I'm not WELL educated, as some, but do have a college degree and did work on masters degree, but never completed.

I always planned on going to college.
Majored in home ec (what it was called back then)
Then after a divorce received degree in education taught school until I took early retirement.

Church music degree....
Taught high school band and choir. Also taught Home Ec for a couple of years until they found someone truly qualified ;^)

I have 2 university degrees, a Bachelor of Arts (major in English Literature and minor in French Language) and a Bachelor of Education (high school concentration). I taught for several years and I worked in a public library for a short time. I am also an avid reader, have been my entire life.

I consider myself fairly well-educated. I have my AA degree in busines and then took classes in women's studies, sociolgy, philosophy, etc. when I worked at a university. My mom was a stickler for grammar and spelling and passed it on to me, which I passed to DS. I have always been around doctors and nurses and picked up ideas and medical terminology from them. I have always read a lot and I think that helps with spelling, grammar and vocabulary. I still take classes at the college for seniors. I never want to stop learning.

I have a bachelor's and a master's degree. My parents just expected us to graduate from college, and so we all did. Three of us even earned our masters.

I have a bachelor of arts in psychology. I have also always been a reader and sort of a seeker of knowledge, even when it comes to tv shows (history channel, pbs, animal planet, etc). Most importantly I like to think I have some common sense.

But I don't think formal education necessarily means all that much (except for finding jobs). I know geniuses who have never graduated high school and people with multiple degrees who seemed dumber than a box of rocks.

I feel like I'm pretty well educated in common-sense! I dropped out of high school and got married. Honestly feel that's the best thing I ever did. All I ever wanted to be was a wife and Mommy and I had enough formal education to accomplish that!

I don't consider myself very well educated. I was very "book smart" in high school and graduated fourth of about 80 students. I went to nursing school for a year, but didn't finish the two-year course.

But I don't think formal education necessarily means all that much (except for finding jobs). I know geniuses who have never graduated high school and people with multiple degrees who seemed dumber than a box of rocks. I agree Jennmonkey!

I've been asking questions ever since I was a kid.

Until I was 16, World War II and gas rationing, hadn't travelled over 30 miles from home farm in Ontario, then, Dad having weak lungs, moved to the Prairies, whre Dad enjoyed 490 years of good health.

Three years of Univ. leading to B.Arts, then three years theology, and usually after such trainig one would qualify for a master's, these days theology students with such training get a M.Div. But we had to do extra study and write a thesis in order to get a B. Div. ... which I never did.

A few years helping refugees get back on their feet after the Korean War, another year of Adult Education training at Cornell Univ., where I met Iowa girl who became my wife.

Worked as a rural and suburban clergyperson for a time, but after separation, 40 years ago when cllergy didn't *do* that, career in somewhat jeopardy.

Life's been intersting, so far.

And some fun, as well.

Have a great week, everyone.

ole joyful hAVE GREAT WEEK, EVERYONE.

OLE JOYFUL

Only a basic liberal arts degree.
My spelling is really pretty good, but my control of the fingers on my hand are getting worse all the time, and some words get by spell checkers.
So....if you see an extra letter in a word, or a misspelled word with the correct letter right next to the wrong one - blame RA.

I went to 12 years of catholic schooling. That's it. If my grammar and spelling look good it isn't because of spell check; it's because Sister Mary Hermann Goering et al beat it into me.
Oh, BTW, I can only type with two fingers.

Interesting question! I was educated in San Francisco, Ca, during WWII and the system was trying out new ways of educating, so even though I was not in the "University bound" group, I am amazed at how comprehensive my education was. Attended Community college in my forties and almost got an AA when son needed money to attend college in the east so to work I went. I have never stopped learning, trying new things and being curious about our world. Being interested in many things (ie Anthropology for one) It is just amazing how quickly new discoveries change the ideas that we thought were true such a short time ago.

No degree except high school. Like LindainIowa said, my mother was very strict about grammar, too. We were all readers in my family but I don't really remember being read to a lot when we were little. We were also very curious little girls.

I think there is a difference between intelligence and education. DH says I'm a lot smarter than he is and he has a Master's degree. That isn't true but I do answer more Jeopardy questions than he does :-)

Life's an education in itself.

I have an associates degree in horticulture from the University of Minnesota. I graduated near the top of my class in high school and took all the math and science classes I could because they were always an easy A. My physics teacher was livid with me when he found out I was going to an "ag" school. He told me I was "throwing my life away." I'm sure I could've made a lot more money with a 4 year degree in a science field but, I like doing what I do and thats worth something, too.

Ron

Have degree from liberal arts college

a high school teacher taught us that "an intelligent person is one who not necessarily knows everything, but knows where to go and how to go about finding out what he has need of knowing." just think how the internet has expanded that capability!

I have a Ph.D. and am a college teacher. I do think the tone of the KT compared to other forums is not due to education but to something much more basic and important: consideration of others and a willingness to listen before judging. Every so often I've tried to post on Hot Topics but really those people scare me. . .

Bachelor's degree in Elementary Ed, in the old days when it was only a four-year degree. Wish I'd taken the 5th year here in CA, but we couldn't afford out-of-state tuition at the time. Then the kids came.... Might have to look into it again.

I hope I don't offend, but I'd suggest the intelligence on this forum seems higher because the average age of the posters is..... higher. I'm convinced older middle-aged and up people had a better education--quality work was the universal expectation. There was a price to pay at home if work wasn't done well. (Of course there's the flip side of that, which was very unpleasant for those who had learning difficulties.) My mom had a high school education and I always felt she knew more than I did.

Marita--don't be scared off by the folks at HT! Yes, there are some very intelligent and well-read people there, but anyone should feel free to express an opinion. I've found the topics a little boring lately and there are those who just like to stir the pot. Please don't let anyone intimidate you.

LOL, I am very educated, and even more opinionated. :)

Did 9 years of schooling in Germany (the norm back then), three years learning a trade, then came here to Oklahoma and became a wife, and mother.

Then, before the oldest finished high school I got me a GED.

All in all, I got the education of a lifetime of the school of trial and error.

Moni

I'm pretty well-educated, altho it was done in spurts. 4 yrs of high school, but no diploma due to moving around a lot. School for med tech and worked in medicine for 14 years. Time off for good behavior, then a BS in interdisciplinary studies in 2 years. Off for my Masters in Library Science, then 30 years later a Doctorate in Medical Humanities. An inveterate reader all through.

have a hs diploma but i've always read a great deal..i do wonder if age has anything to do with it? the way we were taught english is far different than today's children..

I agree that education certainly isn't the same as being smart! I work with over 1,000 lawyers!!

I've got an A.A.S (Pre-Environmental Science and Forestry) and a B.S. (Mathematics Education) and 1/2 an MBA. If I ever won the lottery, I'd go finish that MBA or maybe get my J.D. just to appear smarter to these guys all around me.

Would any of you go back to school now?

B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago. Graduate school soon.

I feel I'm well-educated in the formal sense, but I'm still in my 20's and I have a lot of life to experience before I consider myself truly educated.

I believe it also depends greatly on individual ambitions. My own personal path has been more focused on career growth over marriage or kids. In that sense, my college education has been invaluable.

I expect my priorities may shift in time, but I enjoy the security of being able to fully support myself.

I took journalism classes for four years in high school. I learned so much from Mrs. Turnbull....not only grammar but life skills.
I used to be much better at spelling when I was young.
I got an A. A. degree in nursing at a community college and became an RN.

So so.... graduated valedictorian of my high school class of only about 2 dozen students. Didn't go to college right away but went back and earned a 2 year degree in Information Services. Then did about another year of college after that. After that, a lot of on the job and life learning :-)

OK Softball - Can you still diagram a sentence? Sister Mary of the Perpetual Sinners taught us!

I have Master's of Library Science.

I earned an AA degree and then spent two years in Africa in the Peace Corps. I did not return to college to complete a 4-year degree when returning from Africa, something I regret to this day. I'm very impressed with everyone's education.

LOL Mcmann--I can still diagram a sentence--I learned from Sister Mary Flavian. It was either learn it or DIE!! I think that was around the sixth grade. In actuality, I sort of liked it.

Chi83, good luck in grad school!

Mimi boo, you deserve a medal of some sort--1000 lawyers--really? Holy cow!

Sjerin, I think you are absolutely right and you sure didn't offend me. I knew there had to be at least one good thing to come of getting older. Hopefully, we're wiser.

I come from an educated family--Dad was a physician, Mom has a master's degree, all 4 sibs have at least a college degree with three of us having Master's degrees and one is a physician.

My Dad instilled a love of books in all of us from a young age. He went out of his way to pick out books for me. He turned me on to Nancy Drew, then Victoria Holt, and increasingly more mature books.

Oh, I have a master's of science in anesthesia.

for this forum i think it has more to do w/ the average user age here, it is on the high side, an older generation. older generations have much more basic & general intellectual knowledge, than younger people. you see a significant drop off in general grammer, sentence structure and spelling in 20-somethings compared to gen x'ers and older generations. during the 90's i taught college and after several yrs i could no longer stand the lack of ambition and capacity for learning in my students and quit. i am always shocked at the lack of general knowledge in my younger co-workers, i truely don't know how these people will get thru life lol. my DH is in master's classes w/ 20 somethings right now and most of the time i avoid meeting them as i could not keep my mouth shut about some of the work his group projects have produced. i can't tell you how difficult it is for my DH (who has a near perfect GPA) to work w/ people who can not even proof read a small 40 pg project document and discover they never inserted the graphs, charts and pics :-0 not to mention their entire lack of business writing (or any writing for that matter) skills. sometimes i think my DH's high grades have more to do w/ his writing, grammer and report writing skills than his great engineering knowledge.

i went to private catholic school for 12 yrs where i'm convinced my writing, math and science skills became rooted. my family also only believes in perfect grades, B's are BAD was spoken often lol. i have an honors BS in Plant Sciences from Indiana Univ w/ additional courses from Purdue Univ (traitor i know lol). i started on some masters classes while teaching for IU, then left IN for orlando. my plant knowledges also comes from being a master gardener for 5 yrs in IN and now 13 yrs in orlando. after being in FL for 3 months i took a college course to become a FL Certified Horticulture Professional and have kept up that certification for 12 yrs now. i intend to go back and get a master's in Biotech sciences from Univ Central FL when my DH finishes his MS in Mech Engineering in a yr.

i LOVE learning, reading and keeping myself ahead of the intellectual curve ;-) ~ liz

Bachelor degree in elementary education but never taught. I agree that the postings here are more thought out because the crowd is older. I totally agree about the lack of education in so many younger people.

Graduated from high school, completed college and received a BA degree, majoring in elementary education. Have about 30 additional hours past that, but not enough of any one thing to get a masters degree. When I was teaching, which I did for 28 years, it wasn't financially smart to even get a masters. Now it is and if I were still teaching I'd sure have one!

Other than that, made good grades, have always read like a banshee. Education was stressed in my home growing up. Neither of my parents were able to finish high school, but were readers, very intelligent and lifelong learners. Each was one of ten children and the money and the distance into town to attend high school were both out of reach!

I'm the first one of my immediate family to finish college. My son attended about two years worth, but it wasn't his thing. He's very smart, has a good job and is a stickler for how his girls do in school. His sister graduated from college with honors and then from law school, also with honors. My step-daughter recently finished college and plans on attending law school.

That being said, I have a step-granddaughter who is staying with us for awhile. She graduated from high school last week. Get this, on her Facebook page she posted today that she is "all ready board"! Sheesh!!!

I don't think the tone of this board has much to do with degrees.

I believe most of the participants on this board are more mature and were probably the benefactors of better, more disciplined school systems than we have today, had parents who taught courtesy and manners and let's face it - like it or not - we're all posting on a board that doesn't tolerate bad behavior and they make no bones about it :)

Plus, I don't think this board is that easy to find. Not like more public boards which attract huge nunbers of participants of all age groups and backgrounds because they're more visible. This board isn't one you stumble upon easily. I think that makes for a more homogenous group of posters.

Hi tally,

Is that mainly homo ... or mostly genius?

(Around here, "homo" is the designation used to describe non-skimmed milk, derived from "homogenized" ... and don't ask me why!).

o j