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From: matloff@bizet.Berkeley.EDU (Norman Matloff)
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Subject: Re: The need for an advanced degree
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Date: 11 Jan 89 02:41:28 GMT
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In article <8901101344.AA21802@decwrl.dec.com> ciarfella@levers.dec.com (Paul Ciarfella) writes:

>RE: decwrl!ucbvax!agate!bizet.Berkeley.EDU!matloff (Norm Matloff)

>	>My first comment is that it's like the old joke about a person of
>	>ordinary financial means who sees a wealthy guy on a yacht, and asks
>	>how much it costs.  The rich guy says, "If you have to ask the price, 
>	>then you can't afford it."  :-)   I do feel that if someone has to ask 
>	>about the benefits of grad school, then they are probably not the type 
>	>of person who would, upon completion of grad school, feel that it was 
>	>"worth it."

*	The reason I'm asking about the benefits of grad school is that
*	I do not know much about it.  Just because I don't know much 
*	about something does not mean that I won't appreciate the 
*	experience.

Oops!  My comments apparently came across as being snide.  Please accept
my apology.  I certainly did NOT intend snideness.  However, empirically,
I have observed what I described in your quote of me.  Again, no value
judgement implied; it's just a question of each person's individual
interests and likes/dislikes.

   Norm