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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't realize people looked down on professors.  That said, yes, someone with higher education should earn more than someone who didn't finish high school. Now maybe if the argument was compared to other people who went through years of schooling, I could understand a bit.

But I'm really not understanding OP's argument. [/quote]

You're being purposely obtuse.  Are you really arguing that there are tons of high school graduates making more than full-time, tenured professors?  Average starting salary for an assistant professor is around $60k and it goes up from there as you reach tenure and rise in the ranks.  Full professors generally make six figures - hardly poverty wages.  [/quote]

Yikes, OP.  Why are you comparing high school grads to PhDs?  Even a comparison between college grads and PhDs doesn't make a lot of sense, although it makes more sense than your comparison. The concept you are missing here is "human capital" which is the investment a person makes in himself or herself via education and training. If 7 additional years of earning that PhD had no return for the investment, then nobody would do it. [/quote]

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