questioning. noamnety Jul 2013 #35

That's just stupid yeoman6987 Jul 2013 #32

I'm not sure employers even consider a high school diploma noamnety Jul 2013 #33

So you think it's resentment? noamnety Jul 2013 #3

Maybe he is a loser. Plenty of people w/ or w/o a diploma who are. MichiganVote Jul 2013 #5

The psychology of secret agents is quite interesting -- FarCenter Jul 2013 #6

I should probably add in a disclaimer here. noamnety Jul 2013 #8

It's bullshit. Mariana Jul 2013 #15

I think it has more to do with scoring points off somebody. nt rrneck Jul 2013 #10

My spouse never graduated high school. Silver Swan Jul 2013 #11

I've noticed too, the hostility about this toward Snowden. Waiting For Everyman Jul 2013 #12

there is absolutely elitism on this board. Just try advocating for students in liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #13

The career trajectory is quite odd: high school dropout, junior college courses, GED, struggle4progress Jul 2013 #14

It's the defining characteristic for some. Puzzledtraveller Jul 2013 #17

Some of the best sysadmins I've worked with had little formal education Recursion Jul 2013 #18

That's how I used to hire too - for graphics. noamnety Jul 2013 #22

One of the smartest people I know XemaSab Jul 2013 #19

High school is such a small fraction of time in ones lives too. penultimate Jul 2013 #23

I find comments that put him down for it to be bothersome, but I get why some people are WTF about penultimate Jul 2013 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jul 2013 #21

That feels like a separate thread to me noamnety Jul 2013 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jul 2013 #25

+1 JustAnotherGen Jul 2013 #26

I don't think anyone's arguing that on any level. noamnety Jul 2013 #27

I have a PhD but dropped out of high school-- twice.... mike_c Jul 2013 #28

What's your reaction to the "high school dropout" comments about Snowden? noamnety Jul 2013 #29

I find his having not completed HS irrelevant... mike_c Jul 2013 #30

The people who do that are authoritarians. To them, Snowden's educational history show's Marr Jul 2013 #31