Why is it when i am talking to someone or arguing with them?

Question

They talk about how they have a Ph. D or some other college degree? Do they try to make me feel inferior to them or do they believe that it is a sign of respect and intelligence? To me, it means that you went to college for a few years, had a good time and now probably has a job. I don't give them any more respect than anyone with a normal job. Ask yourself this. Does a college degree actually matter, or is the college degree manufactured to matter in our society so people would go to college for some of the most useless things just so they could get a normal job? I know college is needed for some jobs, but i mean come on, not all of them that there are. Its like a requirment these days.

by manufactured, i mean are college students these days(like myself) being farmed into liberal beliefs, Almost every professor i have met is liberal, and speaks their beliefs, usually if you disagree with them they can just deduct from you. So now is some programs in college just a conservative/liberal test?

Cassie, i am in college, its nothing special in my opinion, its like high school, just a little more resbonsibility

Answer 1

well somethings you do have to go specifically to college to learn. of course we sometimes all have the innate ability to do certain jobs, yet college enhances our abilities that are sometimes already there. i am a teacher and because both my parents are/were teachers i believe it is in me. yet i still go to college to receive my degree in teacher education so that i may become certified to teach. certain things that i have learned in college are invaluable. however, i do not in any circumstances try to throw my education in anyones face. i remain humble and enjoy teaching. anyone who would intentionally try to throw their education in your face is a braggart and is basically an insecure person. some of the best people that i know and have ever worked with may not have a degree. and you might be one of them. if you can go to college, by all means go. if you want to go to college, by all means go. but it does not make or break you to be a lesser of a person because you are not in college!
what if the janitor that you meet has great wisdom. did the wisdom come from college or from God?

Answer 2

If what you're arguing about is their area of expertise, about which you know little, then they are probably trying to get you to listen.

If the degree is in an unrelated area, then they have lost the argument and are trying to intimidate you into caving.

It's true that there are a lot of nimrods out there with degrees, and it's possible to get a PhD and not be able to think your way out of a paper bag, unfortunately.

About the whole liberal thing, no this isn't some sort of conspiracy. First, there are conservatives teaching at the college level.

It's just that most profs aren't. Actually, a lot of profs are not so much liberal as progressive, in my experience (further left than liberal).

)I believe it's because of the education itself; education tends to broaden a person, making them less provincial and more likely to identify with humanity in general, more accepting of complex chains of cause and effect, greater tolerance for ambiguity and subtly -- but then I'm pretty far left myself.)

In your subsequent question (which is how I got to this one, and which is the one I seem to be answering, rather than this one -- sorry), you mention "the liberal arts" -- this phrase has nothing to do with 'liberal' in the political sense, its in contrast with, for instance 'visual arts'.

The reason most employers these days want a college degree is that a high school diploma doesn't mean much -- the person with no more than a diploma may not be able to read or write -- although this is also true of a big percent of college grads too.

Answer 3

To me, it seems like some of the stupidist, pretentious, ignorant people, are the people with years and years of college. How smart do you have to be to go tens of thousands of dollars in debt, and have no job to pay it back? Then they default on student loans, and the working people have to pay. Also, from what I've seen, the college mentality is to party, party and party some more.
College has become a billion dollar industry. The qualifications to get in are, 1) money 2)money3)money. If you can get the financing, you can go to college. If you aren't particularly intelligent, you can still get a degree.
If I was an employer, the only reason I would require a college degree is because it would show that you can stick with something for at least two years.
I would prefer to hire a veteran, because I know that they can stick with something for a few years, additionally, they can handle responsibility, and most who have served at least four years would usually have managment and supervisory experience and they would definately be more mature than some scrod who partied and sat in a class room for four years, and played video games in the dorm room with his homies.
And most people are impressed when someone becomes a doctor. Oh He's my son, The Doctor, they say, as they look down their noses at you. Well, I say, hey, not every Doctor graduated in the top of the class, somebody had to be in the lower percentile. What percentile was your Doctor in?

Answer 4

i've often wondered how much my college education was worth, especially after struggling when I got out of school. However, with perseverance my career has taken a turn for the better. Part of the issue is what is being taught is schools does not hold as knowledge to get ahead. It might make a person more well rounded, but I would argue, even without schooling on the subject, one could read on their own,and become just as knowledgable.There are many people who do not hold degrees. This does not equate to less knowledge in a subject area.

Answer 5

It *might* matter; that is they could well be smarter than you...but degrees are only an indirect indicator of intelligence. I see them more as indicator of execution; these people saw the value of the degree and chose to stick to that path.

Though I have know some very smart people who have no degree, I know many, many very smart people who do. Is this a coincidence? I think not.

The guys who insist on telling you that they have a PhD during an argument (or introduction) usually aren't the smart ones. Coincidence? I think not.

I hate to tell you, but just because you can find a job now without a college education, that may not always be true.

Answer 6

Someone who has gone to college and actually graduated may have more knowledge about certain topics than someone who has not. It does not necessarily mean the person is intellectually superior to you, but it does show that they have made some effort to expand their mind. There are still plenty of jobs that do not require a college degree, but most decent jobs require some sort of advanced training or technical expertise. The fact that someone is a PhD does not automatically mean that his or her opinions on politics or other topics of life is necessarily more valid than that of someone else. In the end, common sense may be the most important thing. That's not taught in college.

Answer 7

That is what's known as "appeal to authority," which is a logical fallacy. Just because someone has more degrees doesn't mean their argument is necessarily better than yours, even if it is in their field of expertise. Many people do tend to trust others with more education because we think they should "know what they're talking about," but even experts can make mistakes so it's important to judge every argument or statement upon its own merits to the best of your ability.

Answer 8

hmmmm, I agree with you on the part that just because you have a college degree you are not God, you just went to school longer than some people, got a degree and now have to get a job to pay back student loans.

Answer 9

In their insecure way, the morons are trying to make you think they are intelligent, but they are not. Laugh at them, because you have common sense, and they don't and that makes them dumber than you. A college degree doesn't mean anything unless you have a job to back that up.

Answer 10

sounds more to me like you are regretting your decision not to go to college..............college is just a way of growing up and acquiring knowledge to prepare you for any professional field......... No one is "better" than another for having an education, but that education certainly opens the doors to good jobs......then you have to prove you are worth the job.....