Do they teach "stupid" in journalism school or is it an entry requirement?
Yes.
I don't think it's an entry requirement, but it is a prerequisite for graduation. If you weren't when you arrived, you will be, before they allow you to graduate.
Apparently journalism school is where one goes to enhance, refine, and develop one's stupid. Occasionally some boob will go for surgery to have more impressive, yet fake and ultimately unsatisfying stupids, but it really helps to have a lot of stupid already when one first signs up.
No. There is a Dumb Pill tablet dispenser at the water cooler.
I've seen this mentality at IBM's RTP in Raleigh, NC. Some of these people drift around in a daze when they're not just reading newspapers and drinking coffee.
No wonder IBM sold off its PC didivsion to the Chinese last month.
The only intelligent person I met was a retired A10 pilot who was the IBM project manager of my project on the JD Edwards software side.
As I recall from my days at the university, those who failed in the sciences became business majors. And those who failed as business majors became liberal arts majors. And those who failed as liberal arts majors became journalism majors. The only major below journalism was ornamental horticulture and basket weaving, as I recall.
I have probably insulted thousands of folks with this post, but what they hey. Flames really can't propagate through cyberspace anyway. LOL!