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Title: The graduate student is father to the man
Post by: ribonucleic on April 02, 2007, 02:58:23 PM
His former Harvard Business School professor recalls George W. Bush not just as a terrible student but as spoiled, loutish and a pathological liar.

"He showed pathological lying habits and was in denial when challenged on his prejudices and biases. He would even deny saying something he just said 30 seconds ago. He was famous for that. Students jumped on him; I challenged him." When asked to explain a particular comment...Bush would respond, "Oh, I never said that."

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2004/09/16/tsurumi/index.html
Title: Re: The graduate student is father to the man
Post by: OKMike on April 02, 2007, 03:12:44 PM
He made better grades there than Kerry.   ;)
Title: Re: The graduate student is father to the man
Post by: ribonucleic on April 02, 2007, 03:13:23 PM
He made better grades there than Kerry.   ;)

Swiftboater.  :)
Title: Re: The graduate student is father to the man
Post by: youandme on April 02, 2007, 03:19:05 PM
Pretty good read
Title: Re: The graduate student is father to the man
Post by: ieffinhatecardio on April 02, 2007, 06:21:00 PM
Bush 43 is proof positive that for certain well connected students an Ivy League education means nothing.
Title: Re: The graduate student is father to the man
Post by: ribonucleic on April 02, 2007, 06:52:51 PM
Bush 43 is proof positive that for certain well connected students an Ivy League education means nothing.

A friend who went to Yale has gotten no end of shit from me about this in the last 6 years.  :)
Title: Re: The graduate student is father to the man
Post by: Camel Jockey on April 03, 2007, 07:58:26 AM
Bush 43 is proof positive that for certain well connected students an Ivy League education means nothing.

Tell that to my cousin who worked his ass off to get into Cornell. 

But you are right about rich kids who's fathers attended or they got in with big connections and donations to the school.
Title: Re: The graduate student is father to the man
Post by: militarymuscle69 on April 03, 2007, 08:01:32 AM
Tell that to my cousin who worked his ass off to get into Cornell. 

But you are right about rich kids who's fathers attended or they got in with big connections and donations to the school.

LMAO, worked his ass off...they call that affirmative action
Title: Re: The graduate student is father to the man
Post by: Old_Rooster on April 03, 2007, 08:03:02 AM
He made better grades there than Kerry.   ;)
Plus kerry was worse, he lied to get purple heart.  fuck kerry, at least the nation figured out he was a fucking liar.
Title: Re: The graduate student is father to the man
Post by: Camel Jockey on April 03, 2007, 08:07:55 AM
LMAO, worked his ass off...they call that affirmative action

Blacks, hispanics and native americans get affirmative action you dumbass.

Asian kids are hurt more by affirmitive action than even white kids when seeking admission, as their spots seem to get replaced by blacks and hispanics. Infact there was a Princeton study done on affirmative action hurting asians.

Read and learn, Gi-Joe.

A 2005 study by Princeton sociologists Thomas J. Espenshade and Chang Y. Chung compared the effects of affirmative action on racial and special groups at three highly selective private research universities. The data from the study represent admissions disadvantage and advantage in terms of SAT points (on the old 1600-point scale):

Blacks: +230
Hispanics: +185
Asians: –50
Recruited athletes: +200
Legacies (children of alumni): +160


http://opr.princeton.edu/faculty/tje/espenshadessqptii.pdf
Title: Re: The graduate student is father to the man
Post by: ieffinhatecardio on April 03, 2007, 08:31:13 AM
A friend who went to Yale has gotten no end of shit from me about this in the last 6 years.  :)

Amazing isn't it? You go to Yale and you figure no one will ever be able to call you on your education. LOL

Tell that to my cousin who worked his ass off to get into Cornell. 

But you are right about rich kids who's fathers attended or they got in with big connections and donations to the school.

Certain legacies have a clear path through the Ivy Leagues no matter how good a student they are or how much work they do. There's a reason Harvard's endowment is so massive.
Title: Re: The graduate student is father to the man
Post by: Camel Jockey on April 03, 2007, 03:55:51 PM
Bump for militarymuscle being a dummy.
Title: Re: The graduate student is father to the man
Post by: youandme on April 03, 2007, 04:30:08 PM
Bump for militarymuscle being a dummy.

lmao