Would you date someone who was uneducated?

[Anonymous]

Yes

No

[TonyV]

Uh yeah.. frankly that's most women so if I demanded whatever you consider an education I'd have no dating pool.
Like really most women I know have what I'd consider a stupid or useless degree if they even went to college, like history, art, photography or teaching.
They certainly don't know as much about what I'm into, like mechanics, and frankly that's just fine by me.
I kind of like dating someone who knows shut that I don't. My girlfriend is very accountant/healthcare/taxes smart, all the shit that makes me want to beat my head against the wall, and she's often impressed buy my mechanical/general handy man knowledge, also I'm an electrician in training.
So we have a good trade off and can benefit each other.

Also now that I mentioned I'm an union electrician, I feel I should mention trades are just as good if not better than a degree, women are in the trades too, I'd date another electrician, I've seen women pipe insulators, my ironworker buddy works with a female ironworker, and I wouldn't scoff at a women that works for the cleaners either, union trades are good money and job security.

There's also something to be said for people who do a low end job like working at a big box store so well that the company sees them as hard to replace.

So education is a bad way to judge someone, plenty of "well educated" idiots, and drop out GED people smarter than most.

[OlderAndWiser]

I have dated women who had less education than me. I graduated from law school with honors and I have dated women who had GEDs and high school diplomas but no higher education. Some of them were good women but I found that we had less in common and some of them were insecure about my education. They did not want to attend social events with me since most of my friends and acquaintances are college-educated, and they eventually resented me for being more educated.

[LovingLoverReturned]

If he doesn't know how to read and write I honestly am not sure how that works out... I'd love to know... I don't know much shout the lives of uneducated, I imagine it's difficult.. people can take advantage... I would hate to see that happen.

Depends on what that means. He should have basic education...

If he was running a family business or is self employed, he should know how how handle money... I don't mind.

[TransAm85]

If u are referring to the ponchos, hillbillies, and farmers.. there's still some form of income available. They may not have a university degree, some may not speak much English, the Redneck hillbillies live like slobs, but they know how to work. U won't have to hire a contractor to do ur siding or drywall or landscaping for example. If u meet someone in that category, u will survive this so-called economic inflation.

[MikeInHawaii]

Running a modern farm actually takes a fairly intelligent person.

[Pinay_ako]

Meaning no college degree?
I’d date someone who has a good head on their shoulders and a good person who has goals in life. Education has little to do nowadays to making it in life.

[Anonymous]

Uneducated as in dropped out of high school and never went to uni?
Honestly that depends really… I have some family who dropped out of high school and never went to uni and last I heard an uncle of mine had $1mil laying around the house. Now owns two guesthouse’s and heaps of homes he rents out.
So even with dropping out of high school and not going to uni he still worked hard. Not that I’m saying everyone will end up like that but uni isn’t even all that- depending on your goals I suppose.
Uneducated as in can’t really write and read? There’s an issue then.

[Kaytiee]

This exactly, I'm a uni student but university is far from the only way to make it in life. My dad never went into further education, and he lived very comfortably, we went abroad a lot, he owned and sold houses, we were never short etc. Uni doesn't = successful.

[MTC29]

I have a Master of Engineering degree, but one of the most interesting women I ever dated was a retired NYC bus driver who had a GED. As a city employee she had ample time to read newspapers and was very well versed in current affairs.

Educational degrees are used to meet job requirements, they don't indicate whether or not someone is "uneducated."

[Kaytiee]

Yes, I'm going to uni this term but I still wouldn't mind. For some people, education just isn't their thing, or they had tough circumstances like I did, the only big thing though is they must at least have a part time job, it doesn't matter the salary as long as it's minimum then thats fine as I don't want to be stretching my pennies, when we could be living more comfortably.

[Lionman95]

I think it depends on your definition of "uneducated" because to me that means a person that has no school exam and is trying to get through with easy jobs they don´t need any special training for.
That could be a good partner for others but I´m irl more a kind of intellectual guy so I prefer smart people I can have a deep conversation with about complex topics.

[anon1903]

Depends on how much. If they didn't attend college, I'd say they didn't really miss out on a lot lmao. If they dropped middle school, yeah that's messed up. If they left school years back and now are going to community college much later, kudos. If they're street smart who went abroad for a job leaving school life behind, impressive. If they've never gone to school, yikes.

[JustinTheGreat]

Depends on the person. I’m assuming you mean educated as in having a HS diploma or college degree. I don’t think academics has anything to do with actual intelligence. There are people who have masters degrees and are still dumb as fuck. And there are people who are drop outs but are still smart.
So I don’t care about education, as long as they’re not a complete idiot with no common sense.

[MikeInHawaii]

Abraham Lincoln had less than one year of formal education. Harry Truman was the 20th century’s only president without a college degree, but had read 3,000 books. Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard’s business school. Warren Buffet was accepted into Harvard.

Uneducated yes. Stupid, no.

[peedy]

HS, college educated ? Easy to find one that is not college educated pretty hard to find one that isn't high school educated especially here in the states but the government has been dumbing us down for decades easier to control and manipulate that wsy

[maximumpower]

have on several occasions, incl. after i completed a degree.
unfortunately, was disappointed every time.
although it likely makes me appear an education snob, higher education (incl. technical schools, etc.) wasn't a requirement in my past but surely is now.

[FictionalCharacter]

People are uneducated one way or another. Even if they went to school, they still don’t know what other people might know. Is it bad? It depends. It just means they’re uneducated and hope they don’t make bad choices in life.

[TheorionMage]

There are MANY forms of 'education' but conscientious STUPIDITY is both unconscionable and irreparable.
"CONTEXTUAL INSIGHTFULNESS" ... CAN'T fix 'stupid'!

[AbuFaker]

Since I'm a muslim I'd replace the word "date" with "marry", anyway so what I look for in a partner is not education, I believe it doesn't really matter as long as the person has good ethics and was properly upbrought, I'd say wisdom is what actually matters when trying to make a decision, education in my opinion does not really affect marriage at all.

[MysticDevice]

Uneducated and unintelligent are very different.

You can be uneducated and be intelligent, and you can be educated but still be unintelligent.

I would date someone uneducated, but not someone unintelligent.

[Apulu_Imback]

Depends on why they are uneducated. Do they have other proffesion? Didn't they have facilities for education? Are they really good in at least one field?

[Smoke-n-Growls]

How are we defining uneducated?

Cause someone who didn't attend university but still learned skills, read books, and improved themselves isn't "uneducated" in my mind.

[ChrisMaster69]

Depends how you are using uneducated

as everyone learns something, it’s how we apply knowledge that counts.

[DizzyDesii]

I prefer they at least have a high school diploma and a job. Its more about talent and skill than booksmarts these days anyways

[DizzyDesii]

High school/college Dropouts are a turnoff. They dont need a degree but like damn go to trade school and maybe get a certificate lmao

[MCheetah]

As long as they weren't "uneducated" in the "dumb and illiterate" sense, but more in the "no four year college degree" sense, then sure!

[SimpleGuy95]

No I find knowledge attractive and I therefore need a person who has at least a basic of common knowledge.