If you don't think you are smarter, why do you keep on trying to call people dumb? That is how this and the last intelligence debate got started. I didn't come into a thread and start bragging. You guys keeping trying to flex and attack me. You could have easily made that post without even mentioning anything about my brain or brightness. Again, that speaks to your insecurities.
Also you can try to trivalize my degree if you want; however, I am quantitative sociologist and a trained statistician (which qualifies me for jobs in a host of different fields) so it's not like I can't measure up in non social science fields. If you think everyone can do statistics then you are sadly mistaken because not everyone is good at math (it doesn't make them stupid but it means they aren't good at math).
You might not think it is important; however, I have contributed to the field of sociology/education research a model to help explain and reduce teacher attrition (esp in low-income schools). I am still a damn student; however, when I presented the model at a national conference, I had senior scholars asking me if they could use it in their future work (because it is still a work in progress).
When I was a teacher, I contributed my research skills (collecting secondary data related to the demographics in a certain area of the city AND collecting primary data regarding the needs of students, parents, teachers, and community partners within those communities) to design a STEM after-school program. In addition to collecting and analyzing the data and designing the program, I wrote a $1 million federally-funded grant (the 21st century learning communities after-school program grant) to actually implement the program in one of the schools in my old city.
While my current project does not develop a new theory, it will reconceptualize how we think about defacto segregation in schools. It will also result in my first solo authored booked. If you think EVERYONE could write a book, then you are sadly mistaken. I have two many strictly STEM friends who are afraid of writing because they are weak at it.
You might think those things are lowly and unimportant, but I am actually making a difference in peoples lives. I am contributing knowledge to the academy, to schoosl and districts, and pulling my community up using my knowledge. I am just in the beginning of my career and you best believe that I will only get better. My CV is hands down impressive PLUS I have the IQ scores to back it up. What the fukk have you done besides get a degree?
Also sweety, who said that I am not taking care of. I'm not complaining about anything in my life. I am being paid to earn my degree (no extra debt). I worked before I went back to school and I still have the downpayment for my first house saved (I just don't want to buy in this city), still have my retirement account from teaching, and I still have savings account for emergencies. Hell my MacBook just messed up and the only thing I complained about what the length of time it would take to get repaired. It is going to cost me $755 just to fix it and if my insurance company were to never reimburse me, I would still be fine. You don't know me. You don't know anything about me, where I come from, or how I live my life.

J/k I was going to keep clowning you more, but I'm not going to do it. I must be getting soft.
Even though I feel a lot of what you say is horse crap, sounds like you really believe it. I feel that you're righteous with it and I can respect it.
I don't think I'm smarter bcuz I call others dumb sometimes. Smart people do and say dumb shyt earlier and often. I do feel I think a lot deeper about important things than most, not because i'm smarter but because I choose to and others don't. I dig, I read Hitler's writing and listen to Farrakhan and Manson. Most write them off as crazy man, while I dig thru the rubble and find jewels. I don't think I'm better or smarter, I'm just different.
Do you really think good gave you a better brain? Or have your life's circumstances put you in a better atmosphere to excel?
We're similar, but the biggest difference between you and I, you measure intelligence in I.Q test, the way you speak, degrees and things like that. I measure intelligence by a person's ability to maneuver thru racism, poverty, this crazy economy and all of these cons/scams/trickery (401k,students loans, credit, mortgages) and still make something out of themselves. Still make a better way and place for himself and his love ones. That's were I'm at and on. You can use degrees to help you get there, but you must press on afterwards. A lot of us obtain degrees and think that's it. You're still have to beg and depend on another person for a job. How about creating our on opportunities. Since we're the last to get hired and first to get fired. But that's just me, you do you.