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Short version of the issue: The skills you need to succeed in business aren't being taught by universities or tests.
Better analysis of the issue: Every skill is situational; whether or not you should learn it depends on what kind of person you are and what opportunities are available.
Fifty years ago, people taught that college was always a good thing, and they didn't bother to figure out why. Thus, they missed the fact that it teaches situational skills rather than universal, all-encompassing-all-holy-all-mighty skills, which nobody teaches and is silly to expect from anywhere.
Now, it's popular to call certain college studies worthless or even harmful because they are clearly not as good as they were trumpeted as in the past. That's not entirely true either; they are still just situational skills like they always have been.
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jesarg wrote: Short version of the issue: The skills you need to succeed in business aren't
being taught by universities or tests.
The real short version
1. They don't know what those are.
2. It is very likely they couldn't teach them if they knew them.
In comparison there are ways to teach most people what "1+1" is, however no one knows how to make every student into Einstein.
jesarg wrote: Fifty years ago, people taught that college was always a good thing, and they
didn't bother to figure out why. Thus, they missed the fact that it teaches
situational skills rather than universal, all-encompassing-all-holy-all-mighty
skills, which nobody teaches and is silly to expect from anywhere.
Sigh...50 years ago
1. Most people didn't go to college
2. Those that did were often much brighter than the average population.
3. Those that did often were starting from a family base that was much better off than average.
4. Of those not in the above (at least 3) they have a very strong drive that wasn't being taught in elementary school then either.
And if in fact college graduates were more successful than those now then it is the above factors that made it so - not the schooling.
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What does the fox say?[^]
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Everybody knows they make the same noise as a Giraffe.
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I read that as Everybody knows they make the same noise as Griff.
Half an hour left until I leave, I definitely need the weekend.
You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colon."
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You've got to be kitten me! (1)
NOTES:
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1: I'd like to apologize in advance for the subsequent pun war.
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What, like this[^]?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Wow: that was really, really awful.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Not now, not this weekend. We're off on an outdoor activity weekend and I really don't need to get wet and cold as well. Your wet wind is not welcome and we don't need you, please stay away until next week.
Thank-you,
Vilmos
speramus in juniperus
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Depending on where your activity is, pack a nice warm set of waterproofs! The forecast generally is not good...
Alternatively, try to do it indoors, perhaps the virtual version? 
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Waterproofs are packed! It is mostly outdoor stuff - orienteering, obstacle course, etc, etc, etc. Should be fun, but it will be wet which will not be fun.
speramus in juniperus
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Remember to pack a thermos!
(They keep drinks cold, as well as hot... )
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Black coffee, for me, and tea, for them.
speramus in juniperus
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You can't put G&T in coffee! The lemon will go all brown and horrible...and the ice will melt, and dilute the Wake Up Fluid.
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You can't put G&T in Vilmos and still have him drive the car
speramus in juniperus
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TAXI!
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30 miles. Are you paying?
speramus in juniperus
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Nope. I just pours 'em in, and tells the driver where to go... 
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Isn't it time for the kids to learn to drive yet? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Fortunately you still have 15 days of Summer left until the Equinox.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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Man up.
Bitch.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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Oh man, you bitch!
speramus in juniperus
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Having to sleep rough again, eh?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Ron Anders wrote: Stupid fall.
Well, when 314 million people consistently call it by the wrong name, who can blame poor autumn? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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