Is Xavier broke?

[American X]

"You're from a broken home, of course?"

"Yeah, it was broke. So what?"

[zanesxu]

I disagree to some extent. The real world school of failure is available to anyone at anytime. Learning how to be more successful by understanding how others have suceeded with well thought out plans is very valuable, even to an entrepreneur. Even with that background, the opportunitiy to learn from failure is still there for the taking, but the learning from failure should be magnified, reducing the chance for repeat failure. No need to ignore the lessons others have already learned from their failures.

yeah, I mean, you don't start something without proper due diligence, but starting something and planning to start something are two entirely different skill sets...

[Mel Cooley XU'81]

Learning how to be more successful by understanding how others have suceeded with well thought out plans is very valuable, even to an entrepreneur.

Absolutely agree. And I wouldn't pay a dime for my kids to learn it in a classroom.

I'd refer them to my buddy who started an excavating and dirt-hauling company in the county and now works from Florida to the Dakotas. Lots of success, failure, plans, and wisdom right there.

I don't suspect I'll have the opportunity, though.

The Cooley Kids are committed Liberal Arts types.

Good-looking, smart, charming, loving . . . expensive . . . kids!