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Education

WCGreen

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8. That's the bad part of our education system....

Reply to JDPriestly (Reply #7)

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 04:24 AM

Feb 2012

But the part is we are never really counted out.

My brother hated school. He graduated maybe 10th from the bottom.

Well, he went out into the world and was working his ass off and not getting anywhere, went to the Community College, worked like hell, went to Ohio State and graduated with a 3.7 in Accounting. He went back to get his Masters and is now a partner in a CPA firm.

The flexability of our system is there and it can work both ways.

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That is correct. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #7

That's the bad part of our education system.... WCGreen Feb 2012 #8

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