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andrewflnr on Oct 23, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Will Dropouts Save America?

I guess it was taken too far, but the main point is that school doesn't teach you a lot of really important skills you need to succeed.

I have no intention of dropping of school until I get a degree, but I also know that I will have to learn a lot of things that school won't teach me.

How many schools are actively teaching how to function in a post-industrial economy? Not many, I'm guessing.

bennesvig on Oct 23, 2011 [–]

My 100k college education didn't teach sales...which is kind of everything. If you can't sell yourself or your ideas, what good is your education.

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