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Topic: Do you judge people on their educational background?
Anonymous A started this discussion 13 years ago#25,849
I usually don't care. But when I have to deal with someone professionally and they went to a bad school, I do judge them a lot. I'd rather deal with someone who never finished high school than a person who got a degree online.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later[^][v]#392,267
What if the person got a degree from University of Phoenix, but had a 4.0 GPA and was valedictorian of a good high school?
DXMeowth joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#392,271
I do, but to an extent. For example, people always come to me asking for medication or what shit is, etc. for prescription medications, but I have no real pharmacy schooling. However, I do know mostly everything I need to know to become a pharmacist. So, I judge people more based on their intelligence through their communication and actual knowledge. I can tell the difference between truly knowing what they say, and just bullshit knowing. If that makes sense. I'm rambling. Lol.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 4 hours later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#392,461
@392,267 (B)
I don't know. I have a hard time believing that anyone who pays money for an online degree has any common sense. And doing well in high school doesn't really require any intelligence--just a good memory and some discipline.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 8 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#392,465
@392,267 (B)
I'd wonder what happened that a high school valedictorian ended up in that situation. You'd think someone who graduated top of their class would have the intelligence to know that they were paying $50k for something an employer would only laugh at.
Meta !PARAdoxiHw replied with this 13 years ago, 30 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^][v]#392,511
@previous (D)
It's highly unlikely, yes, but what if that happened? @392,461 (A)
Okay, what about an associate's degree from a real college vs bachelor's from University of Phoenix?
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 7 hours after the original post[^][v]#392,518
@previous (Meta !PARAdoxiHw)
Brick-and-mortar is different. An associate's is useful and can easily be a stepping stone to a regular bachelor's.
Bachelor's from any online-only (or primarily online) school is just dumb.