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 >> >> > > >_______________________________________________________________ >Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.