On Sep 14, 2020, at 7:05 PM, Peter Lloyd Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi Waldemar,

Ummmm… I don’t know. I also have many definitive failures that have taught me much. Education is a messy endeavor. 

P

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On Sep 14, 2020, at 4:01 PM, Waldemar Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

So, a less than satisfactory educational experience overall then, Peter?

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On Sep 14, 2020, at 6:36 AM, Peter Lloyd Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

General rule, for me, is:

Grade school - professional-grade day dreaming, sent to ear doctor for not being intellectually present

Middle school - Failing seventh grade

High school - the system failing my needs, dropping out in tenth grade, getting a GED and attending a community college for grades

Bachelor’s - expansion of one’s knowledge base and worldview, etc.

Bachelor’s - expansion of one’s knowledge base and worldview, etc.part 2

Master’s - filing grievances against chair of the department for appropriating my ideas 

Doctoral - really??

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On Sep 12, 2020, at 5:08 PM, Waldemar A Schmidt, PhD, MD <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

General rule, for me, is:

Grade school - basic skills to warrant advance to Middle school.

Middle school - basic skills to warrant advance to Hight school.

High school - basic skills to warrant advance to college/uni.

Bachelor’s - expansion of one’s knowledge base and worldview, etc.

Master’s - acquisition of specialty skills needed in some types of work.

Doctoral - acquisition of advance skills, usually in specialty area, w/ or w/o societal approval to do certain work - health care, lega, etc.

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