Are you happy?

[ducducgooseme]

probably why you're not a democrat

[Johnny OrganDonor]

Depends how you look at education.  Are you talking only about schooling or the education your parents give you when they are bringing you up?  I think your upbringing can tremendously influence how smart you are

I think the report was referring to formal education. Your point well taken but there are other factors as well - I had great parents and should've been real smart but I also used to gnaw on lead.

[Grampa]

I'm a member of the GED alumni

for years... I beat myself up for it.


then..... I forgave myself, accepted the fact that will never know everything, and poof...... instant happy.

[triangleforge]

I'm a damn librul, agnostic (trending atheistic), probably won't make enough to owe income taxes this year (I'm starting a business, so it's all outflow, not income), not married (though I'll admit that most everyone assumes we are, so that might be more of a technicality), two dog/two cat owner.

And I wake up every morning freakin' ecstatic. If life was any better, I'd start looking around for Allen Funt.

Maybe it's because I just moved to the sunbelt, but my main complaint about life here in Arizona is that it doesn't snow enough & my skis are getting dusty.

Like a number of others have mentioned, I realized one day about four or five years ago that I was unhappy with my situation and had been for a very long time and set about fixing the parts that didn't work. That's where the big fun starts!

[ducatiz]

I was..... but I growed up a lil.

took Sir Churchhill's advice, I see.

I think the report was referring to formal education. Your point well taken but there are other factors as well - I had great parents and should've been real smart but I also used to gnaw on lead.

you probably didn't go too far with a formal education then.

formal education and intelligence are correlated -- not 100% but if you pick PhD's out of the population, they will tend to have higher IQs whereas same-age group HS grads will tend to have lower IQs

not causation, but smart people tend to just get more formal education.

[Grampa]

dont forget the "get a life" aspect of higher edumacation.


I dated a PHD once, hung out with her crowd a few times. They (and I'm not say'n this about all of them), were a sad bunch and very shallow. They had spent thier entire life, in school, and had not a clue as to how the world worked outside of a book and a classroom.

If you are educated, and do nothing with it.... then, what a waste.

An education is only as good as the person who shares it.

[Johnny OrganDonor]

took Sir Churchhill's advice, I see.

you probably didn't go too far with a formal education then.

formal education and intelligence are correlated -- not 100% but if you pick PhD's out of the population, they will tend to have higher IQs whereas same-age group HS grads will tend to have lower IQs

not causation, but smart people tend to just get more formal education.

I have two Masters degrees and I've worked with people that never got beyond the eighth grade that were a lot smarter than me.  Degrees are just a matter of jumping through the right hoops.  

[ducatiz]

I have two Masters degrees and I've worked with people that never got beyond the eighth grade that were a lot smarter than me.  Degrees are just a matter of jumping through the right hoops. 

why don't you get a Masters in Engineering and come back and say that?

it really depends on the degree.  i actually know someone with a Masters in Women's History.

WTF?  Women's History?  Gimmie a break.  What are you going to do with that?  Teach people to iron shirts?  (DUCKING)

[jdubbs32584]

WTF?  Women's History?  Gimmie a break.  What are you going to do with that?  Teach people to iron shirts?  (DUCKING)

They teach us how to vacuum and bring sammiches and beer in those classes too. 

[Johnny OrganDonor]

why don't you get a Masters in Engineering and come back and say that?

it really depends on the degree.  i actually know someone with a Masters in Women's History.

WTF?  Women's History?  Gimmie a break.  What are you going to do with that?  Teach people to iron shirts?  (DUCKING)

My advanced degrees are in Geology (structural) and Engineering Mechanics.

[Grampa]

They teach us how to vacuum and bring sammiches and beer in those classes too. 

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where's my pot pie? 

[ducatiz]

My advanced degrees are in Geology (structural) and Engineering Mechanics.

then i seriously doubt you ate much lead.

i doubt many people wih an 8th grade education are as intelligent as you.  maybe a few folks, but they probably also heal the plague by laying hands.

[jdubbs32584]

3
where's my pot pie? 

In the oven dear.   

[Pakhan]

why don't you get a Masters in Engineering and come back and say that?

it really depends on the degree.  i actually know someone with a Masters in Women's History.

WTF?  Women's History?  Gimmie a break.  What are you going to do with that?  Teach people to iron shirts?  (DUCKING)

Don't forget:

The art of a guilt trip
&
The advantages of pregnant dogery

You can duck, I'm running for the hills.  I feel pitch forks and torches coming my way

[Johnny OrganDonor]

then i seriously doubt you ate much lead.

i doubt many people wih an 8th grade education are as intelligent as you.  maybe a few folks, but they probably also heal the plague by laying hands.

It's true, as kid I used to chew on lead fishing line sinkers and the old lead pellets used in pellet guns.  No telling how smart I could've been.  I'm not saying that you're completely wrong but education is not the measure of intelligence - it just shows that you can follow instructions well and that you'll probably be a good employee.