January 23, 2004

This Is A Practical Skill?

OK, for those who have a lot of theorectical education, but not much in the way of practical skills New Canoe University (sounds like something out of Rocky and Bullwinkle) is offering a class in "How To Sell Your Body...."

The full name of the course is actually "Body Bucks: How to Sell Your Body to Science While You're Still Alive," but that still doesn't make it much better. Some of the desrciptions in the article are priceless:

"By selling bodily fluids.... a human being can earn $20,000 or more per year"

"[T]eaches students how to make money by legally selling their blood, sperm, eggs, hair and bone marrow...."

"The sale of vital organs is illegal in the United States."

"The university specializes in Internet-based training courses in practical skills needed to set up unusual....businesses."

I guess it's better that the graduates of this course have some kind of practical skill for life, but might there be some other skills that might be a bit more useful, ones like effective communication or lawnmower repair?

I wonder what UCF would say if I tried to transfer this course for credit towards a second bachelor's degree....

Posted by Chris at January 23, 2004 09:58 PM | TrackBack | Linked by:

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