Presumption of Dumbness

Lately I have been thinking of getting  some "eddication". Since university is out of the question due to financial reason, I have been researching community colleges. Well, as you know, community colleges are not very high on the scale of "respect" but they are comparatively cheap and you will get the degree you want, which is just as good as the one from the university.

So what are the requirements? Well, it turn out that you have to prove with your official transcript in the sealed envelope that you got your high school education. What is even more insulting is the fact that if you happened to have a degree from some other college (not the one you are applying to) they will equate college with high school diploma!  I shudder to think what kind of hoops you have to jump through if you happen to have a university degree from another country. Do you have to take GED test?

In this system you are presumed stupid until you can prove that you are average and can at least read and write. But wait, isn't everyone supposed to have at least high school education? That's right but have you really graduated from high school?

This kind of stupidity permeates the whole system. If you are a teacher, for example, you are presumed to be a criminal, a child molester a fraudster and what not. So you have to pass a  fingerprint test to prove that you are not before starting a job. Why sealed transcripts? Dob you have to ask? You are presumed to falsify your records to make you look good on paper. Funny it's never even occurred to me to do that.

This whole educational system is designed to take as much money from you as possible. You have to pay to take tests that prove that you are not as dumb in order to get certificate for some stupid job that any trained monkey can do. In other words

Presumed Dumb until Proven Average.