Idiot or Crap School? Your Call

Thomas Friedman, in whom I observe less and less signs of intelligence, opens today's "article" with this observation….
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To which one must ask, what kind of piece of crap school did you go to?  You studied "Middle East Studies" and never talked environmental or climate issues.  Considering it is a desert and wars have been fought over access to water (the Jordan River) in the area that was once "the fertile crescent", it seems like your school kind of sucked.
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I went to USC in 1976 /77 and studied International Relations, and we studied mid-east environmental impacts on the middle eastern wars.  I went to UCLA from 1978 -81 and studied Geography and Economics and we were required to take "Eco-systems" which expressly felt with the impact of environment on economic development within a geographical context.  (FYI - we started discussing Climate Change in 1980).
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In 1972, 1972!, The Limits To Growth was published and discussed world wide.  It described the environmental impact on the world.  It was a big ass deal and the cause of academic discussions for years.  It was wrong in many instances, and right in many others - but it was a massive massive deal.
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If your school never discussed these - it was a pretty lousy school.  If it did, and you just "forgot" - then your an idiot.  If you remember and you are lying to make a point - you are a liar.  Which is it? Crap School, Idiot or Liar?  (Being you are a pundit, I will go with Liar.)
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If Mr. Friedman is correct, Brandeis University, University of Minnesota and Oxford University are some horrible schools.  (Since Oxford professors wrote parts of Limits to Growth, my guess is that Mr. Friedman exaggerates for effect.)