Where have our standards gone?

Here we go again another perfect example of why Edward Deming called higher education administrations the ultimate example of anarchy in high places. Sadly in my past college  are not attempting to replace me with another certified master chef for the near future but they can retain the chef in residence that does not contribute or assist the academic standards that have been set by faculty members both past and present. If we look around the country especially in our field of professional activities we have seen standards been eroded away and accepted by the general public.
When we allow the so-called chefs to come to a national convention who doesn't even dress properly blue jeans and then demeans the apprentices trying to assist him during his demonstration and we call him chef. I call him showbiz clown that should stay in that area of entertainment. We venerate these people who use foul language, verbally abuse other professionals and call him chef . Where is our voice in preventing this aberrant behavior and why arnt we saying this is enough and this is not what we are.  Unfortunately even today the thinking in this country is that I've you can do nothing else to go into food service either as a cook or a waiter. I interviewed a student one day with her father who quite honestly told me that he hoped that she would get over becoming a chef and get a real job. After I threw him out of my office, I told the young lady that if she really has the passion she would become very successful. Today she is a restaurant owner, has a wonderful life and contributes a lot back to our community.
So we have to now open our windows and yell I'm tired of this and we've had enough of this demeaning behavior. We need to move forward and believe we are the professionals who spend our lives learning and perfecting our craft. We as chefs and cooks need to set the professional standards that we respect and encourage every new young person who comes in and looks at us for leadership. Chef once said to me that I needed God in my everyday life as a cook and he added to that that God's stood for good orderly direction. So finally where are the clowns I hope they're no longer in our kitchens only if we accept them as those who are not worthy to be in our profession