tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821345570811107481.post3612007119541719800..comments2024-03-17T00:13:44.599-07:00Comments on Marty Nemko: Yet More Evidence that Higher Education is America's Most Overrated ProductMarty Nemkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14850388752934193821noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821345570811107481.post-56501431290104656112011-01-26T14:37:22.911-08:002011-01-26T14:37:22.911-08:00Dear Marty,
When I was about 31 I had a scholarsh...Dear Marty,<br /><br />When I was about 31 I had a scholarship for an MBA (Case Western Reserve University) which was partially delivered in Hungary.<br /><br />I could not attend the program due to personal reasons but for a few short weeks in which I did attend the program I had an eye opening experience:<br /><br />The average US students had a score of say 500-600 on the GMAT they well well dressed, were well spoken and had no inhibitions.<br /><br />The Eastern European students in comparison were all the product of dictatorial regimes with high quality Prussian type educational systems which stresses book learning and recital and no oratorial skills with degrees in engineering , maths, computer sciences etc. from excellent albeit no name universities (At least on the world stage)<br /><br />The Eastern European students had GMATs of 650-750 and were smart. Their spoken English was poor because they never had the chance to speak it with natives. They were poorly dressed, had no money and had an air of slight dispair.<br /><br />The US and Canadian "professors" imparting their superior knowledge were dressed in elegant marine blue jackets, wore gold rimmed glasses and made stage like soap opera style presentations and gave veritable "rah rah you will be successful" sessions.<br /><br />After a time I simply figured out that this was the only school were the students were far more qualified and intelligent than their so called professors.<br /><br />You blog seems to corroborate that at the end of the day what really matters is who you are and what you know instead of attending designer label schools. Even networking can be accomplished without going to these places.<br /><br />I am pretty much convinced convinced that in an increasingly globalized world with the onset of the coming American nightmare cum financial Armageddon the Ivy League Schools will loose their prestige.<br /><br />If I would be 20 now then I would strive to go to a top Chinese University since the XXI century will belong to them.<br /><br />Thanks for your insights.Milannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821345570811107481.post-30361488790326773012011-01-26T07:08:10.252-08:002011-01-26T07:08:10.252-08:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeNlPO6Q7yo
Looks ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeNlPO6Q7yo<br /><br />Looks like some Taiwanese animators have figured this out before most Americans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821345570811107481.post-68041860996006466042011-01-21T12:15:29.615-08:002011-01-21T12:15:29.615-08:00Here's an interesting little screed at pajamas...Here's an interesting little screed at pajamas media on this topic:<br /><br />http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/many-students-learn-little-to-nothing-in-college-surprise/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821345570811107481.post-49226703287493247762011-01-19T21:40:58.179-08:002011-01-19T21:40:58.179-08:00This video parody and this one may each contain mo...This <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1812947" rel="nofollow">video parody</a> and <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1944515" rel="nofollow">this one</a> may each contain more than a little grain of truth.Jeffriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15825446029146582339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821345570811107481.post-10986781847545787752011-01-19T18:30:58.217-08:002011-01-19T18:30:58.217-08:00Interesting book.
http://www.amazon.com/Academic...Interesting book. <br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Academically-Adrift-Limited-Learning-Campuses/dp/0226028569/ref=pd_zg_rss_ts_b_53_5Tom Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03181030272940156186noreply@blogger.com