There is Nothing More Annoying...

Dr. Cheese · #1 05-30-2011, 10:06 PM

Than someone forever reminding you of his Ph.D.! I'm sorry that I have been falling into that trap for the last few threads I have started. Frankly, there are a lot of really smart people on TB. Many of whom probably have credentials more impressive than mine but who don't bring them up so much. On top of that, there are a lot of smart people here who have just learned a lot living life.

jonathan_matos5 · #2 05-30-2011, 10:11 PM

you are a Ph.D.?

I always thought is was Doctor the same as Doctor Dre or Doctor Pepper.

whatever, I'm in college so i am kinda used to professors demanding an %^& kissing because of their title.

Kwesi · #3 05-30-2011, 10:17 PM

I'll kiss ass for an A. Not even a question there. Gimmie a baby wipe and point to a spot.

elgecko · #4 05-30-2011, 10:20 PM

I took an upper level music appreciation class where the professor insisted we address her as Doctor.

I found it especially odd as a geology major since in that department, we addressed out professors by their first names.

**Staccato** · #5 05-30-2011, 10:24 PM

In college, some of us were under the tutelage of quite a few Ph.D's.

IME, it seemed like many were humble people.

Pilgrim · #6 05-30-2011, 10:28 PM

Degrees are not relevant to most threads here on TB. Like my dad (who taught at the university level for 34 years), I don't throw my degrees around...especially where they're irrelevant.

There are occasionally threads about college, education or other topics in which degrees are relevant - that's when I tend to cite mine...as relevant.

Most of the faculty I associate with who are good guys and gals don't push their degrees; they're regular folks who happen to know a lot about their field of expertise.

**cheezewiz** · #7 05-30-2011, 10:44 PM

I respect your degree and experience Doc. I've never seen you as one of those pompous profs who constantly remind you they are superior. Heck, the lead singer in one of my bands is a Prof/PhD, and he's about as fun and as non pompous as they get!

Dr. Cheese · #8 05-30-2011, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by cheezewiz

I respect your degree and experience Doc. I've never seen you as one of those pompous profs who constantly remind you they are superior. Heck, the lead singer in one of my bands is a Prof/PhD, and he's about as fun and as non pompous as they get!

Thanks for the kind words.

Selta · #9 05-30-2011, 11:30 PM

I don't recall seeing that at all to be honest. If you did use it, it must've been pretty tactfully, IMO. I don't run around much about my education, but it's pretty easy to do since not a lot of threads get started on it here (Engineering Physics / Aerospace Engineering).

Munjibunga · #10 05-31-2011, 12:23 AM

Yeah, I don't think you overdo it. I don't have a PhD and that's ... OK.

**bassybill** · #11 05-31-2011, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Munjibunga

Yeah, I don't think you overdo it. I don't have a PhD and that's ... OK.

+1.

I don't have a PhD either.

Lots of my students do, though. I've often been confused about how that's supposed to work.

Mark Latimour · #12 05-31-2011, 02:29 AM

I didn't realise you had a phd, so you can't be throwing your credentials around that much.

Jools4001 · #13 05-31-2011, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by bassybill

Lots of my students do, though. I've often been confused about how that's supposed to work.

Probably the same way that top sportsmen and women have coaches.

"Can I run as fast as them?" - Nope
"Can I teach them something they're not already aware of that would improve their performance?" - Yep

I don't have a PhD either, and I don't flaunt my degree. That's probably because I graduated with a degree in computing technology a little over 30 years ago and, although it got my toe into the door of a corporate career, I haven't used any of the knowledge in my degree subject since moving into management roles 20 years ago.

Anybody want any help on 30 year old computing technologies that I've mostly forgotten? Anybody? Awwww c'mon....

fenderhutz · #14 05-31-2011, 02:46 AM

It would be a grave error to confuse education with intelligence. You can look like someone dumped a box of Alpha-Bits after your name and still be a complete moron. That is all.

ShredderMaximus · #15 05-31-2011, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Kwesi

I'll kiss ass for an A. Not even a question there. Gimmie a baby wipe and point to a spot.

Oh so siggable!

Actually made me laugh!

i_got_a_mohawk · #16 05-31-2011, 03:57 AM

Yeah, I'll admit that I'm pretty bad for that, and I don't even have one yet. It does become a bit of an all encompassing thing :-\

Only seen you using it in relevant situations (ie it makes sense where we were discussing situations in academia).

Absentia · #17 05-31-2011, 05:39 AM

EH, not that hard to get a PHD in certain areas these days, I know quite a few who bring it up constantly and for all intents and purposes would likely be considered mentally retarded by any other measure.

i_got_a_mohawk · #18 05-31-2011, 05:59 AM

I think you just described most of the academics in my department

L-A · #19 05-31-2011, 06:18 AM

How do you know someone studied at Harvard?

He/She tells you before you can ask.

iamlowsound · #20 05-31-2011, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by fenderhutz

It would be a grave error to confuse education with intelligence. You can look like someone dumped a box of Alpha-Bits after your name and still be a complete moron. That is all.

This really made me laugh.

lowsound