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Well educated -what does it mean to you
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<blockquote data-quote="skeeter" data-source="post: 37563" data-attributes="member: 439"><p>I've been exposed to all kinds of people that have shaped my views of intelligent or educated.</p><p></p><p>My dad only finished 8th grade. But he continued to LEARN every day of his life. He read constantly (his favorite magazine was National Geographic). He built our house, doing all the electric and plumbing, too. He could do high level calculus. He was an amateur radio fanatic, and was just getting into computers when he died 21 years ago.</p><p></p><p>I've worked with many, many PhD's - some that held multiple degrees. I've had to ban a few of them from the lab for safety reasons - one set a fume hood on fire.</p><p></p><p>I know many gifted kids, some with IQ's that are so high they can't be measured. Two of them dropped out of high school and refuse to even try and get their GED. One has his room filled with all kinds of electronics.</p><p></p><p>What I guess I'm saying is education doesn't equal degrees doesn't equal intelligence doesn't equal what one does with all of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skeeter, post: 37563, member: 439"] I've been exposed to all kinds of people that have shaped my views of intelligent or educated. My dad only finished 8th grade. But he continued to LEARN every day of his life. He read constantly (his favorite magazine was National Geographic). He built our house, doing all the electric and plumbing, too. He could do high level calculus. He was an amateur radio fanatic, and was just getting into computers when he died 21 years ago. I've worked with many, many PhD's - some that held multiple degrees. I've had to ban a few of them from the lab for safety reasons - one set a fume hood on fire. I know many gifted kids, some with IQ's that are so high they can't be measured. Two of them dropped out of high school and refuse to even try and get their GED. One has his room filled with all kinds of electronics. What I guess I'm saying is education doesn't equal degrees doesn't equal intelligence doesn't equal what one does with all of it. [/QUOTE]
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