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Re:Making the Grades by alanwatts on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @03:05PM (#11809166)
>If they aren't giving an education and people can still get jobs "for years" what exactly is the point of $200k education again?

Its purpose is more symbolic than realistic. Symbols are easily faked. An example of this is how Frank Abagnale was able to fake having gone to medical, law, and flight school, among many other things.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Abagnale

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Re:Making the Grades by WalterBright on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @06:06PM (#11810668)
Yeah, but Abagnale never tried to fly an airplane.
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Re:Making the Grades by slavik81 on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @06:18PM (#11810735)
Wikipedia says he was sometimes invited by the actual pilot to take the controls. Presumably that was just holding it steady. Apparently, he knew enough to switch it to autopilot.

He also didn't do a very good job as a doctor (supervising the residents doing the actual work). Wikipedia mentions that a baby nearly died because he didn't understand what the nurse was talking about.

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