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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Quinnipiac: "Which candidate do you think is most intelligent?" [View all]pnwmom
(109,021 posts)16. Why is that a good reply? Are you aware that Harvard gives honors to about 90% of its graduates,
and Stanford only the top 15%? So how does Buttigieg's magna make him smarter, when he wasn't having to juggle a football schedule on top of an academic schedule?
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Why is Buttigieg more academically successful than the African American, Cory Booker?
pnwmom
Nov 2019
#3
Booker himself admits he only got into Stanford because of his football abilities
maximusveritas
Nov 2019
#4
Booker was being modest. He didn't get into Yale law school because of his football.
pnwmom
Nov 2019
#7
I have a nephew that is a good athlete in high school and an excellent student.
Blue_true
Nov 2019
#54
Booker managed to do well enough academically, despite his heavy football schedule,
pnwmom
Nov 2019
#57
Why is that a good reply? Are you aware that Harvard gives honors to about 90% of its graduates,
pnwmom
Nov 2019
#16
I didn't say 90% graduated magna cum laude. But because of grade inflation at Harvard,
pnwmom
Nov 2019
#44
It is interesting that I've heard Buttigieg is a Rhodes Scholar but I never heard the same about
JonLP24
Nov 2019
#26
You probably also know that Harvard was giving almost all its graduates a degree with honors,
pnwmom
Nov 2019
#14
I agree that trying to figure out how smart someone is based solely on how they speak is not
Sloumeau
Nov 2019
#32
Right. But maybe they're perceiving their appearance as much as what they say. nt
pnwmom
Nov 2019
#20
They didn't give a statistic for how many graduated magna, but with 90% graduating cum laude
pnwmom
Nov 2019
#42
I was not comparing him to Booker or anyone else, and he was one of only 6 Harvard students to earn
Celerity
Nov 2019
#47
The ARTICLE in the OP is all about comparing the Presidential candidates, and has Buttigieg
pnwmom
Nov 2019
#49
the 'article' is a tweet of a dodgy poll question that is a priori going to yield biased
Celerity
Nov 2019
#50
Where you went to school is no indicator that you're "smarter" than anyone else.
oldsoftie
Nov 2019
#40
And one of the dumbest people we know was smart enough to become President of the U.S. n/t
pnwmom
Nov 2019
#43
+1000. "I know a few people who NEVER went to college who are far smarter...
Kind of Blue
Nov 2019
#45
ALL our candidates obviously have high IQs. But being smart isn't the only important
highplainsdem
Nov 2019
#48