The number of kids in college, today, who have to take at least 2 years of remedial, grammar school stuff, is astronomically high and a great many of them do NOT graduate, even after being in college for 6 years.
Yes, I went to college and graduate school, but I have NEVER stopped learning stuff. As a matter of fact, I just learned all about the Balkans Wars of 1912-13, which led up to WW I, the other day. I had known some of it, but now I know a great deal more about this topic and am VERY happy about this. :-)
We've posted to each other, through the years and yes, you can and DO hold your own.
Don’t know how old you are, but you strike me as another one with a pretty respectable IQ. The main thing I’ve always noticed about the most intelligent people I’ve ever known is they always have a drive to learn, all the time, it never stops. It’s something that’s built in I think. People who are of above average intelligence just have to learn, no matter what else they do.
I was always known as a kid for being found doing one of two things. Reading or playing guitar. That’s all I ever did, that’s why I started reading college books at a young age, books for kids my age were so boring I couldn’t go there any more.
I found my uncle’s college textbook one day and started reading. He caught me, took it and asked what I was reading. I told him what that chapter was about, he nodded, gave it back and never said a thing if I read his textbook, which I did ever day. I kept at it my whole life, I’ 60 now and still pick up books and check out websites strictly for educational purposes. I’ll never stop doing that or playing guitar. The day I stop learning is the day I stop breathing.
Most of the more intelligent people I’ve ever known have been the same way. Always trying to learn more. It’s a drive they can’t stop, an eternal quest for knowledge. It never lets you go, you can’t stop it...many people don’t understand that. High school is over, yay I’m out of school. Done deal. I can’t stop, I’ll just wither up and die...I bet you’re close to the same...