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Comment author: CronoDAS 05 May 2011 06:45:20PM 3 points [-]

You can send a kid to college, but you can't make him think.

Comment author: Nominull 08 May 2011 05:58:04AM 3 points [-]

I bet if you took a sample of random kids and sent some to college and prevented the others from going, the college group would spend more time thinking about certain specific socially-valued college-related topics than the control group.

If you want a horse to drink, it often helps to lead him to water.

Comment author: CronoDAS 08 May 2011 06:43:19AM *  1 point [-]

I bet if you took a sample of random kids and sent some to college and prevented the others from going, the college group would spend more time thinking about certain specific socially-valued college-related topics than the control group.

Or it could go horribly wrong... ;)

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