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There is some validity to what Walter said. Good teachers with control of the class is critical. However, Walter's uncle is also right. Defining what education is requires more space than this comment box will allow. High school plus some vocational training or apprenticeship is all many citizens need. I have respect for a good mechanic or electrician. I have PhD electrical engineer friends who can't wire a house. However, one of them (we were in graduate school together and shared a house) in the 1960s proved that ultrasound could be used to monitor cardiac volumes and other structures in the body. He and another PhD engineer sold there company to Siemens and started a consulting business and I just checked online to find them still business. I was surprised because they don't need to work. They're doing what they enjoy doing. Also 'education' is a not a process confined to a school building.

Bill Gates and Michael Dell are college dropouts. Mike Rowe has a nice balanced view of this. 'How America Works' is well worth watching.

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