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Keyser Soze

On 12/28/16 2:29 PM, Califbill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 12/28/16 10:37 AM, Califbill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 12/27/16 11:09 PM, Califbill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 12/27/16 4:19 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 15:14:04 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 12/27/16 2:56 PM, Tim wrote:
I'm sure there is a good reason for this. Like, removing history class
for the history majors. The students probably know it all anyhow, so
why waste man power and tuition expenses . Pass em anyhow.

Sounds logical to me. After all a sheepskin proves your knowledge, right?

So, you and FlaJim the Moron know as much "history" as someone with a
B.A. in it, eh? Doubtful. And of course you know as much about the
design and manufacture of electric motors as, say, degreed mechanical or
electrical engineers, eh? Doubtful. And FlaJim knows as much about
chipping paint on a navy vessel as, oh, a guy who chips paint on a navy
vessel...

Did you actually read the post you are responding to? I certainly bet
I know more about US history than a GW graduate who did not have to
take a single US history course to get his BA. Where did he get all of
this knowledge? Smoking dope and watching the History channel in his
dorm room? He could have saved the fifty grand and just bought a basic
cable package at home in his mom's basement.

I doubt at 22 you knew as much about history as a college grad in
history at the same age.
And as for whether he/she studied U.S. history, well that would have
depended upon the cycle and sequence taken for the major. If your major
was medieval history of Europe, you wouldn't have spent a lot of time
taking courses about the United States. Or maybe any time.
Reading random books and papers, as you apparently did, ain't the same
as following a course of study taught by professors and discussed by
students discussing similar material in a classroom setting and
producing college-level papers. You may think it is the same, and
results in the same, but...it doesn't.

If you have a degree in history, you should have general knowledge of all
history. Not just what you specialized in!

So, you're now on the California board of regents, eh?

Closer than you. I grew up with Clark Kerr Jr. Seems to be if you know
someone, their knowledge is your knowledge. Plus I pay taxes to support
the California school system. So why should a history major, not have at
least a knowledge of his country's history?

Wow. You knew the son of Clark Kerr. I know the nephew of Gore Vidal. BFD.

BFD to you. You claim to have known every POTUS since Truman, and that
makes you a brilliant POLYSCI wannabe.

No, I didn't *know* them all but I met many of them. Meeting and knowing
aren't the same thing. I knew Truman best of all, though, and I spoke
with him frequently when I was working at the paper in KC, and saw him
personally several times a year in Independence. He was quite
approachable, especially to his neighbors and friends.