cshenk wrote:
> Bruce wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:07:18 -0600, graham <
g.st...@shaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> > > On 2020-04-26 3:58 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
> > >>
> > >> That is one of the questions I have had about post secondary
> > education. >> In some countries it is free and they pat
> > themselves on their >> collective backs for valuing education. My
> > post secondary education was >> not free, though I recognize that
> > it was heavily subsidized. Like most >> people I knew, I had to
> > work my way through school. I had always had >> part time work, so
> > it was not a foreign concept to me. >>
> > >> While I university I met a wide range of people. Some of them
> > came from >> affluent backgrounds and some came from the low end of
> > the >> socio-economic ladder. I was in the middle or a little
> > above, My parents >> could not afford to pay my tuition and books,
> > but I did not qualify for >> assistance from the government.
> > However, I did have a summer job that >> paid well, and I had part
> > time work during the year. >>
> > >> I did spend some of my time in bars with my friends. One thing
> > I >> notices was that some of those who came from wealthy
> > backgrounds seemed >> to always be there. Some of those who were
> > there on government grants >> were always there. That kind of led
> > me to the conclusion that if a post >> secondary education is
> > important, you should have to work for it. >>
> > > Bollocks!
> > > When I went to Uni, everyone went on a means-tested grant with
> > > the wealthy getting a minimum one but still having the fees paid.
> > > VERY few played around. The vast majority worked bloody hard on
> > > their courses.
> >
> > My ideal was to get a 6- (on ten) for an exam. 6- was the lowest
> > grade you'd pass with. Anything higher and I felt like I worked too
> > hard or hadn't skipped enough classes.
>
>
> Not to wonder that today you are a dolt and gobsmacking failure
LOL, direct Gregory Morrow post to Bruce who as everyone knows, is in
my killfile so I only see him is someone quotes him. Note, I'm not
even in this thread at all.