[Arny Krueger]

"Eeyore" wrote in
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Arny Krueger wrote:

"Eeyore" wrote

Sorry, this bloody country and its apparent desire to
dumb down everything to the extent that they now give
away graduate degrees with the Corn Flakes is getting to
me.

I don't know what you're talking about, Graham. I have
two children with PhDs and one with a BS and a MBA. I've
monitored the work they did to get the degrees they've
got, and it was a whole lot more than opening a box of
Wheaties. ;-)

As it should be. Education at that level *should* be HARD
! That's the whole point of it.

I take it their degrees aren't in 'media studies' or the
like then !

The PhDs are in Cancer Biology, which included 5 years in research labs.

The BS holder did his work in chemical engineering and environmenal
engineering

I also know a little something about their IQs and
mental abilities. None of them are slouches in the IQ
department to say the least, but their generally useful
thinking ability ranking pretty much reverses the order
of their IQs. I think that they would all agree with
that evaluation, as well.

Other than a few bleeding souls, most adults with very
high IQs keep that info pretty quiet.

I'm pleased to hear you have smart high-achieving kids.
Did they not ever encounter 'peer pressure' to be stupid ?

Not at home! ;-)