Porportion of dwarfs with degrees

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I would think the incidence of dwarfs with degrees would be higher

than the general population. As dwarfs have a harder time finding

employment, and a degree of education would give them an 'edge'

in the face of employment discrimination.

I think you also have to take into socioeconomic status. As more

people from higher to middle incomes have college degrees, probably

due to educated parents steering them towards college.

I went to school on Grants, being very low-income, and I was a

rarity. Especially in Engineering. I was also a rarity, being a single

parent, a women & a dwarf - in Engineering that is.

I would be interested in seeing the statistics too!!

MARY HAWLEY

To Degree or Not to Degree

> Ok, why did I post my message? ::dons on a poncho::

>

> The intention of my message was to find out.. or at least to get an idea

of

> how many LP's went ahead to get college degrees vs. those w/o. I know this

> is not a very good method of doing so since this does not adequately

> represent LPA; I do not know (EG:) the total number of adults on here and

> only a portion of people responded. etc.

>

> However, it has been awesome finding the different variety of majors. I'm

> proud to have this list!

>

> I wanted to research more on this subject because I heard recently that

the

> LP's ratio of college education vs. w/o is below the nation's ratio. I am

> -stressing- no, that is NOT important or relevant to the people on here or

> LPA; I'm just curious.

>

>

> My avg. sized best girl friend from grade school did not go beyond HS and

> is recently had a baby. She is just a stay-at-home Mom now and her husband

> works for them. She is one of the most open-minded and considerate people

I

> know. One of my classmates back in HS is having fun and making a whoopload

> of money as a programmer at Teleport (large ISP co. in the NW). There are

> plenty more out there that I can't think off the top of my head at the

> moment as well.

>

> Crud, even the richest person in the US (starts with a Bill.. can anyone

> guess?) dropped out of HS.

>

> I am going to say, no, a degree does not guarantee a job. But the overall

> effects of having gone to college -usually- means of acquiring greater

> knowledge, more analytical, intuitive...also a better likelihood in

getting

> a higher-end job sooner.

>

> Futhermore, some careers would be very difficult to acquire w/o the

> additional education such as my own. If I decided to go into the Graphic

> Design field after graduating from high school, it would be bleak to get a

> Sr./Art Director job. It is not because I did not learn how to use the

> Design programs, but I would not have learned how to design, composition,

> use of typography.

>

> My father majored in EE in his Bachelor and Master's degree. He went on to

> work as an EE at Intel and another co. for almost 20 yrs. Afterwards, he

> had worked in a variety of high-tech jobs for business and marketing. So

in

> the last 10+ yrs, he's been doing work pretty much unrelated to his major.

> At the same time, I believe that his education, experience allowed him to

> be more applicable to a variety of other positions.

>

>

> Time to get off my soapbox, thanks to everyone for their interest.

>

> Irene

>

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> >-----Original Message-----

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> >>>> " Dart, " <JDart@...> 07/19/00 09:07AM >>>

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> >

> >No degree guarantees a job when you finish regardless of the major,

> >placement rate or location. There are no definites in life other than

> >taxes, death, the sun rising in the East and setting in the West.

Anything

> >else is up for discussion so to speak.

> >

> >Besides no one here did say that having a degree gets you the job you are

> >looking for. Positive attitude, willingness to work and willingness to

start

> >at the bottom usually gets you further. I'm sorry that your major and

your

> >job don't coincide, but maybe you should happy that you have a job.

There

> >are worse thing in life then not getting a job in your chosen field. My

> >degree (English Textual Studies) my job - Network Analyst.

> >

> >

> >

> >

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