The Pencil

Can't think of many who could have said it better!

Absolutely Awesome!!

Here's another guy talking about the same topic, Milton Friedman, The Pencil:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ERbC7JyCfU

The letters behind Churchill's name were KG, OM, CH, TD, DL, FRS, RA - I don't see a degree anywhere. So much for requiring a degree in politics.

Some of the people with the least life skills and common sense I have worked with have had degrees from some fairly prestigious universities; conversely, some of the smartest came out of high school. Education is not a real measure of ability, only one piece of the yardstick. Mind you, the university courses some took were either pointless or at a very low level. With Grade XIII in the dim and distant past I helped one student with the correspondence course he was taking in third year Algebra!

I wish Scott Walker well - he could certainly do no worse than the "educated" Whitehouse incumbent.

The argument is sound as far as it goes. But there is a reason why there are such things as degrees and designations that go a long way towards eliminating incompetents from being put in positions where they can cause major harm.

You wouldn't want a carpenter designing an offshore oil rig.

And why settle for a poorly educated masterful politician when you can have a rock star intelligent and highly educated one - that man is Ted Cruz.

It appears that Obama's degrees are doing him no good whatsoever - maybe the US should go the other way and give Mr. Walker a shot. He couldn't do much worse!

Neither Bill Gates or Steve jobs had a college degree. Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi did. I would much rather have someone with overall intelligence working for me than a educated idiot. College today is like a participation medal if its not in one of the stem courses, and most courses are not. The dumbing down has been all inclusive.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/08/29/living/bizarre-college-courses-mf/index.html?hpt=hp_bn8

Robert Mugabe is one of the most educated leaders in the world.

Join a Toastmasters club and learn how to talk on any topic for 2 minutes. Great training.

Education has no bearing on intelligence as proven constantly by the Obama administration. Interesting subject though........

http://www.education-reform.net/dropouts2.htm

George Washington had an elementary school education, no more no less.
Abraham Lincoln was largely self-educated. His formal schooling from several itinerant teachers was intermittent, the aggregate of which may have amounted to less than a year.

One man lead the American nation into existence, the other saved it from breaking into pieces.

Another Mike Rowe bit of genius;

http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_rowe_celebrates_dirty_jobs?language=en

Useless bastards can be found in all walks of life - some have university educations, others don't. Some have government jobs, some don't

It used to be standard preparation for Army officers to be given a random topic and have to talk about it for five minutes. That was good training for new second lieutenants. They often had to teach training subjects to the troops about which they only had a short preparation time to get it right. That also helped them in social situations, which according to the brass, were the most important thing to them.

"What would your response be on college as a requirement for elected office?"

It would be unprintable!

As a matter of principle, we must never allow politicians of any stripe to "professionalize" and "credentialize" elected office in any way.

It is thoroughly incompatible with the most basic tenets of democracy.