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From: raf@hopd3.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Schools
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Date: Tue, 9-Aug-83 09:39:20 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  9 09:39:20 1983
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It's interesting to me that you (Lynda Feng)
are not too crazy about your education, but
in the area of liberal/social arts! One of
my pet complaints is the inadequacy of my
education but in different areas all together:
1. They never taught me how to apply for a job
1a. They never taught me how to write a resume
1b. They never taught me how to interview
2. They never taught me how to pick out a lawyer
2a. They never taught me how to recognize when I needed one
3. They never taught me how to pick out a doctor
3a. They never told me what kind of doctor was for what
3b. They never spoke to me about the merits of acupuncture or
	chiropractics, or yoga.
3c. They didn't teach me Tai-Chi
4. They never told me about insurance of any kind
5. Marraige, not a word
6. Being a parent, nothing.
7. Investing, nope.
8. Dealing with death - what's that got to do with education right?
9. Mental attitudes...correct thinking...self programming.
10. Politics, dealing with your representatives
11. Paying taxes, and not paying taxes
12. Career futures
13. Buying a car
14. Credit 
15. The military.
16. How to talk to a policeperson.
17. How not to be a biggot/racist/chauvanist
18. Why are we here

Oh I could go on and on. I was a teacher, and I know
it's not easy to be one. But when I consider some of
the subjects I had to take, and what they've done
for me, as opposed to what I've had to learn myself
it seems as though I was forced to waste a lot of time.
			Ron Flannery