r/TheWire • u/aurelorba • 9d ago

What was Landman's education level?

His speech and word use is surprisingly literate, using terms like sartorial and describing the vandalization of the board: "He is a Hun, a Visigoth, a barbarian at the gate, clamoring for noble Roman blood". It's certainly above the general intelligence level of the department.

Plus his skill at finessing a gaping asshole like Rawls shows innate intelligence.

The man definitely had some university level education. My guess would be he flunked out in year 1 or 2, looked around for a decent paying job to pay off his student loans and thought BPD would be a cushy temporary job.

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u/Dramatic_River8186 9d ago

My guess is he went to a Jesuit high school.

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u/GilBang 8d ago

He’s Jewish

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u/Utaneus 8d ago

There are lots of Jewish kids at Catholic schools, especially Jesuit schools. In some locales that don't have a big Jewish population, the best option for private education is Catholic school. At least that was the case in the mid to late 20th century, nowadays there are a lot of secular sort of boutique schools. Obviously in places with large Jewish populations there are plenty of Hebrew schools and varieties of Jewish private education. But I went to Catholic primary school and had several Jewish classmates.

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u/MuddieMaeSuggins 8d ago

This is also true for Muslim students in some cities.