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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just being real, not state schools. Not even IC Berkeley. Of course HYPMS, but also the “lower” Ivies and also the odd private school like Northwestern and Emory and probably a few more if I really thought about it. [/quote]

FWIW I have a relative who attended Emory in undergrad (now employed as a physician).  She did not realize, in her forties, that Spain was not an actor in World War 2.[/quote]

I’m a lawyer from an T10 law school and I didn’t know that until this post just now that I am reading at 38. Add that to your list of “people who didn’t learn a lot about WWII” I guess. [/quote]

The depths of ignorance of people who attend elite institutions is always surprising to people who haven't actually met people from elite institutions.

Older video, but still my favorite:
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I'll add that this is not a criticism of you, who has the humility to acknowledge learning something. It's just that general education was pretty bad when you were in school, and it's even worse now. Elite schools don't admit huge numbers of autodidacts -- the most likely to come up with these bits of knowledge --  probably because autodidacts, while generally very smart, often cross the line into ADHD, which means they don't have the perfect resumes that elite schools crave.[/quote]

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