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I guess it depends on what you mean by "look down on".
All of my friends, but one from high school, are at least college educated. Hell, almost all of them majored in the same field. We are different races, different economic backgrounds, went to different colleges, and work in different places. Meanwhile, my friend from high school did some community college, and is a smart lady, but we just don't have as much in common as my other friends. We work at staying friends but our lives are just really different.
So maybe some people think it is snobby or that I am looking down on less educated people but it really is just the fact that for many people, if you love something so much that you decide to major in it, it means you share a strong bond with others who made the same choice.
Sounds like it's less the college as much as you all don't share the same interest as this other girl.
Sounds like it's less the college as much as you all don't share the same interest as this other girl.
Maybe. But we have friends a handful of friends who did not major in the same thing we did but did go to college. The one characteristic my hs friend lacks is college.
I don't know really what it is but I have friends (and relatives) of all races, varying economic backgrounds, etc but I noticed that we all went to college. I am not sure what that means really but this thread made me think of it.
In general, I would say no, but I know one college student who I work with in retail who looks down upon some of the older workers. He usually comments on how they should get a "real" job (he has an internship with a company in NYC) so he thinks his level of work is not only above them, but significantly more important.
Unfortunately too many do. There are many types of education. A college education isn't the only path.
I find it particularly offensive when educational elitists who have never worked outside of an academic environment develop policy that is designed to fix problems outside of education without any personal experience or sense of reality.
Hmmm I'm getting my masters and definitely dont look down on people who are less formally educated than me. Education doesn't equal smart-lets get that straight first. My father only has a high school education and makes almost 200k a year. He's definitely one of the smartest people I know, and is for the most part self-taught in everything he excels at.
I personally absolutely do not. I know a lot of college educated people who have done absolutely nothing useful with their lives, and plenty of people who either couldn't go to college or never had a need to who have been very successful.
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