I don't get it

[maevele]

when educated people are pig ignorant about lives other than their own. Do they just not know anyone not just like them, or do they just not pay attention? Because I am a dropout. I should have an excuse to be ignorant. and sometimes I am. I don't have formal training in critical thinking, or other's cultures, or any of it. So if I can see how your educated, sophisticated intellectual ass is hanging out, what's your excuse?


I guess it must be either only knowing people like themselves, or not paying attention. If it is the first, how does that happen without *trying* to recuse yourself from the "others?" Are most people's surroundings much more homogenous? Is madison wisconsin some extreme example of melting pot diversity? I'd think just being at college would have given these people a chance to interact with people who are not just like them in all ways.

And if it is the second, how do you get by in life without noticing the lives of other people around you? Do you only ignore those different from you, or everyone? And how do you fit in to the world around you if you ignore so many people?

Is there some complexity here that explains why my alleged "betters" don't get other people?

Comments

[idiomagic.livejournal.com]

Organized education is very much the same as organized religion of most flavors: you are not encouraged to question the wisdom granted from on high.

When anyone thinks they already have all the answers, they won't question or look for alternative theories or beliefs. In fact, they seek out people exactly like themselves, with the same opinions, because it reinforces their belief system and their smug belief in their own rightness.

What I learned in college is that being able to regurgitate information and kiss ass appropriately does not equal an education...a college degree only means that one is good at taking tests and catering to the egos of instructors. And this is from a girl who had three degrees before age 20...;)

[seaya.livejournal.com]

Must have been where you went. I only had tests during math and science classes, and those tests had a point to them. The rest of the classes required papers, non-regurgitation variety.