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Irish_Dem

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7. Why have any PhDs or professionals?

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Tue Jan 25, 2022, 11:05 AM

Jan 2022

If the average Joe knows more and the best way to proceed on any topic, what is the point of spending all that time and money to get advanced degrees?

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With the new "parents' rights" concepts being touted in several states, one has to ask: [View all] Atticus Jan 2022 OP

Parents rights is not about the children of the christofascists... Thomas Hurt Jan 2022 #1

+1 as a non parent but a taxpayer, I'm going to demand that *I* get to spooky3 Jan 2022 #6

I can see a great migration of people who still believes in democracy leaving . .. Lovie777 Jan 2022 #2

schools work that way. mopinko Jan 2022 #5

That's what my family did kcr Jan 2022 #12

Give the snowflake students a graduate degree in ignorance and send them home. Freethinker65 Jan 2022 #3

In the case of Texas it is total BS with Abbott trying to get walkingman Jan 2022 #4

Why have any PhDs or professionals? Irish_Dem Jan 2022 #7

All teaching used to be in the hands of priests. eppur_se_muova Jan 2022 #8

Exactly! All of this! Mad_Machine76 Jan 2022 #9

Republican politicians merely realized that stupid people can vote, and ... Whiskeytide Jan 2022 #15

The worse thing about these idiots is that they think they're wise. NightWatcher Jan 2022 #10

I never made any kids, but I've raised a few... Iggo Jan 2022 #11

Im looking forward to parent teacher conferences jcgoldie Jan 2022 #13

Best of luck getting into a good college! BlueIdaho Jan 2022 #14