Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
I do get sick of this notion that where somebody went to school or university is proof of intelligence. It is - apart from anything else - fantastically reductive.

The other day I was thinking about it and realised that many of the people whose intelligence I most respect have never been near a university. Equally, I know a number of people with PhDs I wouldn't leave alone with a box of matches.

Much of what we laughingly call education consists of box-ticking exercises and is in and of itself no proof of intelligence whatsoever.
Gracious me, yes. And of course the whole thing is exacerbated by Comrade Blair's insistence that everyone have a degree. Within my own family there are people with degrees who struggle to operate anything more complex than a tea towel.