Democracy, good idea or no?

The way that democracy was described today in class made me think much more about democracy. There is a reason that we vote for qualified candidates to be our leaders, all people really don't know how to make important decisions when backed into a corner. Democracy as we described in class today would be a rather dumb idea for a large society because there would be to many conflicting opinions and this could lead to forming violent riots or even small armies against each other. People deserve to be given a right to choose how to live, but too much freedom and choice would basically lead to anarchy because democracy is essentially, "for the people by the people".