Phases of Education

"Math & Business"

Engineers and scientists will never make as much
money as business executives.

Now we have a mathematical proof that explains
why this is true:

Postulate 1: Knowledge is Power.
Postulate 2: Time is Money.

As every engineer knows,

              Work
              ---------- = Power
              Time

Since Knowledge = Power, and Time = Money, we have:

              Work
              ----------- = Knowledge
              Money

          Solving for Money, we get:

              Work
              ----------------- = Money
              Knowledge

Thus, as Knowledge approaches zero, Money approaches
infinity regardless of the amount of Work done.

Conclusion: The Less you Know, the More you Make.

Note:
It has been speculated that the reason why Bill Gates
dropped out of Harvard's math program was because
he stumbled upon this proof as an undergraduate, and
dedicated the rest of his career to the pursuit of ignorance.

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"Phases of Education"

The dean of Engineering had once walked into a class,
and said "Good Morning." The whole class chorused,
"Good Morning."

"Hi, you are freshmen aren't you?" he asked.

One student bolder than the others asked him how
he knew.

"Well," he said. "When I say 'Good Morning' to a class, if
they are freshmen they say 'Good Morning' too. If they are
sophomores, they quietly fold their papers away, and look
at me. A class of Juniors will look at me over the top of their
papers, and then get back to them. A class of Seniors will
ignore my greeting, and keep reading the papers. When I
say 'Good Morning' to a class of graduate students, they
write it down."
Received on Fri Oct 29 12:11:48 2004