What You say is true.
But is it relevant on our circumstances ?

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Thomas Berg   Specialist   IT Utveckling   Swedbank AB (Publ)  

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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Ted MacNEIL
> Skickat: den 28 januari 2008 15:07
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> >A belief that formal education, diplomas, etc equate with 
> intelligence, competence, qualifications to perform an 
> occupation is a widespread contemporary prejudice. It's got a 
> similarity of a faith. Occasionally
> expressions of this "faith" come up on this list, 
> unchallenged, and they irritate me.
> 
> This 'faith' is grounded in facts:
> 
> 1. You require a minimal intelligence to get through formal education.
> 2. You need some grounding in the fundamentals of your trade.
> 3. You have to prove you are trainable.
> 
> If this is prejudice, so be it!
> 
> -
> Too busy driving to stop for gas!
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