University changed my life. I didn't just learn, I learned how to learn!!
Yes, some of the WASPS who have never looked through the rabbit hole will go through their degree program and remain ignorant to what it means. How many times have you walked down the hall and heard the discussion of how drunk the speaker got on the weekend, or where they are going for reading week?
A Warrant officer told me once, "Rank, Education, Intelligence and Respect have a correlation of zero..." It is one of my mantras.
How many times has a stupid person been in charge of me because of rank? How many times has ignorant asshole tell me the way things are because of a piece of pretty paper hanging on the wall?
I have respect for the guy who shows up, regardless of weather or terrain, and puts 100% towards the mission, because that is what is needed. You can store your rank and pedigree under the file labelled "so what?"