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From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora)
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Subject: Re: XSO IQ
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Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 16:44:00 EDT
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>/* hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) /  3:35 pm  Jun 21, 1985 */

>For further evidence of anti-intellectualism, consider teachers' pay scales
>as compared with, say, plumbers' or auto assembly line workers.

Altho I agree with you about American "culture" having a streak  of
anti-intellectualism in it, these are not necessarily evidence of that.
Plumbers pay scales may be higher because most people (except hackers :-)
consider cleanliness and basic bodily functions before they do education.
Auto assembly line workers may get more because people have to drive to
work in order to make money to send their children to school, as well
as because of union priveliges.

>Frankly, the implications of this scare the hell out of me.  What  can  one
>say about a culture that values learning so little?

One of the reasons for the anti-intellectual climate may be political, i.e.,
it would seem that the majority of intellectuals are significantly to the
left of most Americans.  Indeed, I have been guilty of anti-intellectual
attitudes for essentially this reason.  In addition, many whom the media
proclaim to be intellectuals don't really seem to be primarily concerned
with matters of the intellect.

>The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe)

							Mike Sykora