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catscradle Sep. 14th, 2006 03:03 pm)
catscradle Sep. 14th, 2006 03:03 pm)So as I'm looking at job ads, I'm noticing how many employers require applicants to have a master's degree along with proof of success in the field for pissant jobs with sucky wages. So I'm wondering why the fuck we're not requiring this of the President of the United States.
Most jobs these days that pay above 30K a year require at least a bachelor degree. You can get away with a C average in basket weaving, so I think you need to step it up to a masters if you want to be President. Forget about averages, you need at least a B in a graduate level class to even pass it. This would weed out the Bushs of the world that maintained a 2.0 GPA at Yale even with a slew of Ds and Fs because they sought out the easy classes to get the occassional A or B.
Maybe they can apply for the job with only a bachelors if they have 20 years of experience with proof of success and leadership skills. I haven't decided yet.
Okay, seriously, why the hell aren't we making education and experience an issue with regards to the most powerful leader in the country? Just because some yahoo graduated from Yale, Harvard or Princeton, doesn't mean they're capable of the job. It means they had the money to get in and the ability to pull off a 2.0. In their tenure at Yale, both Bush and Kerry had a C average (a 77 and 76 percent respectively). Fuck me. Would you want a doctor performing an operation on you if they had a C average? Probably not. But sure! Run the country, how hard can it be...
This of course isn't saying that the Master's degree is the end all be all. Of course not. Condoleeza Rice has a Ph.D. and look at what she did with it. I sometimes wonder though if she's seething with fury everytime Bush opens his mouth. That's her boss. It really must suck. Still, she made her bed. So advanced degrees definitely don't make you the best candidate for anything. But it's interesting to see how many people think this is what's needed to basically get a low power, pissant job you will definitely be over qualified for - versus how many people don't think it matters a wit for the job of the Presidency.
Most jobs these days that pay above 30K a year require at least a bachelor degree. You can get away with a C average in basket weaving, so I think you need to step it up to a masters if you want to be President. Forget about averages, you need at least a B in a graduate level class to even pass it. This would weed out the Bushs of the world that maintained a 2.0 GPA at Yale even with a slew of Ds and Fs because they sought out the easy classes to get the occassional A or B.
Maybe they can apply for the job with only a bachelors if they have 20 years of experience with proof of success and leadership skills. I haven't decided yet.
Okay, seriously, why the hell aren't we making education and experience an issue with regards to the most powerful leader in the country? Just because some yahoo graduated from Yale, Harvard or Princeton, doesn't mean they're capable of the job. It means they had the money to get in and the ability to pull off a 2.0. In their tenure at Yale, both Bush and Kerry had a C average (a 77 and 76 percent respectively). Fuck me. Would you want a doctor performing an operation on you if they had a C average? Probably not. But sure! Run the country, how hard can it be...
This of course isn't saying that the Master's degree is the end all be all. Of course not. Condoleeza Rice has a Ph.D. and look at what she did with it. I sometimes wonder though if she's seething with fury everytime Bush opens his mouth. That's her boss. It really must suck. Still, she made her bed. So advanced degrees definitely don't make you the best candidate for anything. But it's interesting to see how many people think this is what's needed to basically get a low power, pissant job you will definitely be over qualified for - versus how many people don't think it matters a wit for the job of the Presidency.
