The King's Speech
I watched The King's Speech yesterday. I was enthralled with Colin Firth's acting as King George VI. I do believe he deserved the title of Best Actor. I do think Colin Firth is one of Britain's best actors.
In the film, the king has a problem with stuttering. He works with a language therapist to help him overcome his stutter. He improves a lot. Later on it turns out that the therapist doesn't have a degree in linguistics or speech therapy. He just learned to work with WWI veterans that had speech problems as a result of shell shock.
I do think that one lesson learned from the film is that people don't always need credentials to do a good job at what they do. Knowledge is essential of course, yet passion for what ones does is also important. We don't always need a certificate to prove what we know. Sometimes those without a degree may know as much as someone else with the degree, if not more. Likewise someone with a bachelor's degree may not always know less about a subject that someone with a master's degree.
Unfortunately also, there are people with degrees in certain subjects that don't do well in that field because they lack the talent. Just because someone could say, become a medical doctor doesn't mean he will do well as a doctor. A doctor needs interpersonal skills and good judgment. Not everyone with a teaching degree has the passion to be a great teacher.
I do think this teaches us that degrees aren't always a litmus test to how much someone knows about something or how well someone does something.
In the film, the king has a problem with stuttering. He works with a language therapist to help him overcome his stutter. He improves a lot. Later on it turns out that the therapist doesn't have a degree in linguistics or speech therapy. He just learned to work with WWI veterans that had speech problems as a result of shell shock.
I do think that one lesson learned from the film is that people don't always need credentials to do a good job at what they do. Knowledge is essential of course, yet passion for what ones does is also important. We don't always need a certificate to prove what we know. Sometimes those without a degree may know as much as someone else with the degree, if not more. Likewise someone with a bachelor's degree may not always know less about a subject that someone with a master's degree.
Unfortunately also, there are people with degrees in certain subjects that don't do well in that field because they lack the talent. Just because someone could say, become a medical doctor doesn't mean he will do well as a doctor. A doctor needs interpersonal skills and good judgment. Not everyone with a teaching degree has the passion to be a great teacher.
I do think this teaches us that degrees aren't always a litmus test to how much someone knows about something or how well someone does something.
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As for credentials, I have to agree with that too. I've had my run in with people with degrees that left me scratching my head in confusion. They claim to have a degree in a field, but lack some of the rudimentary principles one would expect. Then there are some people I know without degrees but undeniable wisdom.
(And this coming from someone with a couple of degrees. Not sure what it says about me.)
Its funny, but people with degrees can be as thick as a 2 by 4. The most important form of education is Critiical Thinking & not Rote Learning. People should be thought to think for themselves! That would be the Greatest Revolution ever, but the people in power want morons with degrees in the bull-s--t they have fed them.
Its only when you study volumes of the Babylonian Talmud that you begin to appreciate the Word of God & realise what He was condemning in Matthew 15; Matthew 23 & John 8.
Muhammad's Islam was an off-shoot of Talmudic Judaism.If Muslims would only use Critical Thinking, they would understand the pure evil of Muhammad & his Talmudic inspired Islam.