Jim, you have confirmed what most of us older types have long suspected
- it is not what you know that is important, but who you know. That is
the modus operandi of man, the herd animal.
Ciao,
Ian ZS6BTE
J. Bradshaw wrote:
> WARNING: Those who have trouble with reading comprehension
> or off topic posts should delete this post immediately.
>
> As I remember, Bill Gates never did complete his university degree, he
> : dropped out to present an operating system called Disk Operating System
> : to IBM which was developing a device called a Personal Computer.
> :
> : So much for qualifications - someone that hasn't experienced the burn of
> : a soldering iron or the thrill of 220V hasn't lived, and is surely not
> : fully educated...
> :
> : Ian ZS6BTE
>
> Bill story is pretty scary. Most kids who get approached
> because they have something "Mr. Big" wants, just get
> burned. Bill obviously had the balls to sit down and haggle
> rather than take a fistful of money and go to blazes.
>
> School is for those who haven't been found yet. It gives you
> the opportunity to learn until you (hopefully) do get found.
> I was "found" in my elementary school years and placed in
> the GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) program to
> be "challenged". I wound up being kicked out of an Elitist
> English class over an overdue library book, into a flunky math
> class where I was routinely assaulted by gang kids, and wound
> up getting swats for "fighting" on a routine basis.
>
> So I've had to fight to be able to go on in my education.
> It wasn't until I went to a college in a different town with
> no references whatsoever that I was able to go on. I was
> admitted by placing well on the entrance test. Fortunately
> they overlooked my lack of references until later in the
> second year, after I had already attained a B+ average and
> dean's list. They were completely shocked and embarrassed
> to finally dig up references and find a D average trouble-
> maker on their hands, but at that point they didn't want to
> adhere to other opinions at the expense of their own.
>
> I have an AS in Math along with a host of BS engineering
> and physical science classes. Unfortunately, it has been only
> useful for my own personal enrichment, as I am still known
> as the GATE student that never got anywhere. I have had
> more offers to do suicide missions in Hell than for gainful
> career moves, although market shifts in my fields of expertise
> may have a lot to do with that too.
>
> Probably, the key to my survival has been self-taught mind
> control routines in order to avoid reactive responses to
> external stimuli, and to take more preemptive actions and
> to avoid those who think they can get ahead by pulling me down.
> I am often uncooperative.
>
> Proper education is good foundation for further understanding,
> but not everyone can get ahead with it.
>
> Ignorance is a ball and chain, but some carry it off and use it
> for a weapon.
>
>
>
> Jim,
> ac6tk
>
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