Where others often try to hide the moments of sheer stupidity in their lives, Dean Roughton is more apt to dress them up, parade them around, and poke them with a stick. A single father and Professor of English, Roughton recounts his idiotic childhood and educational years as well as his adult experiences with dating, parenting, weight loss, a trip to the ER, and, yes, even nearly burning down a halfway house. In The Most Educated Idiot I Know, Dean Roughton demonstrates a proclivity to laugh when others would cry and shows us the value of our mistakes.