"over-educated"? Have you quoted the Latin T-Shirt saying at them?
There's no such thing as over-educated. There's adequately educated, and well-educated. There's Ivory Tower educated. But no such thing as "over"!
I have several reactions to someone like that - I select them semi-randomly.
First reaction - ignore them.
Second reaction - point out that communication is a two-way street, using the most reasonable language I can. Try to educate them.
Third reaction - if they're going to insist on using language in a fashion that many people demonstrably can't understand - I'll play it back at them. I'll will use the most convoluted, contrived, jargon-laden language that I can put together - and then when they complain, I pull a side-by-side. Their message, our complaints vs. my message, their complaint. If they can't see the similarity, then I ignore them as much as possible.
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Date: 2003-10-02 08:54 am (UTC)There's no such thing as over-educated. There's adequately educated, and well-educated. There's Ivory Tower educated. But no such thing as "over"!
I have several reactions to someone like that - I select them semi-randomly.
First reaction - ignore them.
Second reaction - point out that communication is a two-way street, using the most reasonable language I can. Try to educate them.
Third reaction - if they're going to insist on using language in a fashion that many people demonstrably can't understand - I'll play it back at them. I'll will use the most convoluted, contrived, jargon-laden language that I can put together - and then when they complain, I pull a side-by-side. Their message, our complaints vs. my message, their complaint. If they can't see the similarity, then I ignore them as much as possible.