I used to live in Marin. Everyone my age was crazy smart, probably because they were rich and could pay tutors. The high school I was going to go to had Latin as a language. I've never heard of another public school having that. At least the one I actually did go to did not.
My public high school had Latin. It is, however on the peninsula in an area just as affluent as Marin.
I used to live in Marin. Everyone my age was crazy smart, probably because they were rich and could pay tutors. The high school I was going to go to had Latin as a language. I've never heard of another public school having that. At least the one I actually did go to did not.
My public high school had Latin. It is, however on the peninsula in an area just as affluent as Marin.
No. Not to say people are dumbasses or anything of the sort - many are smart in their own rite, just obviously haven't made it through/beyond HS in the education system (language is a big tell).
I am the 8%... as in only ~8% of people in my city have a Bachelor's degree or above, this goes up to ~10% if you say associates or above. This is very different from where I grew up.
As a result the mean household income for the town hovers around 30k - median is closer to 35 or 40k... yes that's HOUSEHOLD income!
And my city is less than 30 miles away from 2 different college towns... seriously.
Yes. I live in a midwest city where there are probably 5 universities within city limits. I'd say most people at least have bachelors degree. There are a few law schools here and quite a few young lawyers in the city too compared to neighboring cities.
My hometown on the other hand....NO. Out of 3,000 people, maybe 5 had college degrees. Terrible, small, poverty ridden place in no-where Indiana. I'm glad my parents made me go to college/move out of that town.
According to Fuddy's chart, only about 30% of ppl have a BA or more, so I guess not terribly. However, I love in a pretty nice suburb near KC, and people here are wealthy, and I tend to think that wealthy usually=educated, no? But maybe more in rural KS ppl arnt as educated.
ETA. well, I guess more ppl here have a BA or higher than the country in general. Hm.
Post by GailGoldie on Aug 27, 2012 20:42:54 GMT -5
hell yes. i'm in northern NJ (nyc suburbia). tons of ivy league people around here (including my husband)... i don't know a ton of people who didn't go to college... and most have masters, JD, etc.
Among our friends? Yes. Throughout Vegas? Not particularly. This is a city that tempts people with $$$ and most 18 year olds figure they can make more valet/cocktail/hosting/whatever.
Post by zacksbride on Aug 27, 2012 21:28:30 GMT -5
nope. very different than where i am from (northern NJ).
i am in TX and only 8% of people have a bachelors in my city, while over 35% have not completed high school.
however, in my circle people are well educated. people where i live are basically physicians/NPs/PAs at a large medical center or of very low socioeconomic status, with unfortunately very high teen pregnancy rates and high high school drop out rates
My public high school had Latin. It is, however on the peninsula in an area just as affluent as Marin.
Mine had Latin as well.
But it was also in an affluent area.
Lol--Latin was offered at the public HS in my Podunk rural central IL town of 7,000 (& my private HS with 250 students). My DD is in 2nd grade Montessori & her teacher said they are focusing on Latin & Greek (as roots of words) this year. The reason this school averages test scores in the high 90s is becoming more & more clear.
I live in Denver & overall it's educated I believe. My neighborhood is a mix but damn there are a ton of Architects around--it's annoying how cliche we are here.
In my neighborhood, yes, it's kind of like a refuge for people who work in a nearby city. Outside of that bubble though, I'm sandwiched between Indiana and Kentucky. I'm sure you can draw some conclusions.
I live in a big 10 college town, so the majority of the people I interact with have college degrees (or are getting one), many even have higher degrees. My company has a lot of PhDs and people with master's degrees.
I'm sure there are plenty of people here that aren't highly educated, but I think the HS dropout rate is fairly low compared to many areas so even those without college are at least somewhat educated.
Post by thelongroad on Aug 27, 2012 22:48:55 GMT -5
I live in a suburb on the west coast. It's kind of hard to generalize....I guess it depends on the group you hang out with. We have the totally uneducated people at the south end of town and in the town to my east. Then the more educated on the north end of town and in the towns west.
No. I live in North San Diego County, on the coast. We only have a community college here, rather than a large grouping of universities. My area is heavily military, and while I love the military, and lots of military members are smart and very good at what they do, I get flipped off a lot and my Obama sticker was defaced at Costco a couple weeks ago. I feel like that wouldn't happen to anyone's sticker in an area with more education, because people can entertain a thought without accepting it when they have educated, rather than visceral reactions to things. I also think that most people in the military would support Obama if they had more education or just a clean slate when it comes to politics, but maybe that's wishful thinking.
I live here.
But, its better than where I grew up in the Southern San Joaquin Valley, extremely conservative, and I knew few people outside the Engineering field that had any college education.
Post by DarcyLongfellow on Aug 27, 2012 23:58:56 GMT -5
We just moved from the city into a wealthy beach/resort community in the next county over which has some of the best public schools in the state. So in my current area, yes. I would be very surprised to find an adult living here who didn't have at least a college degree. But that's more a function of the socio-economic status necessary to buy/rent a house in this zip code than anything else.
In my city? No, not at all. Florida in general isn't really known for education.