Just Some Answers Please?!

George W. Bush does have an MBA from Harvard. He did make a speech at Yale where he said something like "And to the C students, you too can become president". I'm quite sure he said that as a joke and people did laugh. This was early in his presidency when he was popular and people liked his speech. In truth while he may have been a C student at Yale, he couldn't have been a C student while earning his MBA at Harvard. Any grades below a B in a Masters program are practically failing grades. Most colleges will allow a maximum of 2 C's, neither of which can be in required courses. I would guess that Harvard may be even more strict. I don't know for sure what McCain's GPA was, but I have heard that he graduated close to the bottom of his class (although not from an authoritative source). That said, he DID graduate. My wife learned very quickly after graduating that your GPA is completely meaningless in the real world. Go ahead and put it on a resume, nobody cares. I was a C student and occasionally a D student while working on my associates and bachelor's degrees. Why? Because I could be. For my Masters I was an A student through most of the program and finished with a 3.7. I've never seen a college grading scale that would list 3.4-3.8 as an A. My college, USF considered a 3.7-3.9 A-, but only a 4.0 is called an A. Since there is no evidence of his GPA it's largely irrelevant. Obviously a president should be educated, but a GPA is hardly indicative of how intelligent or educated a person is. I used selective laziness and my math skills to do the absolute least amount of work possible to finish my classes with the minimum required grade. I learned everything I needed to and counted on my ability to ace tests and exams while ignoring many assignments.

Hello ZephyrSun, This is a really terrific discussion topic!!! There are many angles from which to tackle your underlying question. I'll tackle just one angle, if it's alright with you. I live not far from Los Alamos, NM and Albuquerque, NM, where the Los Alamos National Laboratories and Sandia National Laboratories can be found. Residents familiar with both frequently comment how the 'coneheads' have no common sense. As with most observations, this is neither fully accurate nor inaccurate. However, there does seem to be an increased likelihood that the people with the highest levels of education and academic achievement may, and often do, lack solid social or 'people' skills. The reality is that we neither want an emotionally underdeveloped or an intellectually underdeveloped President, with access to the 'nuclear football'. So, my take is that as with most things in life, moderation is the key! We want a President to have developed cognitive abilities, and emotional stability if not marked maturity. As such, I would welcome a "C" student, who had significant 'extra-curricular' experience, and ecclectic development where he or she has more wholly developed their 'self' over a President who was an outstanding student, yet lacked core structural emotional development. Specifically, I have considerable concerns about Sen. Obama's repeated references to 'racial identity issues' in his own book and certain interviews that he has given. Identity issues can be, and often are, an indication of an underdeveloped emotional foundation. As such, if the choice was limited to a pure choice, where one candidate is dynamically 'emotionally' developed and the other is dynamically 'intellectually' developed, I would choose the emotional giant over the intellectual giant. The reason is because a President with an average IQ, and excellent judgement can always summon experts in any field to provide the details. That's not the case with a President who may be an intellectual giant, but who is prohibited by public perception from assigning the touch judgement calls and national decisions to a third party.

I find this to be an interesting topic of discussion. Mostly becase having lived in the real world for quite sometime after graduating with a 3.83, I know that it doesn't make jack in the real world. Nobody cares but you! I can also tell you that it sure as heck isn't an indicator of your level of intelligence. At least they attended college, there are a lot of powerful people in powerful places with far less formal education. Alot of successful people recieve there greatest and best education from The School of Life or the The School of Hard Lessons. I guess you figured out by now that I am not impressed by ones level of formal education or GPA. Don't get me wrong I think that we should get an education and understand the importance of it, I guess I just don't put that much weight into it. There are far too many people that paid more for their education than they will earn in a lifetime. How stupid is that?....lol