A Fox News poll indicates that ten percent of those polled think Sarah Palin, the former Alaska Governor, should have a career as a college professor, while seven percent of Republicans feel the same way.
The good thing is that a substantial minority think she should just be a housewife and mother, which is, I think, what is best for her.Â
But the concept that Palin would be qualified to be a college professor is preposterous to the extreme, and actually is insulting to me, a college professor, who knows the amount of years of work and sacrifice that one must go through to achieve the goal of teaching on the college level.
Palin has only one degree, gained after attending five colleges over six years. She majored in communications and minored in political science. She has shown no evidence of being competent in anything other than complaining about how her family is being treated, and in being demagogic to gain attention of Americans who share her biases and prejudices. She has shown no evidence that she can think on her feet, come up with any profound thoughts, and even to demonstrate curiosity and the desire to learn. She is no intellectual, and has no capability to teach college students.  The best she could do is deliver a political speech tailored to a certain narrow group which represents maybe one quarter to one third of the country. She is in in many ways one of the least qualified people ever to run for public office in this country, and would be ignored if it were not for John McCain’s mistake in picking her as his running mate in 2008.
I really hope that Sarah Palin will make a few speeches for money, publish a book ghost written by someone else, be satisfied with her materialistic accomplishments, and then leave us alone. As I have said earlier, good riddance, Sarah Palin!