Industry complains to universities that students don’t get enough “training” in valuable skills that will allow them to be immediate technical contributors. Universities fight back by responding that skills are not “scholarly” and that students are learning to be innovative critical thinkers.You can replace “academia” by “government” with no loss of accuracy or clarity.
“Oh really,” says industry. “How is that possible when the people teaching them have never been outside the safety of the walls of academia and have no idea what it’s like out there in the real world?”
One professor responded, “Why do you keep saying we don’t live in the real world?” The industry response: “Because in the real world, you can be fired from your job, and you actually worry about economic downturns.”
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
INDUSTRY VERSUS ACADEMIA ...
CAL THOMAS ON WTOP RADIO: “Conservatives are tired of hearing about party; they want to hear more about principles.”
SNATCHING DEFEAT FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY: John Boehner has just lost my vote in his quest to become Speaker of the House.
Dammit, you never - never! - signal your willingness to compromise with your opponent. You always signal your opponent's willingness to compromise with you. Have the Republicans learned nothing from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars? I wouldn't have thought so, but it appears that this one Republican didn't.
Instapundit weighs in.
Dammit, you never - never! - signal your willingness to compromise with your opponent. You always signal your opponent's willingness to compromise with you. Have the Republicans learned nothing from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars? I wouldn't have thought so, but it appears that this one Republican didn't.
Instapundit weighs in.
FINALLY, SOME PHOTOS from the 9/12 Tea Party rally on the Capitol steps in Washington. The rally assembled on the Ellipse in front of the White House, and marched down Pennsylvana Avenue to the Capitol steps where the speeches took place.
Most of the pictures shown below were taken during the march down Pennsylvania Avenue and early during the rally itself. The posters were pointed, often sarcastic, but I saw none that I would consider beyond the pale. I think I would characterize most of them as neither pro-Republican or anti-Democrat, but of the "Dammit, listen to me!" variety.
On another blog I read recently, it was argued that the people are telling their congresscritters in no uncertain terms that "You represent me to Washington DC; you do not represent Washington DC to me." I believe that's a fair characterization.
Most of the pictures shown below were taken during the march down Pennsylvania Avenue and early during the rally itself. The posters were pointed, often sarcastic, but I saw none that I would consider beyond the pale. I think I would characterize most of them as neither pro-Republican or anti-Democrat, but of the "Dammit, listen to me!" variety.
On another blog I read recently, it was argued that the people are telling their congresscritters in no uncertain terms that "You represent me to Washington DC; you do not represent Washington DC to me." I believe that's a fair characterization.
"Recovery summer" is now "Recovery Fall" ....
The "You're Fired" poster - and its variants - was very popular.
This is representative of the "listen to me" posters.
Separation of wallet and State - one of many economic-themed posters.
West Virginia's coal miners cheering on the rally marchers.
No Apology ... there is a significant undercurrent of disgust at the President's apparent lack of patriotism.
No child left behind a dime.
Shovel ready. I expected more of this, but the rally emphasis this time was clearly on the economy and jobs.
Sarcastic - and smart.
There were many of these ... if number of signs mean anything, the 2010 mid-terms will be a Democratic rout.
Nice play on the "rich Republican" meme the Democrats keep trying to reinforce.
Too obvious for the nuanced Democrat mind.
Nice play on the "What's in your wallet?" commercials.
This one I have to disagree with - in my view, "NO" is the politically incorrect N-word.
Some final observations: the rally size was over 10,000; under 100,000; probably on the close order of 30,000-50,000. Moving with the march, it was hard to get a sense of the totals, but the route along Pennsylvania Avenue is something over a mile, and I'd say the march was the entire length of the route, 6-8 abreast, at a 3 foot interval. Say 12 to 16 thousand; then double that to account for the watchers and early and late arrivals.
I've been waiting for the 9/12 Metro ridership reports; doubling the excess riders seems to be a good surrogate for attendance at previous rallies I've attended.
As usual, attendees were largely middle-aged and white, although there was a significantly higher percentage of minorities this time as compared to earlier rallies. And as usual, the crowd was very well-behaved.
Reason's video summarizes the Tea Party rally quite well. Link is from Instapundit.
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