Optiva??

Just a thought on the whole Optiva/University of Iowa Community Credit Union flap...

It has occured to me that there's a common thread between this controversy and the hubbub over the search process for a new University of Iowa president: both situations involve highly educated people whose opinions weren't immediately valued and utilized.

I guess there are a couple of ways to dice that observation:

1. The greater masses (which are statistically less educated as a whole) are used to having things decided for them. They deal with it and life goes on.

2. Highly educated people tend to take it a little too personally when their input is not prioritzed. They're smart enough to know how to effectively make a stink about it and affect change.

Jus' sayin'.