I have the degree. I had a lot of very well educated teachers/professors. Some knew only their subject and little of anything else. Some knew their subject but they had no idea how to pass the information on to the students. I spent a whole year in one prof's class. No one understood her. They would pass me notes or tap me to explain. I would have to be as tactful as possible to ask the question that would get her (or me) to explain what she was talking about. "So, if I understand you correctly, then when "a and b" happens then we can expect this kind of response? Then I would see heads nod in the call that they now understood. It was tedious. The prof caught on to what I was doing and started to ignore me in class so people would come to me after class.
No doubt that the prof had gotten an education and passed enough classes to graduate but.... NOT a teacher.
On the other hand I have met some brilliant people with little to no education that are smarter than some of those professors.
My father had a grade 2 education. But he worked at the same company his whole life building combines. He could take a car apart and rebuild it. Fix almost anything. He was a wicked sick man but I have to give it to him, he could put almost anything together and make it work.
Being uneducated is NOT the same as being stupid. Being educated is not the same as being intelligent.
But uneducated people should not be handing out medical or mental health advice or punishing people who are ill. That is ALL JW elders are trained to do. - punish perceived "sin".
Sadly, too often that results in worsening condition for the person and sometimes suicide - too often.
Yup I am a trained mental health practitioner.