ULIMWENGU: Papers aside, if it doesn’t make us better human beings, it’s no education

We don’t have to hold degrees all of us. Some will excel in academics, some will apply what the academics have propounded, and some will ignore all of that and go on to do their thing quite well. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

A smartly dressed gentleman strides over to the check-in counter at the airport, takes out his ticket and demands some service that the girl behind the desk says she cannot grant because the flight is fully booked, or something like that.

The man, with “Mr Important” written all over his nose and face, argues with the hostess for some time, and then shouts at the poor girl, ‘Do you know who I am?’ several times.