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You are going nowhere in life
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(10-23-2012 02:54 AM)యూజర్ పేరు Wrote:  I'd rather not equate human value to income, and even though it's not the correct way to view people, that's how society views everyone. And ultimately, it doesn't matter what you think of yourself - it's what other people think of you. You can think the opposite all you want but it won't change anything. Currency is considered a measure of worth and value for a reason.

Sigh. Argumentum ad populum.

Still failing to take in relativity into account and relativistic philosophy into account.

(10-23-2012 02:54 AM)యూజర్ పేరు Wrote:  And as a democratic society, the majority is always right. Whether or not the majority is factually and logically correct is irrelevant, because the majority will always define their beliefs as correct./quote]

Playing the same fallacy when you failed to take the relativistic issue into account.

[quote='యూజర్ పేరు' pid='475726' dateline='1350924871']I'm going to keep making generalizations because they save me the time of having to say "almost everyone except a few" before everything I say. It's common sense to know that someone who completed high school (and completed college) will have a better chance of having success in being able to support themself than someone who dropped out of college.

Whether you completed college or not may not have to do with whether you're anti-school or not. In fact there are scientists who does think as school as prisons. Also, better chances may not always be applicable as that depends on circumstantial issues.

(10-23-2012 02:54 AM)యూజర్ పేరు Wrote:  Either way, you're still retaining information somehow. There's a reason rote memorization is the preferred way of learning: when you're in a class of 30 people, there isn't enough time or resources to tailor a lesson to each individual person.

Again, failing to take differences in brain and different variables influencing different learning rate. Rote memorization may not necessarily work for everyone. This means rote memorization may not necessarily be the preferred way of learning.

(10-23-2012 02:54 AM)యూజర్ పేరు Wrote:  If you want to get the best education while learning only what you want to learn, that's what college is for.

Training=/=Education

If you look up definition of education, you'll understand that it may not necessarily be exclusively to institutional training centers. So one could get a proper learning environment without having college if they're so determined for it, furthermore, there's no guarantee that one will be educated after finished college.

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You are going nowhere in life - GreenLamp - 10-22-2012, 06:51 AM
You are going nowhere in life - GreenLamp - 10-22-2012, 07:54 AM
RE: You are going nowhere in life - Ky - 10-22-2012, 10:04 AM
You are going nowhere in life - GreenLamp - 10-22-2012, 10:18 AM
You are going nowhere in life - GreenLamp - 10-22-2012, 09:24 PM
RE: You are going nowhere in life - Reptorian - 10-23-2012 03:24 AM
You are going nowhere in life - SoulRiser - 10-23-2012, 05:03 AM
RE: You are going nowhere in life - McGee! - 10-23-2012, 05:40 AM
RE: You are going nowhere in life - Ky - 10-23-2012, 09:05 AM
You are going nowhere in life - GreenLamp - 10-23-2012, 06:52 AM
You are going nowhere in life - GreenLamp - 10-23-2012, 07:51 AM
You are going nowhere in life - GreenLamp - 10-24-2012, 04:49 AM
You are going nowhere in life - Ky - 10-24-2012, 10:11 AM
You are going nowhere in life - SoulRiser - 12-05-2012, 12:15 AM
RE: You are going nowhere in life - Elfy - 04-17-2014, 06:53 PM
RE: You are going nowhere in life - HSHARK - 08-17-2016, 02:08 PM
You are going nowhere in life - DreamRebel - 08-17-2016, 04:07 PM

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