Does your level of education affects your relationship? (22)

I say absolutely NO... my previous b/f (who became ill)...did not finished high school, I have a degree... He was self taught had a very high IQ everything he learned from politics to science and in btwn was not only from reading books but using the net for knowledge also. He would build or create (where applicable) along the way all that interested him, and that was many subjects. etc

ok moral of this story is; I don't make any judgment calls till i have spoken to the man I may date, or read some chats.

some people feel insecure if they know you have more education than they do.

Knowledge is aquired, Intelligence is something you are born with.

Knowledge"
A man's judgment cannot be better than the information on which he has based it.

Intelligence"
the capacity for understanding and the ability to perceive and comprehend meaning
a. The capacity to acquire and apply knowledge.
b. The faculty of thought and reason.
c. Superior powers of mind

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Sorry, venusenvy, but I'd have to agree with muchachito:
we're all born naked and screeming, without a shred of knowledge or intelligence, with only biological instincts, i.e. breath, eat, drink, and expell waste. (and all of that can hardly be called "intelligence"!)
As we mature and acquire awareness of the surrounding world, our brains get flooded with knowledge -- still no intelligence!
Only by the end of high school, some of us may develope basic intellectual capabilities. Therefore, intelligence tends to stem from knowledge -- the more knowledge one has, the more capacity for being intelligent one has, i.e. the more capable one is perceiving and comprehending the meaning of the surrounding world! And that, in turn, results in one's ability of affecting the latter (i.e. the surrounding world) to her/his advantage. (cuz knowledge without intelligence is just a dead weight!)
Another way of putting it:
a girl might possess all the knowledge of how to catch a man, but without the intelligent application of that knowledge, she might end up an old and lonely mate!!! (unless she meets a knowledgeable man who also lacks intelligence). Though, some men tend to disregard the girl's lack of intelligence, if she's pretty enough!!!

Christmas1: In his conversation he said "i.e."
Well, right you are, dear: your Ph.D friend IS a real idiot because "i.e." isn't a part of the spoken language, but a grammatical short-hand, for Pete's sake! He shold've known that! And even if you didn't, he should've been less condescending!

Was going to write a reply then saw this one pretty much imitating exactly what I would have written , so am just saying "YAY" to this one instead!!! Couldn't agree more! Very well put! :)

A formal education isn't necessarily a mark of intelligence, much less of being remotely interesting, any more than a lack of one necessarily produces a boring simpleton! I have met many people who could have easily sailed through a degree, but who simply didn't get the opportunity to do so for instance, and yet then of course went on become richly "educated" and thoroughly fascinating in my opinion, by virtue of a personal desire to furnish an inquiring mind by whatever means at their disposal - be it traveling, reading, life experiences etc.

In short. A "Formal" education is just that, and there are a plethora of other means with which we can educate our minds.

YES THERE IS A BIG PROBLEM AND IF SOME 1 SAY NO HE/SHE LEI .

Agree