Bag of Randomness

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  1. Bryan says:

    The big difference between the Cowboys and the Giants in the last games in their respective stadiums: the Cowboys managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and the Giants never had a chance in their game.

    Love the new look and layout of the blog. This is the best one so far.

  2. dan says:

    The posting about "was college worth it" is something that intrigues me, but before I write anything more, I read this item today about college priorities in the U.S [I have to think that they're much different abroad]:
    "A recent NCAA report noted that even football-generated revenue does not cover the operating cost of the football teams at 44 percent of the institutions playing major-college football. Such figures would be worse if the millions in debt for stadium improvements and other facility enhancements were included. These are hardly profit centers at most institutions."

  3. dan says:

    I believe college was originally designed for individuals who were a) above average in intelligence or b) highly motivated or c) could afford it. Anyone of the three could get you into a college somewhere. Then, in the Seventies the United States, probably through the Dept of Education, decided that every single American needed to have a college degree and further that they were entitled to a college education. This meant that the bottom 25% of any high school class could get into a college somewhere, resulting in the explosive growth of junior colleges and college classes in remedial English and math. From that point a college education slowly transitioned from teaching a student how to research facts, analyze, think critically, summarize results and explain the conclusions through writing or speaking into programs awarding degrees for simply “just showing up”.

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