text: are people with more education better than those with less?   how would you define "better"?  better human beings?  more intelligent?  i have found many high school drop outs who seem to have a better grasp on life than people with that expensive piece of paper we call a degree.  i know i am guilty of this.  i've been in college for 8 years and at times, i do some really stupid stuff.  my husband, who attended college for 1 year, has a lot of common sense and "real world" knowledge.  whenever i do something really stupid, i get the "how's that higher education working out for you?" line.  watch good will hunting.  bit of an extreme example, but a good one.