Also... i just don't like the general impression that you need to have gone to college to be considered smart. There are tons of smart people who haven't gone to college, or gotten a higher degree....
and plenty of stupid people that have... I mean, some of the people i meet in graduate programs.
I mean heck, one of the world's smartest men is a bouncer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Langan