/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.18082189]

What does a person *need* to know nowadays in order to be considered well-educated?

I'm not talking just about the broader disciplines you'd encounter in a school curriculum, but even specific skills and things like finance.

[Anonymous No.18082193]

In order to be considered well-educated by whom?

[Anonymous No.18083666]

>>18082189
how to code

[Anonymous No.18083679]

>>18082193
>well-educated by whom?
>>18082189
First of all, why do even want to be considered well-educated? What’s the purpose of knowledge? Isn’t it’s intrinsic value itself reason enough?

[Anonymous No.18083927]

>>18083679
Well first of all how to answer a fuckin question.
>>18082189
It really depends on the person. A lot of people will get the idea set in their head that you are "smart" if you can name-drop stuff they have heard is significant or heard, the stuff they know they don't know (rather than the actually hard shit). Kant, Plato, Descartes, probably Chomsky (lmao), etc are good examples. Volume is also a big deal.
Basically there isn't a fixed curriculum, people are impressed by different stuff, breadth matters more than depth. If you devote yourself to any academic research for a few years, you will get there though. Get really good at talking about musicology, economics, poli sci, epistemology, art history, literature, languages, etc. It'll all work.

[Anonymous No.18083996]

>>18082189
you should know at least one foreign language, one instrument and how to cook, at least.

[Anonymous No.18084569]

>>18083996
>american standards

[Anonymous No.18084630]

>>18082189
You don't need to know anything, you just need positive media coverage.

[Anonymous No.18085039]

>>18082189
Your mother tongue, a dead language, and the language of the country your foreign date is from. Be well read, whiz through most subjects at school, have relatively well off parents, a nice large forehead and a clear, pronounced voice. If you're a guy, be of English descent, but if you're a girl, be Chinese or Indian.

[Anonymous No.18085249]

>>18085039
>girl
>designated or insect

lmao

[Anonymous No.18085283]

>>18083666
Go eat a banana monkey

[Anonymous No.18085294]

>>18084569
the average euroshit isn't much better

[Anonymous No.18085299]

>>18085039
you also have to be at least 5'10

[Anonymous No.18085368]

>>18085294
Cope. Native language + English + French/German/Spanish/Italian is kind of the baseline for educated people in Europe

[Anonymous No.18085370]

>>18085294
Most euroshits speak three languages. Their mother language, english, basic french or spanish and most of the time yet another du to the proximity and migration around. The only people which speak only _two_ languages are abolute nigger tier special needs people which only learn english.

It's also standards to play at least the flute in school, most non nigger kids still go to music school to learn to play the gitare, piano or whatever floats your boat. The others go into choirs.

And if you're not (again) a nigger, you learn to cook from your mother dishing out actual meals instead of instand McCheese sloppa.

What you desribe isn't being well-eucated, but being a basic bitch in any non shithole. Jesus Fuck even poor as fuck polish chicks which work over here for less than minimum wage can play a classical instrument and lready speak 2,5 languages, cooking out feasts you wouldn't believe. Same goes for ass poor spaniards.

[Anonymous No.18085375]

>>18085370
Over 50% of Europe is monolingual
The rest mostly speak bad English

[Anonymous No.18085384]

>>18085370
Provide data for your assertions

[Anonymous No.18085419]

>>18085370
anglos have no need to learn other languages and most euros speak garbage english anyway

[Anonymous No.18085422]

>>18085375
>>18085384
The absolute state of mutt copelets.
Werden sie jemals dazulernen?
Nie ma movy.

[Anonymous No.18085425]

>>18085368
delusional

[Anonymous No.18085434]

>>18085425
Literally the basic requierement to make your high school degree, Cleethus. If you want to study (Gymnasium degree) you also better have at least the small latinum.

[Anonymous No.18085436]

>>18085434
nobody believes you

[Anonymous No.18085444]

>>18085436
>basic bitch education is absolutely flabbergasting the mutt
Now you know why everyone laughts at americans over here.

[Anonymous No.18085450]

>>18085375
>>18085419
>>18085436
Holy cope
Please never change amerilards

[Anonymous No.18085464]

>>18085294
>>18085375
>>18085384
>>18085419
>>18085425
>>18085436
Jesus Christ, I just realised that beaner immigrants are probably "better educated" when following those standards than americans. Literal monkey brain savages.

[Anonymous No.18085468]

>>18085422
Pourquoi est-ce que tu mentis?
Est-ce que tu peux prouver que ce que tu racontes es vrai?

[Anonymous No.18085499]

>>18085468
My mother language is german, my second was english (grade 5 up) and my third language of choice was polish (Grad 7 and up - some schools also allow other european languages like swedish and dutch). I took two years of spanish (Grade 10-12) and later two of french, but if you don't use it, you lose it, as the Angelsachse likes to say.

Du kannst also gerne in deutsch albo po polski ze mna rozmawiac, Schwuchtelfrosch.

[Anonymous No.18085503]

If you don't speak at least three different languages you are pretty much considered a brainlet retard in Europe (at least for young people)
t. euro boy on Erasmus

[Anonymous No.18085526]

>>18085499
I'm not doubting your abilities
I'm doubting the average yuro's abilities
Scandivanians, Germans, Beneluxians? Sure, I can believe it
But literally anywhere else?!

[Anonymous No.18085541]

>>18085370
>isn't being well-eucated, but being a basic bitch in any non shithole
Latin: exists

Monolinguality to the end of total mastery thereof is the most desirable — ordering crisps in the next ZOG district over’s provincial ape grunts isn’t worth it, especially and particularly due to economic distress

[Anonymous No.18085552]

>>18085541
alright dude, thats, like, lit, if you know what I am saying?

[Anonymous No.18085568]

>>18085526
Well, I have no idea what goes around in romania, but do you really count them as europe? Fact is that english is a basic requierement all around europe due to the EU. Do get any degree at all within your 10 years of mandatory schooling, you have to take english.
So that makes gypsies already "well educated". But as I said, even those fuckers usually can spak some shitty german.

[Anonymous No.18085581]

>>18085541
Learning new languages benefits thebrain to a degree where you ca use those newly acquiered synapses for all kinds of other activities. It's also a great tool against dementia for exactly that reason. Last but not least interesting languages allows for a greater access to literature. Many of the books I own imply are never reliesed in german or if at all in a real shitty translation.

[Anonymous No.18085681]

>>18082189
there really is no good standard anymore i think. education has been driven to produce experts rather than intellectuals.
with that in mind i think whats required to be considered to pass as 'well educated' is roughly:
>a masters degree in anything, doesnt really matter what
>basic knowledge on visual arts and a few famous artists
>basic knowledge on a few classic works of literature, with maybe one or two less common 'avant-garde' works
>basic knowledge on some philosophy, very surface level understanding is usually enough
>good knowledge on film, probably requires the most knowledge because film is popular. know your classics, keep up with some arthouse/A24 bullshit
not very high standards i think. id try to read for your own engagement instead of trying to appear as well read bc you'll probably pass anyway.