Who I want

One thing that I still can't get to understand is the intelligence and standard thing that's got to do with choosing a partner.
Some people just think that its out of the norm, to want to be with a partner who has same or similar thinking capacity as you. I for one cannot relate properly with someone who can't reason around the things that revolve in my world.
When I mean intelligence, I mean having the capacity for thought and reason. Possessing sound knowledge. Being able to exercise or show good judgment.
Are these too much to ask in a person ?. If it's much at least half of it would do. For example, I love technology, it's my first option and solution, being with someone who does not appreciate this might really give me tough time communicating. She doesnt need to be an expert, or tech guru, noo, but at least she should be able to use everyday tech.

As one rises in life, his/her conversation language changes. If you have a partner that could really relate and have good conversation with you when you were just a subordinate at the office, when your conversation language were the same, what happens when you become the boss, and your language changes, thoughts, ideas, philosophy, and relationships. If you don't have an intelligent partner, how does she/he converse with you without pissing you off. Then you talked more about the type of mackerel, now you are talking about macro-economy, how does your partner relate.
I believe that our direction, vision and focus  in life helps in choosing a partner. Where I want to be in the next 10 years, I cannot afford not to have a partner who will support me and represent me. Don't get me wrong about this, I'm not saying that unless she has a masters degree, and works in a high profile organization, she's not fit for me. I'm on the other hand not a very academically brilliant person, but I'm intelligent to those around my world, since I can reason and relate to them in the way they want. That's the same way I want her.
Someone thinks, it's discrimination and the bible frowns on it. Another think it's too a lofty standard.  I just want someone I can relate to, that's all. If you think, education is irrelevant in marriage, well good luck, we were wired and fashioned individually, God created me to respond more to intelligence, you were created to respond to something different.
Don't tell me that because, Educated people marry each other, that's why the divorce rate is high, each partner thinks he/she is the boss. Well, it's completely subjective.
What turns me on, is different from you. What will work for me might not work for you, but all I can say is get a partner you can relate to and he/she responds. 

Interns

Four interns, walked into my department yesterday to start their internship. As they paraded in thier fresh overall, helmets and boots, they were welcomed by everyone with usual  barage of questions of which school did they go to, what programme are they offering, what year are they in and so on. They look so excited and youthful.

It's becoming a norm for students to participate in internships every year. But how much of the internship training do they apply in their studies as they go back. How do the schools they come from help them to tap experience from thier field exposure.

When I came along few years ago during my national service, I saw a lot of stuff that reminded me of the things I learnt in school. It was my first time to have seen a three phase synchronous motor. It was my first time to see a boiler. As I engaged in everyday work activities, I began to reconcile the field work to school. I easily understood, the principle of Electromagnetic Induction, mutual induction, and power synchronisation. This took me months of reading and reading to grasp, when I was in school.

Because I have seen it work and experienced it work. Tried to solve problems related to it with my senior Enginers, learning the theory is like koko koraa.

If I had this exposure during school, like this new interns are going to have and was helped by my tutors to present it as a project, I wouldn't have struggled with B's and C's, A will just be straight.

Well, it's my life and I had the option of learning and turning my experience into expertise. Here I am staring at these new interns hoping that they would take advantage to grasp as much as possible.
1. No one will ever call you to teach you. You'll have to show interest and ask questions.
2. Field work does not look what you learnt in the classroom.
3. You have limited time to learn as much as possible.

I wish I could help them as much as possible, but I'm not responsible for them, besides I have my Job description, which is high risk, and interns are not allowed to participate.