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NewJeffCT

(56,848 posts)
Sat Nov 16, 2019, 09:45 PM Nov 2019

Question on Stephanie Grisham -

The press secretary

She is only a high school graduate - while SHS isn't a rocket scientist, she at least graduated from a mediocre college in Arkansas. And, Spicer graduated from a pretty good liberal arts college in Connecticut in Connecticut College.

Isn't a college degree a prerequisite for being press secretary? Or, did Donny waive the requirement to get the multiple DUI tainted Grisham on board?

I mean, under Obama, Josh Earnest went to Rice and Jay Carney to Yale, with Robert Gibbs a graduate of NC State.



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rownesheck

(2,343 posts)
4. She graduated
Sat Nov 16, 2019, 10:05 PM
Nov 2019

Magna Cum Laude from trump university with a major in Dipshittery and a minor in Dumbassery.

safeinOhio

(37,651 posts)
7. I'm a Magna Cum Laude graduate. Top 5% of my class.
Sat Nov 16, 2019, 10:19 PM
Nov 2019

I didn’t earn it with brain power. It was hard work and that is lacking in trump world.

 

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)
8. I too am Magna my grades slipped the semester my father passed away
Sat Nov 16, 2019, 10:25 PM
Nov 2019

I had a 4.0 before and after that semester but slipped two classes to B


and it was hard work. I had a tutor in Math as a decision making tool...a most worthless class

safeinOhio

(37,651 posts)
10. I just about flunked out in 1971.
Sat Nov 16, 2019, 10:29 PM
Nov 2019

Went back and had no problem and working in a factory 60 to 70 hrs a week. Got my degree in the year 2000. Loved every minute of it.

flotsam

(3,268 posts)
5. Never confuse schooling with education
Sat Nov 16, 2019, 10:14 PM
Nov 2019

I know college graduates-say legacy presidents-I wouldn't trust to babysit my kids and if I had to I would hide their piggybanks. I've also met people who have never done a day past high school who have educated themselves and do well in positions of responsibility. I'm a high school drop-out (Ok-I did GED, CLEP, and a couple of semesters but I'm undegreed) but I read and am a fucking killer on trivial pursuit...

NewJeffCT

(56,848 posts)
13. there are a LOT of private sector jobs out there
Sun Nov 17, 2019, 08:01 AM
Nov 2019

that require college degrees, master's degrees, etc and other certifications (MD, CPA, etc)

I was wondering if the Press Secretary is normally one of those jobs

fierywoman

(8,595 posts)
6. She worked with FLOTITS on her look, which sealed the deal. (They have equal levels
Sat Nov 16, 2019, 10:15 PM
Nov 2019

of education.)

Ms. Toad

(38,635 posts)
11. Is there a reason you believe there are requirements, educational or otherwise,
Sat Nov 16, 2019, 10:44 PM
Nov 2019

aside of presidential whim?

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