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I can't believe this person has never heard the term 'over-educated' before. It expresses a populist sentiment which accuses those who have spent too much time
by astine 17y ago
I can't believe this person has never heard the term 'over-educated' before. It expresses a populist sentiment which accuses those who have spent too much time in academia from of not being in touch with the working class.
It implies elitism and a lack of practicality: the 'over-educated' person is privileged, (how else could he afford such an education?) considers himself better than the average person and worthy of telling him what to do and how to live, but has not contributed to society in any meaningful way himself.
- yummyfajitas 17y agoI can't believe this person has never heard the term 'over-educated' before. It expresses a populist sentiment which accuses those who have spent too much time in academia from of not being in touch with the working class. If the author has never heard this term before, it suggests the accusation is correct in his case.
- lolcraft 17y agoHappiness, whether consisting in pleasure or virtue, or both, is more often found with those who are highly cultivated in their minds and in their character, and have only a moderate share of external goods, than among those who possess external goods to a useless extent but are deficient in higher qualities. - Aristotle Of course, Aristotle was a bourgeois (i.e. not proud of being ignorant) and his opinions should be taken with a grain of salt.
- mquander 17y agoWhen I read that headline a few days ago, my interpretation was this: the study shows that educated people tend to prefer Obama. However, they can't print that, even if it's true, because it will insult a lot of their readers. So "educated" becomes "over-educated" which retains some degree of accuracy and doesn't offend "over-educated" people as much as the other version would offend under-educated ones.
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