Re: Franny sectioned

James J Rovira (jrovira@juno.com)
Sun, 01 Aug 1999 09:05:57 -0400 (EDT)

Yeah, maybe I am, but I also think the work that education makes you do
actually makes a difference.

I'm pretty confident there are a lot of very large, strong, physically
powerful men out there who never worked out a day in their lives.  But
not too many.  And if they did work out, BOY would they be that much
stronger.

In the same way, there are a lot of intelligent, deep, articulate (and
successful) people out there who have a relatively minimal education. 
But not too many.

Now when we're talking about the specific issue that was under discussion
-- writing and reading -- I'm sure there are a lot of deep, intelligent
readers out there with a minimal education, but I guarantee you there are
fewer of those than than there are successful business people with a
minimal education.  This activity more than many others requires a
specific type of education, and there's no substitute for a good
education.  None whatsoever.

Thor, if you really are Mensa material and only have less than the
equivalent of a High School education, you're wasting yourself.  Sooo
much potential going to waste.  You have capabilities you haven't even
begun to explore.  Maybe you can bench press 250 lbs intellectually, but
I bet you'd be capable of over 500 with some workouts :)

Jim

On Sun, 01 Aug 1999 00:56:51 -0700 (PDT) Thor Cameron
<my_colours@hotmail.com> writes:
>Sounds like you're an intellectual snob.  Does my lack of a high 
>school 
>diploma negate my ability to join Mensa?
>High school drop-out,
>Thor
>
>
>>There's people out there with only a High School education who have
>>written best selling novels.  They tell a good story, but I don't 
>expect
>>terribly deep textual analysis.
>>
>>Jim
>>
>>
>
>
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