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MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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What a day we had. In a way it was a bust. We went to the National Zoo and were not impressed. It was a gorgeous day, but so many animals were not in their enclosures. We didn’t see any of the big cats or gorillas. The coolest area was the Amazonian house. The cutest animals were the pandas. The food was just blech. Thank goodness the cashier gave us a member discount. We are not members so she didn’t have to do that. Here are some pictures.
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MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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In the Amazon area were Arapaima fish. They were featured on an episode of River Monsters. They were huge! A volunteer showed us a skull of one. It had some scary teeth. They need to come up for air every 20 minutes which is bad for them because people do try and catch them. Apparently they taste good.
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This was interesting. There was an A113 painted on this tank. Many Disney fans know that A113 was the animation classroom that many animators took class at Cal Arts.
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93boomer

93boomer

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
What a day we had. In a way it was a bust. We went to the National Zoo and were not impressed. It was a gorgeous day, but so many animals were not in their enclosures. We didn’t see any of the big cats or gorillas. The coolest area was the Amazonian house. The cutest animals were the pandas. The food was just blech. Thank goodness the cashier gave us a member discount. We are not members so she didn’t have to do that. Here are some pictures.
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Love me some pandas!❤️
 
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wdwfan4ver

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Goofyernmost said:
If we read the news we can see that some of the wealthy are buying those educations, many holders of them are worthless. It's been that way for a long time and it is clear that a lot of those people are dumber than a box of rocks.
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I think it is more than wealthy. Colleges are corrupt in terms of student athletes. Division 1 colleges get high school students that are talented in sports, but does not do that well in class room. Division 1 schools care about cash than about student grades and gives those athletes scholarships. There is big money in college football and college basketball.

I remembered reading on the news years ago that colleges actually made up classes so the students have a GPA good enough to be eligible to play college sports. There even was a football player back in 2000 that was playing college football with a 0.0 grade point average at Ohio state.

Besides corruption, Division 1 colleges recruit basketball players that only want to play one year of college basketball before declaring for the NBA draft. The NBA has rule that prevents basketball players to declare themselves for the NBA draft in the same year they graduate from high school.

That means the colleges are looking at talent that does not want a degree, but play basketball professionally instead. The colleges still gives these one and done basketball players a scholarship and to me it is a waste of a scholarship.
 
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Gabe1

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Goofyernmost said:
You are probably correct, but, think about this, if people stopped spending massive amounts of money to obtain those Masters Degree's then companies would have to move you up without it and would judge you by your performance in the real world not a piece of paper that in and of itself is not worth as much as the frame it sits in.

I understand the importance of a good education, but it has gone off the rails, out of control. There doesn't appear to be an end to it in the near future, it is a 600 pound Gorilla in our living rooms. We know it's there but, we are afraid to shove it away. In the dark ages when I was in school, an Associates Degree got your foot in the door and management was in your future. Then it was the Bachelors Degree that opened all those doors. Now it is turning into a Masters, soon it will be a Doctorate. It will have to end, soon, unless someone dreams up a Degree higher than that. There are many very smart, very talented people with many skills and abilities that are discounted out because they don't have that piece of paper. It is just plain stupid. If we read the news we can see that some of the wealthy are buying those educations, many holders of them are worthless. It's been that way for a long time and it is clear that a lot of those people are dumber than a box of rocks.
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wdwfan4ver said:
I think it is more than the worthy. Colleges are corrupt in terms of student athletes. Division 1 colleges get high school students that are talented in sports, but does not do that well in class room. Division 1 schools care about cash than about student grades and gives those athletes scholarships. There is big money in college football and college basketball.

I remembered reading on the news years ago that colleges actually made up classes so the students have a GPA good enough to be eligible to play college sports. There even was a football player back in 2000 that was playing college football with a 0.0 grade point average at Ohio state.

Besides corruption, Division 1 colleges recruit basketball players that only want to play one year of college basketball before declaring for the NBA draft. The NBA has rule that prevents basketball players to declare themselves for the NBA draft in the same year they graduate from high school.

That means the colleges are looking at talent that does not want a degree, but play basketball professionally instead. The colleges still gives these one and done basketball players a scholarship and to me it is a waste of a scholarship.
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There is corruption everywhere from our highest leaders to educational institutions to the very simple people that are cheaters in everyday life.

Most are not. Most that are never own it.

Me I look at my kids with great pride. When they were born I promised them they would be educated. They were. Not by cheating or scam but because of sacrifice by parents to fulfill a promise at birth.

I take pride in what my son has accomplished being promoted many times in his short career and is focused on bring happiness to all. He will never be disqualified for lacking formal education in the path he has chosen.

My daughter will graduate as a computer science engineer with her masters in December quite a feat for a woman in her field one of few in her graduating class. She was plucked because of her degree and being a climbing woman into the field and will launch her new career Monday with a corporation known nationwide just months prior to even completing her masters. She didn’t apply. She was found and sought.

My kids earned their degrees. They were not accepted into Nationally recognition schools because of their parents corrupt behaviors. They have succeeded because of dedication they had and parents that were dedicated to educating them. Nothing else. That gets lost in these conversations whether it is corrupt politics, wealthy with their kids, sports or everyday parents making poor personal choices that limit their children. There is all kinds of corruption of humans but never loose sight of the majority, millions of students that become educated because students and their parents do it properly without corruption.

Me I take pride in what my young adult children have accomplished and we as parents found to be be personally important in the 21st century.
 

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