Arthur, when people only have a government school education they are capable of being misinformed on many topics.
Americans are suspicious of folks who claim to be “the smartest dudes in the room,...directly and indirectly.
See where you might belong because it’s not about ones education , it’s about the intellectual ‘credibility’ of the other guy.
As follows:
Intellectual Credibility Factor #1:
Some people arrive in life front-loaded with raw intelligence.
They have a high IQ, a bloated cerebral cortex, feisty synapses, or whatever it is in the brain pan that allows a small percentage of the population to excel at thinking about complex stuff in ways that leave the rest of us gasping in awe.
Intellectual Credibility Factor #2:
Some people gorge on education.
They are walking libraries and resource centers on facts and figures and historical implications.
Intellectual Credibility Factor #3:
Some people earn street-level savvy from serious time in the trenches.
No theory for these dudes. They know what they know, because they learned it from doing it.
Intelligence. Education. Street savvy.
Which do you think wins out in the game of life?
Intelligence is a great tool,... like fuel for your car. But it is not the car.
(Educational Intelligence speaker at conference..Carlton)
Likewise...
... when people only have a Catholic school education they are capable of being misinformed on many topics.