Sarah Palin's Extensive College Career
Sarah Palin cares about education—which makes total sense since she went to at least four different colleges over the course of six years before getting a degree from the University of Idaho in 1987, the Associated Press reports.
Palin's collegiate career began in the one state younger than Alaska, where she attended Hawaii Pacific University in the business administration program. She started in the fall of 1982. Next she headed to North Idaho College, a two-year institution, where she was a general studies major for two more semesters, spring and fall of 1983. Although she never received a degree there, she received the school's Distinguished Alumni of the Year Award this past June.
In the fall of 1984, she transferred to the University of Idaho, where she majored in journalism with an emphasis in broadcast news. She stayed until the spring 1985.
The next fall, Palin headed back to Alaska to attend Matanuska-Susitna College, just 14 miles from her hometown, Wasilla.
After one semester, she returned to the University of Idaho, which she attended for three more semesters—spring 1986, fall 1986, and spring 1987. She (at last!) graduated with a degree in journalism. After her roundabout tour of higher education, she worked a short stint as a sportscaster at a station in Anchorage, reporting on the Iditarod and Detroit Pistons basketball. Check out the video.
There are also some reports that she attended the University of Hawaii at Hilo for a couple of weeks just after her high school graduation, but there seems to be no record of her enrollment.
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America, home of the "average"
If Obama had the education record of Palin, he would've been trashed by the same pundits and fools who so blindly support Palin's idiosyncracies. Her constant transferring shows a pattern of inconsistency and a lack of commitment. That is obvious to me, but I do have two degrees, and I am a professor. I couldn't expect someone of simpler intelligence to understand this basic conclusion. *sigh*
One of you said that the avg American is unqualified for public office based upon the assessment of Palin's pupil status. It must've taken pure genius to come up w/ this analogy. (Go look that word up if you need... I won't dumb down my language for you.)The "average" reality-TV-watchin', radio-listening, GMO food-eating, mediocre grade-and-test-score-having goober is certainly NOT qualified to be president. (For reference: think Palin) And just WHEN has the presidency been reserved for the "average" American anyway? And why would anyone want an "average" anybody doing a job outside of Wal-Mart? Who wants an average doctor or surgeon? But you'll take an average president??? God bless America, should He be so concerned with earth's tragically average people.
Understanding Material
There's lots of people that attend College and barely graduate.
I've spend some 13 years in different countries and I'm thankful that my studies prepared me, so I could understand different geographical area. The question is not weather she graduated from College, or how long it took. The question should be, what type of student was she in college? Being President of the United States is a huge responsibility. If she was a student that barely made it through college, people of the United States should cringe when someone of that caliber comes on the political stage for the highest office in the America. There's no test for our politicians, but the American public can tell when someone present themselve as less then qualified. The majority don't vote for them.
wow
So one is only qualified for the presidency if they have been to ONE university and graduated in the standard 4 years? I guess the averge man (or woman) isn't qualified for the presidency. She worked hard and she accomplished it, she understands that. She is still humble and has an understanding for what it's like to be an average joe. People like Obama get educated and then talk down to us like they are or professors. I'd rather have Palin in charge personally.
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