pBills Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 I know what you mean. I, for example, am absolutely sick and tired of hearing about the unmitigated virtues of unions... Just like the vilifying of unions. Just exhausting to listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Just like the vilifying of unions. Just exhausting to listen to. Or statements like "He's qualified because he has a PhD." Glass house, meet stones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pBills Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Or statements like "He's qualified because he has a PhD." Glass house, meet stones. Most of the PhDs I meet are qualified. Not to sure about the circles you run in. Have fun with them though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMadCap Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Most of the PhDs I meet are qualified. Not to sure about the circles you run in. Have fun with them though. you would be appalled at the incompetence of some chemistry pHd's in the laboratory. I'd rather have a weed eatin dog in there at times... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 Yes, teaching history in high school is a waste of time. Not what I said conner. A Doctorate does not make someone qualified? No. Especially in soft studies. A history doctorate is stupid. It just means he read a bunch of books anyone can read. And then wrote some papers for his professors. Big whup. Most of the history PhD types are the guys who go around making sure everyone calls them "Dr" too. So douch-ey. An MD is a higher level degree I put some stock in. It generally indicates a level of expertise in a field for which the education is hard (certainly not impossible) to learn on your own. Let me guess you stopped going to school because it was to hard or got in the way of your drinking and mastering of blogs? I have higher degrees that are stupid but at least I recognize it. My JD is a degree I could have gotten straight out of high school...and probably could have gotten in lieu of high school. All it required was a ton of reading and some critical thinking skills. MS in Electrical Engineering just requires hoop-jumping to move through the tests. Certainly no measure of my engineering skills (which are not that impressive). I put no to little stock in most college degrees. Outside the hard sciences, I'd tell people to wipe their ass with their college degrees if it wasn't an important notch on a resume when getting the first few jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 Most of the PhDs I meet are qualified. though. You're not hard to impress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 You're not hard to impress. They're qualified to be teachers and school administrators. So are most people who graduate from decent high schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Not what I said conner. No. Especially in soft studies. A history doctorate is stupid. It just means he read a bunch of books anyone can read. And then wrote some papers for his professors. Big whup. Most of the history PhD types are the guys who go around making sure everyone calls them "Dr" too. So douch-ey. An MD is a higher level degree I put some stock in. It generally indicates a level of expertise in a field for which the education is hard (certainly not impossible) to learn on your own. I have higher degrees that are stupid but at least I recognize it. My JD is a degree I could have gotten straight out of high school...and probably could have gotten in lieu of high school. All it required was a ton of reading and some critical thinking skills. MS in Electrical Engineering just requires hoop-jumping to move through the tests. Certainly no measure of my engineering skills (which are not that impressive). I put no to little stock in most college degrees. Outside the hard sciences, I'd tell people to wipe their ass with their college degrees if it wasn't an important notch on a resume when getting the first few jobs. I've done all the coursework for a master's in military history on my own...basically, I need to enroll in a school and take a test. According to the lawyers I know (wife's and sister's coworkers), I'm perfectly qualified to take the bar right now except for that pesky "have to go to law school" requirement. When I wrote earlier that I could get a PhD in education administration, I wasn't kidding all that much. Most higher degrees indicate intelligence far less than they do the willingness to invest time in getting a piece of paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cåblelady Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 They're qualified to be teachers and school administrators. So are most people who graduate from decent high schools. This is ur 30,000th post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 This is ur 30,000th post? Forgive me for not celebrating something that isn't all that important to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cåblelady Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Forgive me for not celebrating something that isn't all that important to me. and.....and......and I had to come over here to this scary place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 and.....and......and I had to come over here to this scary place. Make sure you go through the Hazmat station on the way out. You don't want to end up with Connerhea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I've done all the coursework for a master's in military history on my own...basically, I need to enroll in a school and take a test. According to the lawyers I know (wife's and sister's coworkers), I'm perfectly qualified to take the bar right now except for that pesky "have to go to law school" requirement. When I wrote earlier that I could get a PhD in education administration, I wasn't kidding all that much. Most higher degrees indicate intelligence far less than they do the willingness to invest time in getting a piece of paper. I think it has more to do with sheer motivation than actual intelligence. What I'm doing has an average pass rate of about 40% but none of the material is at all difficult, there is a just a lot to know in one exam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I wonder if this guy has a PHD in History? I'm sure he's wicked qualified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 I wonder if this guy has a PHD in History? I'm sure he's wicked qualified. How many things are wrong with this story? It's loaded. There's gunpowder in it. Someone pulls the trigger. There's a gun in school. Kids are handling said gun. Even un-PhDed DC Tom might not let this happen, though he does tempt danger driving a Prius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 How many things are wrong with this story? It's loaded. There's gunpowder in it. Someone pulls the trigger. There's a gun in school. Kids are handling said gun. Even un-PhDed DC Tom might not let this happen, though he does tempt danger driving a Prius. Nah. Without a PhD, I'd end up pointing it at my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pBills Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I wonder if this guy has a PHD in History? I'm sure he's wicked qualified. He's an ass. His actions do not represent the whole though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Good. There is going to have to be pain somewhere if they don't want to raise taxes... Or postage, I take the USPS still does not take taxpayer (general fund) dollars (since what? 1981 or so)?? To EII, You're in the wrong thread. To rest of people, Sorry to be repetitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Why hasn't stuckincincy chimed in yet to tell us how much better delivery was in the Pony Express days? Because is wasn't a bowl of cherries in the Pony Express days. Sure, you could duct tape an uppity kid to keep him quiet, but pulling the tape off the pony was no small feat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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