Name: Anonymous 2007-09-25 14:50 ID:fDB/BB/C
A few days ago I was talking to a person who was going to a university here in the United States, and he mentioned that he was taking some "Middle Eastern Studies" class. I asked him if he knew the difference between Sunni and Shi'a Islam and he did not know. I then asked him if he could name one of the territories formerly controlled by the Ottoman Empire that became League of Nations mandates under British and French administration after World War I and he knew nothing about it. I don't know what he's being taught but I think knowing the difference between the two main denominations of Islam and a major event in the region's history is important if he's going to claim to be an expert on the subject.
Why do I, someone who had bad grades in high school and has never been given an opportunity to attend a university or college know more than someone who got good grades in high school and is attending an expensive university? Because grades and college don't mean shit. It shows you how little you have to know to be called an expert, especially in the United States. It's not what you know that makes you smart but what you have, in this case an academic degree. I hate how the system works. I'm not saying there are no experts but most of the people who claim to be don't really know anything.
I can already see the comebacks coming "lol ur juts mda becuz you didnt gte accepted inot colelge adn I did." First off, you not knowing how to spell yet majoring in English further proves my point. Secondly, I've never even applied to go to an institute for "higher learning" because higher learning is bullshit. I'm happy doing manual labour because I'll always know I help the world more than the guy in my story.
Why do I, someone who had bad grades in high school and has never been given an opportunity to attend a university or college know more than someone who got good grades in high school and is attending an expensive university? Because grades and college don't mean shit. It shows you how little you have to know to be called an expert, especially in the United States. It's not what you know that makes you smart but what you have, in this case an academic degree. I hate how the system works. I'm not saying there are no experts but most of the people who claim to be don't really know anything.
I can already see the comebacks coming "lol ur juts mda becuz you didnt gte accepted inot colelge adn I did." First off, you not knowing how to spell yet majoring in English further proves my point. Secondly, I've never even applied to go to an institute for "higher learning" because higher learning is bullshit. I'm happy doing manual labour because I'll always know I help the world more than the guy in my story.