How does a guess become educated?

In response to last week’s questions, “How does a guess become educated?”, my neighbor Dick concluded, “If you make it, it's an Educated Guess. If someone else makes it, it's a W.A.G.” My sailing friend Kurt added some clarification. “A WAG (wild assed guess) is when you know you know nothing about the subject. A SWAG (scientific wild assed guess) is when you think you know something about the subject; however, people don't like to admit they don't know something about something.”

My friend Richard knows that an educated guess is one “given by a smart-aleck” while my cousin Wes surmised that “a guess becomes "educated" when it’s made by an expert.”

My colleague Effie focused on the guess, saying “a guess becomes Educated when it knows enough to pretend it knows more than it knows. When my organizational behavior buddy Marya said, “All guesses are educated. It's just a matter of HOW educated!,” my colleague Swany concluded, “A guess becomes educated through years of hard work, dedication and perseverance; attending classes regularly and avoiding the typical temptations found during those impressionable school years. Or it’s home schooled.”

My friend Tracey deduced that “it’s only when it has been through the School of Thought” while my running buddy Tony wrote, “after it has been through a four year degree…or if it’s right.”

And my dad’s beach buddy Bob wrote, “When you vote him out of office.”

Please share your thoughts about "things that make you go 'Hmmm' ":

What do you do when you are blue? from my friend Blair

Live well...laugh often and heartily….be happy, have a good week and never regret anything that made you smile!

Hal

My colleague Effie’s long answer: A little guess grows up and is told by his parents that he needs to study hard and go to college after high-school. He didn’t listen and goofed off for a few years drifting from job to job. He met a nice girl guess and before long he had a little guess of his own. He decided it was time to make something of himself. He got accepted into college and began taking classes. A lot of the classes he took weren’t relevant to his career and he learned that many of his professors didn’t really know much beyond what they gleaned from the course text book. He began to question whether a college education would really help him succeed in life, but he stuck with it. A few years, a lot of time, tears, tests, and large financial investment later he earned his degree. He knew a LITTLE about a LOT of things, but not enough to give him the experience or skills to land a really nice job. He still had to start at the bottom like all the other guesses. However, for all his work and effort, he finally had a little piece of paper that certified him as an official Educated Guess. He started playing trivia every week and impressed all his guess buddies at the bar with his new-found “knowledge”.