On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Chuck wrote: > > I guess I don't, because to me, the fact that you'd assume that you know > > what Gel would think, and assume that he'd feel better about something > based > > solely on the color of a person's skin... well, to me, that seems like > > racism. But I'm probably wrong, because I don't understand racism. > > > > I said "I bet" not "I know" and it is racism. It's my opinion the > majority of the non-western world thinks the western world is full of > racists who are determined to keep them down. > well, even the assumption (the "I bet") came across as racist. but i guess we agree on that point, so... movin' on... :) > > the degree doesn't prove critical thinking. > > > > To get into HLS you have to be the absolute best of the best at > critical thinking. You have to score near perfect on the LSAT which > means that now only do you have to be able to solve problems - and > subjective ones at that - but you have to do it extremely quickly; no > time to doddle. > snipping the rest of this, not because i don't think it's relevant, but just to observe netiquette (wanted to make that point explicitly). i'll admit that i have no idea (zilch, nada, zip) of what it takes to get a law degree specifically. your points are well taken, but from my admittedly naive perspective, success in school (in a general sense) does not automatically equate to success in the real world. it may not be a fair analogy, but i have to stick with what i know... a number of college football players who are predicted to tear it up in the NFL fail miserably because it's a whole different world. my CF analogy (flawed tho it may be) was merely my attempt to state that success in one venue (academia) does not automatically equate to success afterward. i'm -not- trying to insinuate that his accomplishments at harvard are meaningless. a degree, any degree, is a positive thing, IMO. it illustrates the ability to meet deadlines, follow instruction, prioritize, and obviously, to succeed. but, to reiterate, it's a controlled environment that (IMO) doesn't serve to conclusively indicate that those same successes will be attained in the real world. -- I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love my wife. And I wish you my kind of success. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:267949 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
