Chris, People with an accounting degree make a lot more money than people with a sociology degree. Should I mention this too?
I actually wonder about this sometimes on a deeper level. Michael -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of chris salituro Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 7:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: TEACHSOC: Re: Time-tested sociological insights Michael, Tell your students that there is a correlation between the amount of education a person has (by degree) and his/her income later in life. Then tell them that their achievement on the SAT/ACT is correlated with their parents income. If this doesn't get their attention, then tell them to drop out and test the research! :-) just kidding, but good luck, Chris Salituro there are numerous resources for this, but here's two: http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:Ms_AuE2jRXsJ:www.census.gov/prod/ 2002pubs/p23-210.pdf+income+and+education +attainment&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sats/etc/gap.html Chris Salituro On Sep 15, 2006, at 1:41 PM, Joyce Robbins wrote: --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
