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[thebestnose]

I'm starting to notice an imbalance when it comes to education. Not that I feel there was a lack in my own- after all, what more can they teach you when they don't know anything themselves- but that there is an emphasis on education in other places that there isn't where I am

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[whattheytellyou]

Where I'm from, everyone attends school for thirteen years. Elementary, middle, and secondary. From there, they have the option of attending a college or university for higher learning.

In my own case, I attended the University of Chicago and University of California, Berkeley, respectively, because I wanted to specialize in my current field of study.

I'm not sure how to answer your other questions. You want to know about the education system in our worlds, but it seems to me you've already drawn your own conclusions.

[thebestnose]

I have, based on the information I've gained from others.

But if you have something to counter that conclusion, I'd like to hear it.

[whattheytellyou]

My teachers and colleagues are all intelligent, educated people. I've learned a lot from them. I feel that I was adequately prepared for my career path thanks to the education I received. In my opinion.

Unfortunately, I can't counter your opinion without substantial evidence. Second-hand anecdotes aren't definitive proof that I'm not just leaping to their defense.

[thebestnose]

I'm not attacking you. It's just a question.

[whattheytellyou]

I didn't think you were.

I'm only saying that countering your conclusions is something I can't do, as I am woefully unprepared for the task.

I'm of the mindset that opinion isn't fact, and if I were you, I wouldn't want someone simply shouting me down without evidence to back up their claims. That's all.

[thebestnose]

Who is shouting?

[whattheytellyou]

It's a figure of speech. It means "to be irrationally argumentative".

[thebestnose]

Oh.

Well, then what was your career path?

[whattheytellyou]

I'm an eth-

[No one knows that word.]

Animal behaviorist. I study large predators in grassland ecosystems.

[thebestnose]

Do you get to see their barcodes?

[whattheytellyou]

...Barcodes?

[thebestnose]

Yes. They all have barcodes. Eddie might like that.

[whattheytellyou]

I've tagged animals, if that's what you mean.

Where I'm from, animals don't have barcodes. We do put tracking devices on them so we can monitor them, however.

[thebestnose]

Monitor them for what?

[whattheytellyou]

The most predominant reason for tracking an animal is to study their migratory patterns. It's a way to identify the animal in question later on down the line, as well - you can observe and record their growth patterns, health, dietary habits, and so on.

[thebestnose]

What do you do with that information after you've collected it?