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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Grainne who wrote (88880)11/20/2004 1:17:32 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
She (Condi Rice) is the most academic member of the Bush foreign affairs team."

Now this statement is definitely accurate. Pathetic, but accurate.

Nothing in the academic life necessarily prepares scholars for the rigors of leadership. In fact, one could make a strong argument for the proposition that the kind of contemplation and deliberation required of scholars are a liability to policy makers.

Our most gifted leaders have hardly been academicians while some of our academician/leaders have been a disaster. Brezinszki and Kissinger, both of whom were in Rice's position, come to mind as unadulterated failures despite having had brilliant academic careers.

All of which is a long way of saying that academic and scholarly success do not necessarily translate into effective policy-making or executive skills.
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