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Convincing people that people shouldn't go to school

Most people realize that school is stupid but still believe that one has to go to school because you need to get good grades to get into college, get into college to get a good job, etc. and that people need to go to school because school shows employers that people can work or something. They realize that school is stupid but think that there's no way around it, except for maybe some "smart" people like Albert Einstein who are really unusual people who we shouldn't consider.

How do you convince people that one does not need to go to school?
02-27-2006 01:11 AM
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i donno. even if you do convince them, they're parents would still make them go to school.

but didnt Albert Einstien accually have a pretty low IQ? i heard that somewhere.
02-27-2006 02:07 AM
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i don't think he had a low iq, but his grades sucked.
02-27-2006 02:23 AM
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ok. that was probably what i heard.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein%27s_brain
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