Sudoku Puzzles

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OK, now I can relax. As if I needed a reason...
What is left of it.

But an underlying question is the quality of a college degree (or a college education) today compared to 50 years ago. It is possible to graduate and still be far less competent, literate or learned than a high school graduate would have been 50 years ago, when finishing high school was just More...

Good morning to everyone. Vici - do you have much smoke up there? It's pretty thick down here!

A college education is now required for many jobs that a college education is really not necessary for. Many companies are requiring the college education because it proves a certain amount of scholarship and character (i.e, being both a self starter and a completer) that one can now get a high More...

There is a copy of an eighth grade exam from 1895 making the e-mail rounds, that I venture most "college graduates" today, couldn't pass.

Sample question: Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.

It gets worse...at most universities, it is now possible to get a degree in American history without ever taking a course on the Revolution, the acceptance of the Constitution, the Civil War, or the Depression. Not a single book on the Industrial Revolution or World War II.

You can imagine what courses they do take...

Just a reminder...

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

Now there's a riddle of the day, Jerry...

I can come up with a lot of them. I only wish I could claim credit for their creation...

OK, one more.

The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

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Good afternoon to all! Vici, I'm sure Keith would enjoy sitting with Jeremiah. He's a very thin bullfrog, and he's a good friend of mine. To top it off, he always has some very fine wine!

Kathy - I'm sorry. I have a headache and am hurrying through stuff to get ready for fair. Didn't even get to post about any puzzles yesterday (did I do any?). I thought I was on track as I read your puzzle, but the last line didn't work, so I'm going to slide on this one. Glad someone got it right, that's all that counts.

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The talk of university in the 60's... My father passed on when I was 15 and my mother was sole bread winner. I went to university by working part-time, summer jobs ans student loans that took me six years to pay off after I entered the work force full time. Anyone and everyone had the opportunity to go to college or university if they wanted to by just wanting it badly enough and working for it.

Okay, again after spouting the words, I had to hear the song. Enjoy Three Dog Night singing "Joy to the World."

Julius Caesar walked into a bar and sat down on a bar stoll. When bartender came over, he said to him, "I'd like a martinus."
The bartender, a little confused, said, "Don't you mean a martini?"
Caesar replied, "If I wanted a double, I would have asked for it."

I don't think I knew there was other choices other than UC according to my dad. He dropped the application for UC system on my desk in October and I filled out everything except the page asking why did I want to go that school. I hemmed and hawed until March the following year and BS'ed it just More...

Greg – I’m so with you on your statement about anyone and everyone having the opportunity to go to college if they want it badly enough. What was true in the ‘60s is true today (IMO). I think one of the problems now is that many have a feeling of entitlement and want things handed to them on a More...

I agree Linda, and Ian, sure, anyone can earn a degree in certain programs just by coasting through and taking "bird" courses, but you only get something out of an education based on what you put into that education to start with. Those people with that "degree" in American history will have little to offer as teachers, politicians, etc. That's sad.

Bird courses? Does "Underwater Basket Weaving" qualify?

Greg – your comment on what one gets out of an education is based on what one puts into it is true of everything in life. Some people choose to skate through and others look for (and are willing to work for) a more meaningful experience. I guess it boils down to what a person wants in life (or More...

Positive--negative, optimist--pessimist, it is so true that you see what you're looking for. If you want to focus on those that skate by and make a mockery of whatever they're a part of, you can make any program look bad. If you want to focus on those that take it seriously and put in the effort to get everything they can out of a program, then that program looks good.

"There is a copy of an eighth grade exam from 1895 making the e-mail rounds, that I venture most "college graduates" today, couldn't pass." - I think that is a bit of a sweeping statement Jerry. It implies that just because someone doesn't know their diacritical marks More...

Thats alt + 130 - é

In 1963, my husband received a full fellowship for graduate school at the University of Wisconsin (Madison). He earned 2 masters (one in science and the other in business administration) in 2 years. When he came to Wisconsin, he didn't speak a word of English but managed to ace all his courses. He claims our college-level courses back then were the equivalent of high school courses in Chile.

andré - that question regarding diacritical marks was just one of many questions. I think Jerry was just citing one example of subjects that are not included in today's curricula in the U.S.

Yes I appreciate that Jane and I am sure Jerry would never take anything I say personally...

Well for goodness sake André.... for four years I've been cutting and pasting that damn é just to please you and now you tell us the easy way to do it!!!

Keith.... well said chum!

Google "1895 eighth grade final exam" and you come up with about 11,000 hits. Two of the more interesting ones are

http://www.snopes.com/language/document/1895exam.asp

and

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/a/1895exam.htm

Kathy, dressed in a pink tutu, entered a store that sell curtains. She tells the salesman, “I would like to buy a pair of pink curtains.”
The salesman assured herm that they had a large selection of pink curtains. He showed her several patterns, but Kathy seemed to be having a hard time More...

Sorry Kathy!

Oh, Greg! You poor thing! lol
Alt 3 = ♥
Alt 0128 = €
Alt 156 = £
Alt 0162 = ¢
Alt 0176 = ° (degrees)
Alt 13 = ♪
Alt 14 = ♫
Now, let's see if these come out as typed.....

Does Alt 176 earn you a university degree?

I love it! Pink for my little 'windows'!
And thanks for the loan of the tutu, CG.

Sure. Print it out and apply for any job! ANY company would be impressed!

I'm rushing over to MacDonalds right now. I'm hoping for a window seat in the drive through (without pink curtains).

Kathy,

Before you get bombarded with complaints about your instructions not working, tell people that they have to use the numeric keypad, not the row of numbers at the top of the keyboard. And on a laptop, they have to hold down "Function" to activate that built-in keyboard.