Do you trust and beleive there opinions without questoning to much
2007-11-29 19:47:12 · 26 answers · asked by Jimmy Dune Dean 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Why do you think they dominate so much of our media right and left. (Andrew Marr Nick Cohen Germaine Grearer etc.) And politics right and left. (David Cameron etc)
2007-11-29 20:48:31 · update #1
no not at all, although I do think that they are in way more debt them I am.
2007-11-29 19:53:21 · answer #1 · answered by guymandude 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I'm at Oxford and I have an excellent academic background but I don't think I am more intelligent than everybody. I may have done well in my subject (law) but my mind boggles as to how doctors, engineers etc learn all their stuff.
Also, what is all this bull about not having common sense, what has going to private school and a 900 year old University got to do with not having common sense? If you've got it (or haven't got it) you've got it whether you went to University or not! I think I do have common sense...
I don't trust any one in University, in fact I actually try to not trust most of the fellow students I meet.
And lots of media types are from Oxbridge because its generally accepted that Oxbridge provide the best degrees, so graduates join the largest companies, such as the BBC - (that's not my opinion necessarily, it's just a general statement).
Bruver
2007-11-29 21:24:11 · answer #2 · answered by bruverhoodofman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was at school, I had my heart set on going to Oxford or Cambridge but I'm so glad I didn't get in. I got straight As in my GCSEs and then straight As in my A-levels and my school was informed that I had the highest percentage results in all my A-level subjects. I attended Oxford for interview and passed the entrance exam and one interview. However, it turned out that the two colleges I had applied to on the advice of my school (because they were more likely to accept state school children from a working class background) had been feuding for 200 years. As I had applied to both and not shown a clear alliegance to either, I failed my second interview and was told this was the reason. Although I had proven my intelligence, I was rejected for political reasons. It was my good luck. I went to a great university and got a good degree but, most importantly, I made great friendships and gained a lot of life experience. I have never believed people at Oxford or Cambridge are more intelligent than me and I know I have a lot more commonsense than many graduates. An academic may be an expert in their field but this just means they know a lot about a little. Also, I wouldn't trust and believe their opinions without making my own mind up because their job is to stand out from their counterparts and they may support one particular theory simply for the kudos of being different.
2007-11-29 20:09:55 · answer #3 · answered by emble1974 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think they had more natural intelligence in areas that I didn't, and wasn't really interested in, but I also think that life if what you make it and if you aren't naturally talented, you can work really hard to be that. I don't believe that you have to go to private school or have parents with lots of money to get in there. I heard of a few friends of friends going and they all went to state schools.
I'm glad I didn't go to Oxford/Cambridge, I hated the one person I knew that went there and I'm so glad that she is really, really far away from me.
2007-11-29 20:06:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have never been impressed with where a person got his/her education or how many fancy degrees they might have. All that doesn't mean they really know how to get by in the world. Sure they might know a lot about their field of study, but there's more to life than that. I've know people who've gone to some pretty fancy schools and people with barely a high school education. Knowing a lot of stuff doesn't mean you're smart. It just means you know a lot of stuff.
2007-11-29 19:56:38 · answer #5 · answered by Richard B 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
been to both cities did not think much of either, as for intelligence if you call the old boy net work brains, just a club really , most of the time there opinions don't count for a hill of beans, snob value
2007-11-29 20:06:19 · answer #6 · answered by ufo18 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I trust them less.They come from privileged backgrounds and often don't have a clue how the common man lives and works and feels.I find them absolutely clueless and out of touch!
2007-11-29 20:25:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No not at all. They are obviously knowledgeable in their particular field but tend to have a rather restricted view of the world and life in general... Lots of graduates have a distinct lack of common sense, which very often is far more important than academic success...
2007-11-29 19:55:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
On the contrary. If someone told me they were educated at either university I wouldn't trust them to change a light bulb. Graduates are (in the main) fantastic at their chosen subject, but take them out of their comfort zone and they are like fishes out of water
2007-11-29 19:55:29 · answer #9 · answered by Big kid 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
No its nothing to do with intelligence, and i would never trust and believe someone just because they went to a good University.
2007-11-29 19:56:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
No. Not at all. Maybe they've had a better education and have better contacts, but I hardly think they're more intelligent generally.
2007-11-29 20:13:56 · answer #11 · answered by Orla C 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋