Yale vs. Texas A&M

T26E4
Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:03:56 +0000

lexlee: I feel your bias against “badge” holders is misplaced. I think you’re spot on that tons of super candidates for co-workers or bosses can be had from non-“badge” schools – I proudly have worked beside and for people from diverse backgrounds and college pedigrees and am exceedingly happy to do so.

Certainly some “badge” school alum may feel a sense of superiority that’s not really bound in reality – sure: we get that. But to just blanketly toss them out in exchange for I guess what you’d call a more “grounded” person – doesn’t seem to be the best policy either.

Who bemoans a lack of leadership? Straw polls and the populist voice or talk show radio? C’mon. It’s akin to anti-intellectual bias that candidate Obama rec’d during the election.