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<blockquote data-quote="Pulp" data-source="post: 1531314" data-attributes="member: 14195"><p>I wish he'd run for President.</p><p></p><p>I've been on both sides of the field. I was a science teacher for several years, then went to work in the paper industry. One of the things I learned when teaching was: just because a person has a degree doesn't mean they're smart. I reckon I'm proof of that. One of the things I learned in a paper mill is: just because a person doesn't have a degree doesn't mean they're dumb. It may be a different kind of intelligence, but it's a high degree of intelligence. I don't know if any of y'all have ever run a paper machine, but trust me, most college educated (me included) couldn't do it. But folks that dropped out of high school because they couldn't read or spell well enough to finish can make paper like there is no tomorrow.</p><p></p><p>I don't run a paper machine, I recycle old cardboard boxes into fiber the paper machines use. I work side by side with kids I taught science to many years ago. None were honor students, most were average "C" kids. Yet they learned the systems faster than I did. I finally did learn it, and I'm as good an operator as anyone else now, but it was hard for me. Different type of intelligence. Schools need to identify this type of intelligence and develop it, not try to make everyone fit into one definition of intelligence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pulp, post: 1531314, member: 14195"] I wish he'd run for President. I've been on both sides of the field. I was a science teacher for several years, then went to work in the paper industry. One of the things I learned when teaching was: just because a person has a degree doesn't mean they're smart. I reckon I'm proof of that. One of the things I learned in a paper mill is: just because a person doesn't have a degree doesn't mean they're dumb. It may be a different kind of intelligence, but it's a high degree of intelligence. I don't know if any of y'all have ever run a paper machine, but trust me, most college educated (me included) couldn't do it. But folks that dropped out of high school because they couldn't read or spell well enough to finish can make paper like there is no tomorrow. I don't run a paper machine, I recycle old cardboard boxes into fiber the paper machines use. I work side by side with kids I taught science to many years ago. None were honor students, most were average "C" kids. Yet they learned the systems faster than I did. I finally did learn it, and I'm as good an operator as anyone else now, but it was hard for me. Different type of intelligence. Schools need to identify this type of intelligence and develop it, not try to make everyone fit into one definition of intelligence. [/QUOTE]
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