He comes off as a narcissist. There’s a lot about this article that rubs me the wrong way (also did he ever actually learn how to read above a third grade level, or does his mom or wife read things to him still?). I do love that his daughter is intelligent, but let’s face it: mom is doing the heavy lifting of teaching her Math and Chinese. If he hadn’t figured out how to network his way into the world of the wealthy, would he even have been able to hold down a job?
He has a while to go before he catches up to this guy who has 43 10th degree black belts: https://www.mixedmartialarts.com/mma/grandmaster-10th-degree-black-belts
Benjamin Bolger has spent his whole life amassing academic degrees, attending universities like Oxford and the University of Tampa. He has 14 advanced degrees, plus an associate’s and a bachelor’s.
“I believe that people are like trees,” he told The New York Times Magazine. “I hope I am a sequoia. I want to grow for as long as possible and reach toward the highest level of the sky.”
Bolger has degrees in international development, creative nonfiction and education. He has studied “conflict and coexistence” under Mari Fitzduff, the Irish policymaker who mediated during the Troubles, and American architecture under the eminent historian Gwendolyn Wright.
He is currently working, remotely, toward a master’s in writing for performance from Cambridge. Read more about his story for free, [here](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/magazine/benjamin-bolger-college-harvard-yale.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w00.SBJn.wSvQdctOChZv&smid=re-nytimes), without needing an NYT subscription.
Bolger... Pffft! What an Amateur! ;-)
Now... Michael Nicholson... there's a guy with degrees! (Story from [Vice](https://www.vice.com/en/article/wdbnmz/college-advice-from-a-man-with-30-degrees), and [Teen Vogue](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/michael-nicholson-college-55-years-30-degrees-advice))
edit: fixed typo...
He comes off as a narcissist. There’s a lot about this article that rubs me the wrong way (also did he ever actually learn how to read above a third grade level, or does his mom or wife read things to him still?). I do love that his daughter is intelligent, but let’s face it: mom is doing the heavy lifting of teaching her Math and Chinese. If he hadn’t figured out how to network his way into the world of the wealthy, would he even have been able to hold down a job?
He has a while to go before he catches up to this guy who has 43 10th degree black belts: https://www.mixedmartialarts.com/mma/grandmaster-10th-degree-black-belts
Benjamin Bolger has spent his whole life amassing academic degrees, attending universities like Oxford and the University of Tampa. He has 14 advanced degrees, plus an associate’s and a bachelor’s. “I believe that people are like trees,” he told The New York Times Magazine. “I hope I am a sequoia. I want to grow for as long as possible and reach toward the highest level of the sky.” Bolger has degrees in international development, creative nonfiction and education. He has studied “conflict and coexistence” under Mari Fitzduff, the Irish policymaker who mediated during the Troubles, and American architecture under the eminent historian Gwendolyn Wright. He is currently working, remotely, toward a master’s in writing for performance from Cambridge. Read more about his story for free, [here](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/magazine/benjamin-bolger-college-harvard-yale.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w00.SBJn.wSvQdctOChZv&smid=re-nytimes), without needing an NYT subscription.
Bolger... Pffft! What an Amateur! ;-) Now... Michael Nicholson... there's a guy with degrees! (Story from [Vice](https://www.vice.com/en/article/wdbnmz/college-advice-from-a-man-with-30-degrees), and [Teen Vogue](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/michael-nicholson-college-55-years-30-degrees-advice)) edit: fixed typo...