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Old 10-21-2009, 12:04 AM   #27
1320junkie


 
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Originally Posted by DocHolliday View Post
I respectfully disagree with you junkie. Aside from Bill Gates I don't think most people could name five non college educated billionaires (without the use of google) . I think "most" is just an inappropriate term for this. Statics have proven time and again that people in the higher earning brackets are university educated, you just don't hear about them because they're not unique.

Obviously there are exceptions but to suggest that PQ should take his kid out of honors courses because "most" million and billionaires are uneducated just isn't a fair statement.

PQ you opened a can of worms with this one!
lol i just read it in USA today this week thats why I chimed in on that one.
Frank Lyod Wright, Ty Warner, Rachel Ray, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Milton Hershye,Debbie Fields,,umm Walt Disney, Henry Ford, Debbie Fields, Barry Diller, Michael Dell,Mary Kay Ash, Richard Branson, Coco Chanel,..the list goes on and on..just because the mainstream hasnt heard of them doesnt mean they are not out there..I for one still believe in education. here is a site with quite a few listed in alphabetical order
http://www.collegedropoutshalloffame.com/index.htm
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