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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In addition to a civil lawsuit, criminal actions should be explored.  How this horrific looking contraption could have been open for public use is beyond me.  [/quote]

[b]The guy who designed it is a high school dropout[/b]. He dropped out of school at age 24 and he's the 'inventor', the 'creative mind'.
Great idea.
http://grantland.com/features/the-wet-stuff-verruckt-waterslide-schlitterbahn/[/quote]

So what. He is an engineer.[b] Other pretty impressive people never finished high school[/b] or college. What a dumb thing to point out. [/quote]

who?[/quote]

You need a very specific education to be responsible for other people's safety.
It's very different than thinking, making a computer system or selling something - do what you want. Drop out of school - it's your life.

Designing something that children will ride? Either you have the correct education or you hire a team that does to go over the design.
And you follow their directions.

Why not have him design airplanes ? Because that industry is regulated.
Plenty of people design their own airplanes and fly them - and they often crash. That's fine, do what you want.
But once you are talking about other people riding in the plane you design you need the appropriate education and certifications to design the airplane.[/quote]

The National Science Foundation reported this week that approximately 22 percent of the workers in science and engineering fields do not have a bachelor's degree. The report shows that out of 4,682,400 science and engineering employees in the U.S., 225,200 list their highest education as high school, and 811,000 list their highest education as an Associate's degree.
The remainder of the workers reported having a bachelor's (48%), master's (22%), doctorate (7%), or a professional degree (under 2% – including medical, legal and theology degrees).

When the twenty-two percent without bachelor's degrees is broken down further, the data shows that 40% are employed in computer and math science occupations, 20% in engineering occupations, 10% each in life and social sciences, and 7% in physical sciences. The number is proportionally equal between men and women. However, workers of Asian descent only make up 6% of the total, while blacks make up 34% and Hispanics make up 37%.

The study results are available on the NSF's website, and you can also get more information at CNet.[/quote]

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