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Old 12-24-04, 09:54 AM
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'Apprentice 3': High School vs. College (CNN article)

Here's the link:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/1....ap/index.html

And a piece of the article:

"This time, it's about education and experience. With only high school diplomas in hand, street smarts team Networth will battle book smarts team Magna in various tasks involving companies such as Burger King, Home Depot, Domino's and Nescafe.

"For the third season of 'The Apprentice,' Mark Burnett and I have decided to take the series into a new realm," Trump said in a statement Thursday. "We wanted to see what would happen if we pitted college grads against high school grads."

The third season of "The Apprentice" premieres January 20."
The article list the participant's first names, ages and current job title.

This could be rather interesting.
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Or, as they are promoting it on NBC, "Street Smarts vs. Book Smarts."
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The only way a "street smart" person will win this season is if the producers deem it necessary to maintain an audience.

We know that the Donald likey them flashy diplomas.
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Seems like the new contestants are all from hick town.
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Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
The only way a "street smart" person will win this season is if the producers deem it necessary to maintain an audience.

We know that the Donald likey them flashy diplomas.
True but remember Kevin had all those flashy diplomas and he was fired!
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I find it amazing that all these people can take time off to do a show like this. I am thinking my job would tell me if you leave you are gone.
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True but remember Kevin had all those flashy diplomas and he was fired!
Yeah, but he likes his ppl to have work experience too which Kevin didn't have.
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The move reeks of desparation.
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This was actually going to be the plan for Season 2, but they couldn't find enough "street smart" people so they had to delay the idea, and re-do the men vs. women scenario.
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Maybe I'm biased since I have a college education, but I don't think that the high school education people on the show have been that great. Everyone liked Troy because he was nice, but I wouldn't give him a company to run. Sandy was awful, but looked decent compared to Jenn.
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Originally Posted by Brain Stew
Sandy was awful, but looked decent compared to Jenn.
If that's not a compliment along the lines of "least contagious form of Spyhillis", I don't know what is. Sure, it's better than the alternative, but it ain't all that attractive.
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Originally Posted by Brain Stew
Maybe I'm biased since I have a college education, but I don't think that the high school education people on the show have been that great. Everyone liked Troy because he was nice, but I wouldn't give him a company to run. Sandy was awful, but looked decent compared to Jenn.
i don't even think it's an issue of college vs HS diploma + success. I think it's more of will Trump think you are able to carry yourself in a corporate setting. For all her shortcomings, Jen had experience in that area. For Sandy it would have been a shock going from a bridal salon and a few stupid tasks to a corporate environment.
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I find it amazing that all these people can take time off to do a show like this. I am thinking my job would tell me if you leave you are gone.
Considering the PR potential of having your employee on the show, I'd imagine a lot of companies don't mind. That would be my guess at least.
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Yeah, except look how stupid some of them come off looking, not exactly showcasing their best. Not sure if that'd be good PR or not... plus what about whatsername, the one who was fired for her "racist comment" (didn't see the ep, so I'm not speaking to whether it was or wasn't racist, just interesting that it had fallout in the real world)?

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