This is one time I disagree with Lanny. In general people with more education are likelier to be open to new ideas, less prejudiced and more progressive. But there are certainly exceptions. Some people are called to be auto mechanics, chefs, ballet dancers. They are far from stupid, highly skilled. We need more of them and could probably manage with fewer lawyers.
Everybody who goes to trade school is apparently low IQ if I’m reading what they said correctly. Talk about elitism. I have my J.D. and thankfully had a dad who grew up learning how to work on cars, wire a house, fix pipes, had a workshop with welding, etc. etc. Smartest person I knew and ended up owning his own general contracting company. How insulting to base IQ on whether somebody goes to college or not. Oregon is dumbing down requirements right now to graduate kids from HS and get into college. Apparently math and science don’t matter anymore, but let’s all learn about how awful this country is from teachers with a BA.
As an attorney, I agree with this post 100%. I’m considering leaving the profession because and going full time into the marijuana business with some business people I’ve met over the years. I already have invested in the largest shop in Vegas with some college friends and it’s thriving. I’d rather people smoke or eat edibles than drink alcohol. I don’t drink but I like some indica a few times a week at night.
My dad dropped out of HS two months into his sophomore year. His reasons were multiple and legit. But he knew he was wasting his time. So he went to work and eventually build a company that made him a wealthy man. I personally credit it to native intelligence, above average common sense, hard work and an indomitable will. He had more to overcome than most. And in his 89 years of life I never, EVER saw him crack open a book. The only thing I ever saw him read was the newspaper (and barber shop porn mags while waiting for a haircut). A lot of apologists for higher education will say, “Well that was a different time and era”. Bullshit. It boils down to the individual and what they are willing to put themselves through in order to succeed. Always has, always will. The “value” of higher education is a smoke and mirrors game for profit, and puts the student so far behind the eight ball they can rarely catch up. But again, with only a community college education, I’m barely literate enough to type this, so what do I know? But I’m sure our resident oracle will guide our paths to enlightenment……….
At times, we all make things about ourselves, respectively, but I digress. Not certain what you've questioned about my common sense. But, yeah, that's certainly subjective. And, after all, this is a message board, soooo...there's that, too.
Disagree with the "only knowledge" portion. In fact, I'd argue that knowledge isn't the most important thing. Learning how to learn things is more important than the things learned. Learning how to make arguments is more important than the arguments made. Learning how to have lots of sex is more important than... oh, never mind. I think it depends very much on the individual. Some people get a huge amount out of college and it transforms their lives. Some people get nothing at all from it but debt and a few hundred hangovers. I'd count myself more among the latter group, but I've seen some of my friends and former classmates in the former group. barfo
yeah the two ways of learning 1 - Hebrew Way - learn by doing 2 - Greek Way - Learn learn learn and never get around to doing anything
Learning isn't just a tool. Sure, get education and skills to earn a living but learning is even better for its own sake. Because something is interesting. Because people with a range of interests are more interesting.
The tweet heard around the world… by 14 other people. When I first started reading this I was hoping this would be a parody of a qanon supporter, unfortunately I don’t think it is.
Clearly a massive movement, right? 14 Likes, watch out, America! Speaking of conspiracy kooks. I remember when saying an election was stolen was an acceptable point of view for Democrats to the point there were numerous investigations, including a Special Prosecutor. Again, the utter hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance of rabid partisans is alarming and frankly, sad. Cable news rots the mind for both the Right and Left. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hillary-clinton-trump-is-an-illegitimate-president/2019/09/26/29195d5a-e099-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html?outputType=amp Hillary Clinton: Trump is an ‘illegitimate president’ September 26, 2019 at 5:03 p.m. EDT Hillary Clinton dismissed President Trump as an “illegitimate president” and suggested that “he knows” that he stole the 2016 presidential election in a CBS News interview to be aired Sunday.
I used to regularly watch Fox News on TV (albeit, their printed version shows up on my cell phone's news feed from time to time), but I quit watching it when they refused to concede last year's election. The rants were incessant and boorish. I don't miss it.
I never said nor inferred there weren't exceptions. Take my father for example, one of the most learned men I've ever met, and he barely graduated from a rural high school in Alabama.
