[phoenix rise]

what are your views on uneducated people? more specifically, people who didn't go to a 4 year university and get a bachelor's degree.

[chopstick^^]

Nothing negative. I don't think getting a degree is a big deal. I know some successful people who didn't got a degree, just got a college diploma and is working for top company, like 'apple', and 'reuters' & a fashion designer for UK top clothing shop 'top shop'. As long as u got the personality and ur a hard worker, i think that would get u the job.

Most graduate's don't even get the job of their degree. Some ended up being a waitor, waitress, working in retails..
It's nice to have a degree, but not alway's nessasarily.

My friend got a first class on Law and she went to this good law school. But she hasn't even got a job as a lawyer. Especially in this credit crunch crisis... it's not easy to find a job.

Ur mind might be filled with a particular subject, but personality is what make's the deal! If u have both, great!

[joie.de.vivre]

tbh, unless these uneducated people have circumstances and extreme hardships [i.e. illness, poverty ...] in life that prevent them from getting a complete high school and college education, i will definitely look down upon them :\
because i think that you don't necessarily need to be inherently smart to get an adequate education ; people just need to apply themselves and have focus to get into and through college.
so yea, education is pretty important to me ; a mind is a terrible thing to waste.

[phoenix rise]

Nothing negative. I don't think getting a degree is a big deal. I know some successful people who didn't got a degree, just got a college diploma and is working for top company, like 'apple', and 'reuters' & a fashion designer for UK top clothing shop 'top shop'. As long as u got the personality and ur a hard worker, i think that would get u the job.

Most graduate's don't even get the job of their degree. Some ended up being a waitor, waitress, working in retails..
It's nice to have a degree, but not alway's nessasarily.

My friend got a first class on Law and she went to this good law school. But she hasn't even got a job as a lawyer. Especially in this credit crunch crisis... it's not easy to find a job.

Ur mind might be filled with a particular subject, but personality is what make's the deal! If u have both, great!

you mean "who didn't got a degree but just got a high school diploma"?

[The Pink Panda]

as long as they're successful later, who cares?

[ProductofChina]

sigh

[shan_mei]

uneducated people are generally ignorant with things like race and they tend to think that the only way to solve problem is by yelling or violence. do i look down upon them? yes i do, especially when they insist on being reasonable. i must point out though, my dad is only high school educated but he has the street smart that i admire. being educated means you at least have academic smarts, not having either intelligence= down right failure in my dictionary.


being in America is all about the degree, your salary is assessed by what level of education you have (for most industries).

[&. crepuscular]

^that's the stereotypical view? idt all uneducated people are like that. o-o



imo, it depends on why they're uneducated. if they're potheads and and didn't care about their futures, i really wouldn't want to be friends with them. if they were having economical issues and couldn't afford to go to college, well that's a totally different story.
and i also agree with chopstick^^

[phoenix rise]

uneducated people are generally ignorant with things like race and they tend to think that the only way to solve problem is by yelling or violence. do i look down upon them? yes i do, especially when they insist on being reasonable. i must point out though, my dad is only high school educated but he has the street smart that i admire. being educated means you at least have academic smarts, not having either intelligence= down right failure in my dictionary.

but sometimes yelling and violence is the only answer

[anthonymarie]

i have nothing against them O_O
i mean some of them chose not to go that way, and they end up sucessful and doing what they love.
i admire people who follow their dreams..

but if its those kinds of people who stay and home and be lazy,'cause they don't want to learn anything.
then all i have to say is.." that's so sad"

[super cool snail]

Uneducated doesn't mean they are stupid. Although the connotation kind of..goes along that line.
So I treat them like any human being. It's not like I talk to them differently or dumb things down or anything.

[Lavender.Sky]

Uneducated doesn't mean they are stupid. Although the connotation kind of..goes along that line.
So I treat them like any human being. It's not like I talk to them differently or dumb things down or anything.

[chopstick^^]

you mean "who didn't got a degree but just got a high school diploma"?

erm, i dnt know how the US is like compare to UK... after high-school (16 yr's old) u can go to college and then university (18).

Or u can just go from high school to college and that's it! Rarely u can go from high school to university.

[The Pink Panda]

^ yup; nursery --> reception --> primary school --> secondary school --> sixth form college --> university

that's the British way

[faydradonovan]

I'm actually pretty insulted by the insinuation that uneducated = failure in life. Neither of my parents went to college and they have blue collar jobs at which they work hard everyday. They are not stupid or unhappy with their lives. Who is anyone to look down on anybody else if they are content living their lives how they choose. Not everybody is going to be a doctor or lawyer, that's not the way the world works. And not everybody who is "successful" is content with their lives. Instead of judging people on what school they did or didn't go to, why not consider how they treat other people. I don't know about anyone else but regardless of education, I consider someone who makes snap judgments about someone just because of their education level seems pretty ignorant to me.

[killjoys]

Nothings wrong with not getting that degree or going to university. I believe that finishing highschool should be a top priority.
However, for those who can't afford it, and don't have the luxuries of education, I definitely cannot look down on them. The only people I look on are those drop outs who have nothing to do in life except live with what the government gives them. If you've left highschool in order to pursue an apprenticeship that's also fine, as long as you're doing something with your life, I probably wouldn't frown against it.