[okie01]

How dumb do these people have to be?

Understand that getting a Radio/TV degree from the J-school is kind of like buying a loaf of bread. It just costs more.

In fact, being dumb helps. You're unlikely to ask embarrassing questions of the professors.

[Enchante]

"In fact, being dumb helps. You're unlikely to ask embarrassing questions of the professors."

.... and if by some random chance anyone does ask a prof (or fellow students) embarrassing questions, they will quickly learn what it means to be ostracized or at least treated with unveiled resentment and contempt.