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As many of you are aware, during a discussion of the beverage tax I mentioned that my wife studied at the Harvard Graduate School of Education which stimulated a small discussion of argument by authority. During an in-person discussion at coffee there was a similar dynamic. I always wondered why my wife never told people she went there. When I met her she said she went to college "in Boston". Now I understand better. When I tell people that I went to Berkeley the most common reaction is, "Were you there during the Free Speech Movement?". Harvard seems to be different. When my wife saw "The Social Network" the parts about the clubs and going to Newport during the weekend made her feel ill. Friends, lots of perfectly nice, normal people go to Harvard. Relax.
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It was called "dropping the H-bomb" a few years ago. (And I get the same question about my Berkeley days, Frank. )
Sent from my iPhone > On May 8, 2017, at 1:43 PM, Frank Wimberly <[hidden email]> wrote: > > As many of you are aware, during a discussion of the beverage tax I mentioned that my wife studied at the Harvard Graduate School of Education which stimulated a small discussion of argument by authority. During an in-person discussion at coffee there was a similar dynamic. I always wondered why my wife never told people she went there. When I met her she said she went to college "in Boston". Now I understand better. When I tell people that I went to Berkeley the most common reaction is, "Were you there during the Free Speech Movement?". Harvard seems to be different. When my wife saw "The Social Network" the parts about the clubs and going to Newport during the weekend made her feel ill. Friends, lots of perfectly nice, normal people go to Harvard. Relax. > > Frank Wimberly > Phone (505) 670-9918 > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove |
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This is mischaracterizing what was said. There was no disparagement. Not sure why this was raised again. From: Friam [mailto:[hidden email]]
On Behalf Of Gary Schiltz I didn't take part in the conversation Frank alludes to, nor do I want details about it, but I just want to say that it pisses me off that it has become politically correct to disparage folks who have done well for themselves and gone to
good schools. I myself went to a state supported "cow college" (Kansas State University), so nobody can accuse me of being part of the "elite". I don't begrudge people getting the best education they can get, even if I had neither the financial resources nor
the grades to get into such schools. A degree from a top-tier institution does not automatically confer "authority", but it certainly doesn't weaken ones credentials either. I suspect there is indeed a high degree of correlation between academic prowess of
an institution and the expertise of its alumni. On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 12:43 PM, Frank Wimberly <[hidden email]> wrote:
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