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   masterskrain said, 4 months ago

   It is sad when you realize that the University of Florida shut down one entire Computer studies program, ostensibly to save about $1.75 Million a couple of years ago, while at the same time increasing the Athletics Department’s budget by $2 Million!
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 4 months ago

   Sports are where the money is. Capitalism rules.
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   The Wolf In Your Midst said, 4 months ago

   @Night-Gaunt49

   Well, maybe China will be on top in science, in math, in technological know-how… but they’ll never score a touchdown on us! USA! USA!
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   cjr53 said, 4 months ago

   @The Wolf In Your Midst

   I love how you made the ridiculous look ridiculous. :-)
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   Radish said, 4 months ago

   Underpaid teachers, overcrowded classrooms, double-schedule schools, broken-down school buildings, inadequate facilities and a number of other failings that come from something else — the cult of athleticism, marching bands, high-school drum majorettes, ethnic ghetto schools, de-intellectualized curricula, the failure to educate in serious subjects, the neglect of academically gifted children.
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   Richard Hofstadter’s wide-ranging cultural history, Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, 1964
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   Rickapolis said, 4 months ago

   Can’t we just use our smart phones to get out of this?
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   Donald Williams said, 4 months ago

   @The Wolf In Your Midst

   
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   ghostkeeper said, 4 months ago

   @masterskrain

   Sad, yes. Unexpected? No. Really, isn’t it time for most colleges and universities to stop pretending they are there to teach? Close down all academic departments and/or move to those few colleges/universities without any sports programs. Most universities today are just training camps for professional sports, so end the pretense!
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   Ms. Ima said, 4 months ago

   Israel is where the cyber anti-terrorists are trained.
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    cjr53 said, 4 months ago

    @Ms. Ima

    I love how you always make yourself look ridiculous.
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    pirate227 said, 4 months ago

    Not enough people are getting technical degrees.
    Maybe it has something to do with a segment of this country that don’t want their children taught science? Or anyone else’s children. I’m looking at you, Texas.
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 4 months ago

    @The Wolf In Your Midst

    So many computer geniuses lost their jobs, farmed out over seas, no real jobs in there field here for a decade or more. That can cripple our work force very easily.
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    Donald Williams said, 4 months ago

    @pirate227

    I’m looking at you, Texas.
    -———
    Yep! Wouldn’t want them higher order thinking skills to get in the way of gun rights, by Gawd!
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/texas-gop-rejects-critical-thinking-skills-really/2012/07/08/gJQAHNpFXW_blog.html
    
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    pirate227 said, 4 months ago

    @Donald Williams

    Thank you. I rest my case.
    And remember NOT to vote Republican, folks.
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    Donald Williams said, 4 months ago

    @pirate227

    
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