Most of them consider themselves to be High Court judges in their first term of University. It's a scream.\nI consider Doctors to be more intelligent... how many Law students would be able to sit through Medical exams - i.e have scientific dexterity...? very few I woud guess!
132819
I don't seem to find school a good indication of intelligence.  I've seen more uneducated people with higher "intelligence" than educated people.
73538
Typically they are using their best knowledge of how to use the law to defend a case that their client brings them.  If you are on the wrong side of that case it can suck.  If you are on the right side of the case you love that lawyer.  Especially if you've been screwed so many times without using one.
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I always thought I was going to become a Dr. and had headed down that path of study. However  after taking a law class in high school (about age 16) I decided law was a profession I could enjoy and do well in. I am currently in 3rd year at law school and am still confident that I have chosen the right path.\nFor me I picked law because it was challenging, logical, allowed for debate/argument and mean in the long-run I can help people (hopefully).\nSorry if this is long-winded and not at all helpful.
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It's a bastardizing of the English language.  People seem to judge you on your ability to spell as a measure of your intelligence.  Most doctors are bad spellers.  So are we saying we are risking our lives to unintelligent people?  Of course not.  Some of us love the English language, phonics and such and we wish it to be properly executed.
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Here's another thing to think about...while some judges CAN be bought, they aren't even the real problem. The philosophy for being a judge is to have no political affiliate, to be fair and impartial, to listen to the merits of each case seperately and as presented. But some judges, especially a couple of new Supreme Court Justices, do not feel the need to represent the law, leaving their political views outside their courtrooms. Worse than one crooked judge in a million, is the zealot who believes it is his or her responsibility to "fix" what he or she believes is wrong in the world - and now has the power to do that! Scary stuff.
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They are both intelligent, but in different ways. This is a values question, not an intellegence one. A person can be a genius in science and not have a clue about asthetics, or music or literarture. The same can be true of the arts student, who can be a creative genius, but finds math difficult. These areas of study use different parts of the brain, and most people are stronger in some areas than others. It is a disservice to tell bright children that they can be anything they want to be-it would be better to tell them to find out what they are best at, and give them the resources to run with it. It is a mistake to value science over the arts, or vice versa- we need them both.
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Good question.  I have a law degree, but due to my situation, I've had to work retail many times.  It's upsetting to be treated like that.  A lot of it may be that they don't think of anyone but themselves--that's how they got where they are, and they've forgotten that there are 6 billion other people in the world, most of whom are not as lucky as they are.
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I am encouraging my children to go into the medical field.  I think that if you are smart enough,,then the world needs all the caring professional Dr's that we can!\n\nTo me? that is the most rewarding job.. My husband is on call every 3 weeks at all hours of the night and day, and he isn't a dr. so that shouldn't  discourage students from the medical field.. \nMy philosophy is.. why not work really hard for 6 years, and have a wonderful career...instead of rushing through college w/ a "decent" degree,, and have to spend the next 20 years working your way up to a decent pay scale..when you could of started out w/ that same scale if only you would of chosen a profession that was worth something.
657255
i think they are smart...but they lack some common sense i believe...but heck they make 6 figures a year getting their butt pierced or getting whacked in the jewels so they can do whatever they want...i think it is talent to be able to deal with the pain of what they do to theirselves.
110156
Some people are not that smart. Or just lazy.\nYou have to remember, if you take the average person you must realize that half of the population is dumber than thay are.
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I think it has less to do with an academic lifestlye and more to do with a natural predisposition.\n\nMy IQ is >140, but sometimes I can be dumb as a stick! I think that our brains are just wired differently. We relate to the world differently, and things that are perfectly logical to us sometimes make no sense to anyone else. \n\nPlease don't think I'm an elitist, because I am most definitely not. But to me common sense refers to the perceived common knowledge or understanding of the average population, who comprise the majority. Because we are a minority group, our understanding of the world is uncommon and sometimes considered a flaw rather than just a difference.\n\nOf course, these are the kinds of people you will find in career academic and highly specialized professions because of their intelligence, but their apparent lack of common sense didn't "happen to them" as the result of a sheltered existence. It is just who they are.
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The more competitive students go to Medical School. Ultimately after graduation and residency they do end up with same earning potential exept that a greater proportion of academicians, or doctors at research and teaching centers are MDs.\n\nI am a MD and have many DO colleagues. They tell me that they are sometimes treated by their colleagues as the second class. MDs who get their degrees abroad have the same situation.\n\nMy own personal bias is that a DO may not be as academically gifted as a MD but they still make excellent physicians. Being a good doctor is so much more than raw intellect. Compassion, humility, thoroughness and hard work are more important qualities. At any time there is always someone smarter than yourself.
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They don't have an argument based on logic. They may be good for employers, but aren't good for those of us who subsidize their education and health care, while our own children's education and our own elderly family member's health care gets worse and worse. Since they don't have an argument based on logic, they try insults and guilt.\n\nWhatever.
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One of my friends had similar problems like you, and he spoke to the dean of University of Texas Medical Branch. Her response was that each case is an individual based decision, based on how its related to the medical field and what your age was etc.etc. So if I were you, I would contact the school before you apply, and ask about their policy and opinion.
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The teaching in medical school is hardly "basic" as your comment stated. Medicine is such a vast field that it is impossible to teach medical students everything they need to know. That's why they have to do residency for more training in their specialty be it pediatrics or surgery. The business side of medicine is learned through experience and talking to mentors, associates, & colleagues. Knowing which test to order & what medicine to prescibe is an integral part of their training. However, physicians are often second guessed by patients who often want more (expensive) testing or drugs that they do not need. If I only have a dollar for everytime a patient has told me "my (place relative or acquaintance here) had the exact same thing, and it turned out that he/she had (place extremely rare condition here)..."
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I'm glad you asked that question.\n\nI went to university and studied economics. And then I took an aptitude test (the LSAT, as it then was) on a bet, and got a very high score. And even though my college grades weren't the greatest (they weren't bad, either) I got into the #3 law school (I applied to 3 only of the top 10 and got into them all). So I studied law even though I hadn't any particular interest.\n\nAnd I passed the bar first time, but the law still bored me so I spent 20 years seing the world and making babies.\n\nAnd then I went back to law school in another country for six years, and got 3 more law degrees. And in the country where I got those degrees, and in the funny language they speak there, they call me "Doctor". Which embarrasses me, because I still think the title belongs to a medical person, and my youngest daughter, of the many I have, is studying medicine in London. \n\nAnyway, to get back to the subject, people kept asking me questions about why they were caught up in the legal system, and I didn't want to be rude, and so I answered them.\n\nAnd that's how I got involved with the criminal justice system. Giving free, or relatively free, advice. But the practice of law is a business even more than it is an academic subject or a professional expertise; and I have no business sense and no wish to emulate the late Jimmie Cochrane.
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techinically, they dont play a part in politics.  their life terms were designed so that they did not have to be bothered with public opinion and the day to day changes in politics.  their only goal is to interpret what the constitution says.  supreme court cases dont change nearly as often as laws do, mainly for the fact that the courts value precident and broad interpretations than what is right or good for the country.