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DO THE MATH - Why 2 + 2 Can Equal 5
by Dr Gene Constant
Can two plus two equal five? Dr. Gene A. Constant, Founding Chancellor of Global Sovereign University, says it can, when a young person earns a community college degree and learns a trade at the same time.In this episode, Gene shares his own story: leaving school after the eighth grade, earning his GED days after Navy boot camp, and passing a make-or-break remedial algebra class at Richland Community College on the way to an associate's degree and, eventually, a doctorate.Then he does the math:- Time: a degree and a trade earned in the same two years.- Money: Community college averaged about $4,150 a year in 2025-26, against about $11,950 at an in-state public university (College Board).- Skills that multiply: why a tradesperson with a degree becomes the foreman, the estimator, or the owner.- Compounding: why a four-year head start keeps paying for the rest of a life.He also explains the legal roads a teenager can take today, including dual enrollment and early college high
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DO THE MATH - Why 2 + 2 Can Equal 5
Can two plus two equal five? Dr. Gene A. Constant, Founding Chancellor of Global Sovereign University, says it can, when a young person earns a community college degree and learns a trade at the same time. In this episode, Gene shares his own story: leaving school after the eighth grade, earning...
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Can two plus two equal five? Dr. Gene A. Constant, Founding Chancellor of Global Sovereign University, says it can, when a young person earns a community college degree and learns a trade at the same time.In this episode, Gene shares his own story: leaving school after the eighth grade, earning his GED days after Navy boot camp, and passing a make-or-break remedial algebra class at Richland Community College on the way to an associate's degree and, eventually, a doctorate.Then he does the math:- Time: a degree and a trade earned in the same two years.- Money: Community college averaged about $4,150 a year in 2025-26, against about $11,950 at an in-state public university (College Board).- Skills that multiply: why a tradesperson with a degree becomes the foreman, the estimator, or the owner.- Compounding: why a four-year head start keeps paying for the rest of a life.He also explains the legal roads a teenager can take today, including dual enrollment and early college high
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