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Whether it be teachers, Universities, 4 year degrees, or college educated people, there seems to be a lot of animosity towards learning by many members on here.
Then again, when you consider that these same people consider Glenn Beck a professor....
Whether it be teachers, Universities, 4 year degrees, or college educated people, there seems to be a lot of animosity towards learning by many members on here.
Then again, when you consider that these same people consider Glenn Beck a professor....
I think you are ver much mistaken. The only animosity I see in these forums is towards the unions grasp on education that causes us to be 37 th in achievement in the world.
Why so much animosity on this board towards education
The unvarnished truth is that for some folks, their ignorance is their most prized possession. They'll follow those who confirm their prejudices and oppose anyone who tries to inform them. They're told that teachers suck, schools flop, and college professors are dumb. All simplistic one-liners that confirm their prejudice against education.
A sampling of the "heroes"...
Limbaugh: dropout
Hannity: dropout
Beck: dropout
And now, Scott Walker: dropout
I think it's very revealing that Gov Walker has targeted teachers immediately after taking office. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if the GOP is successful in its nationwide push to break unions, that the entire public schools system is their next target.
When my father's company closed, he NEVER collected unemployment.
He started his own business by borrowing some cash and getting to work.
He has a 9th grade education.
When my highly educated cousin's company closed, he immediately went on unemployment and sat around sending resume's for two years, waiting for a job in his field.
The reason, he had no other skills and could not think on his feet.
Give me common sense and street smarts any day.
Having both is preferable.
BTW...i would guarantee that my father would destroy you in a Jeopardy competition!
Over the course of my lifetime I have known a few men like your father. Chief among those is my brother. He too only has a 9th grade education, but he got a job as a meat cutter at a grocery store. He quickly made meat market manager, then regional manager and now makes more money than I do. I applaud your father's gumption just as I am proud of my brother.
I agree that I may have pushed the post in question a little too far, but my intent was not to denigrate men like your father, but simply to combat this silly idea that educated people lack common sense.
BTW, I love Jeopardy and I'll bet that I could give your father a run for his money.
Why is free speech only allowed on college campuses when it is free speech from the left?
We see case after case where conservative speakers are unwelcome or shouted down on many college campuses.
Fact.
There's an old saying attributed to Winston Churchill that may shed some light on this question: "If you're not a liberal at 20 you have no heart. If you're not a conservative at 40 you have no brain."
So, college kids are young and full of heart, but lack the wisdom that only time and experience can bestow. Also, I suspect that at even later ages 60's-80's that an amalgamation may take place wherein one acknowledges the merits of both ideologies.
This board is infested with neo-con zombies who don't have a clue what real conservatism is. They have been coached (read brainwashed) by undereducated pied pipers like Beck and Limbaugh to distrust anyone in academia. In their "Bizarro World" the more educated you are the dumber you are. Trying to figure them out will only give you a headache.
Now some douchebag will post a reply calling me a liberal because that's all there is in their little black and white world. You either think exactly like they do or you're a liberal.
undereducated pied pipers like Beck and Limbaugh to distrust anyone in academia. In their "Bizarro World" themore educated you are the dumber you are.
i've met people who possess more than 1 college degree and they're as useful as a bump on a log or a bicycle to a fish
they are stupid to the ways of the everyday world. many are socially awkward- to me that's interchangeable with "not smart socially" or "socially stupid"
don't pretend like you don't know a few of those yourself
what a vile thing to say. no jealousy here, trust me. folks who linger in academia generally can't cut it in the real world so they plan out their careers to stay put like cement in their little 'gated community' (academia) then they wonder why they're out of touch and why behind the curve and why others laugh at them behind their backs!
Many professors would panic at the thought of having to leave their ivory towers and have to get out and work in the real world.
Those of us who actually know professors know that about them - often they stayed on campus because they never could cut it outside it. They often live in an unreal world - they can turn the teaching over to the assistants and get tenure, and all they'll ever be expected to do is write some paper now and then.
Not all professors are great instructors. Some are terrible but tenure protects them. Same for teachers - some are truly great and inspire their students but many are below mediocre. Unlike others who work for a living, they cannot be fired for incompetency - and our students' rankings internationally show it.
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Why so much animosity on this board towards education
no jealousy here, trust me. folks who linger in academia generally can't cut it in the real world so they plan out their careers to stay put like cement in their little 'gated community' (academia) then they wonder why they're out of touch and why behind the curve and why others laugh at them behind their backs!
