Could you respect a celebrity who doesn't even have a college degree?

[Anonymous]

Yes. I don't respect anyone who could seriously ask this question though.

[Anonymous]

Wasn't Steve Jobs also a college dropout? The original question is asinine.

[Anonymous]

For me it isn't about respect. I don't respect "celebrities" in general.

A college degree is just a class indicator IMO. I generally assume someone who didn't go to college (and yes, the college does matter, Podunk U doesn't count) is from a less advantaged background. That does not mean that I cannot like and admire someone from such a background. Merely, a college degree is an indicator of how the person was raised and what s/he values or was taught to value. I do think a person should be judged on his/her actions and accomplishments and how s/he treats others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, I can't respect people like Ingvar Kamprad. Kamprad grew up on a farm, poor, and used to buy and then resell matches on the street. I mean, he founded IKEA and is now one of the richest people in the world, but, whoa, he didn't go to college. What a loser.

Bill Gates got into a college, but he's a dropout, so technically also a loser.



OP, you are ridiculous.

The Kamprad family are well known racists and generally wretched people. Look it up.

Still respect them? Perhaps it is you who is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

College degree does not = respect.

[Anonymous]

You need a degree to pretend on film to be someone else, be a singer, be a fool, be a Kardashian ... ? LOL.

I respect no celebrity. Most are dumb as rocks and their opinions mean nothing.

[Anonymous]

OK, I'll bite.

Although respect may not be the best description, I have trouble "taking seriously" the child actors that went to Harvard, Yale, etc.

Tyra Banks and Natalie Portman...I'm looking at you.

[Anonymous]

Like Kobe Bryant?

Such a loser.

[Anonymous]

I think actors or musicians who go to college are NOT the norm. Celebrity culture is driven by youth and the younger they get out there the better for their career.

[Anonymous]

The CEO of my company didn't go to college. Should I not respect him?

[Anonymous]

Most celebrities in the entertainment world didn't go to college. Even some respected news anchors (Peter Jennings is one) didn't go to/graduate from college.

If your job requires a college degree then it's important. For many in the entertainment world it's not critical.

[Anonymous]

It would never occur to me to use a college degree as a measure on how much I respect a person. It's irrelevant.

[Anonymous]

Op it depends on the college? What college did you attend?

[Anonymous]

When did we start respecting celebrities? Why would we care if they graduated college?

They aren't performing surgery on our children!

Odd post

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When did we start respecting celebrities? Why would we care if they graduated college?

They aren't performing surgery on our children!

Odd post

-no, they are not. But they are directing money-driven politics, giving to super-PACs, dining with the president and other politicians, making political propaganda of one type or another, etc.

So there is that. Like, our future as a nation, and all.