[Vision2020] my phony degree

[thansen@moscow.com]

My guess is that the difference between a degree awarded by the University of 
Idaho and one "given" (Merk's word, not mine) by NSA is that pesky 
accreditation requirement.

Tom Hansen
UI '96

> Tom writes:
> 
> > Virtually all "faculty" at NSA criticise degrees as being insignificant
> and
> > meaningless.  Yet, the Merk wishes to claim that his pending Masters
> degree
> > and his future PhD (awarded by virue of his ability to write and affix a
> > 37-cent stamp to an envelope) are more valuable than either Joan's or Nick
> > Gier's degrees.
> 
> Not quite. Never said degrees are meaningless. You'd be hard pressed to find
> virtually all the faculty saying that. In fact, this shouldn't be hard to
> miss, we're in the business of giving them. I just don't burn incense to
> them nightly. I wouldn't for an instant think my pending degree was a better
> degree than Nick or Joan's. In fact, I will go so far as to confess coveting
> Old Norse and Gothic. So many things to learn, so little time.
> Ben
> 


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