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Having spent my 20s in school I knew first hand how unimpressive plenty of my classmates were. I also knew that getting a piece of paper does not make you smarter or better. A lot of White Collar professionals think it does. That is especially prevalent over in Europe.

I especially love it when they try to play the credentials game with me.....what I call the "academic d*ck measuring contest". It goes like this. They spout some idiotic establishment opinion. I disagree. They then try the usual put downs of how I must be stupid or uneducated to have an opinion that differs from theirs. I then offer to compare our educational background if they'd like. I have a JD and an MBA and I speak 3 languages and have lived in 5 countries. 99%+ are going to lose that comparison. I know full well that doesn't make me smarter nor does it mean that I'm right - but they believe in that nonsense. So what now? Usually its some variation of "well MY degrees count but yours don't count! So there!". I just laugh.