A BS degree stands for "Bullshit" degree. An MFA stands for "Master of Fuck All". And a Phd is a BS degree, but "Piled high and deep".
OffWorld --- In [email protected], Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think it's probably a case of tit for tat. America > does not recognize several kinds of degrees from > foreign universities. And in the case of a Ph.D. the > requirements are quite different in the two countries. > In the U.S. a doctoral dissertation is required. In > Germany, a doctoral dissertation and a second work of > bigger proportions are required. The second work is > the so-called Habilitationsschrift. T > --- bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "The letter that Ian T. Baldwin, director of a > > prestigious research > > institute in Jena, Germany, received on January 9 > > from the Thuringian > > state police informed him that he was being charged > > with a crime. The > > letter was straightforward enough, but the crime was > > bafflingly obscure. > > > > "It said I was being charged with Missbrauchs von > > Titeln, or misuse of > > title, and that I had to appear at the police > > station," Mr. Baldwin > > said today by telephone. "I looked up on the Web > > what Missbrauchs von > > Titeln meant. It's used for people who impersonate > > police officers." If > > convicted, Mr. Baldwin, who directs the Max Planck > > Institute for > > Chemical Ecology, could face a hefty fine and as > > much as a year in jail. > > > > Mr. Baldwin's crime, under a Nazi-era law governing > > the use of academic > > titles, was to assume that his doctorate from > > Cornell University > > entitled him to call himself "Doctor" in Germany. > > The honorific, > > apparently, is reserved for recipients of doctoral > > degrees from German > > universities. > > (more) > > http://tinyurl.com/ypxd79 > > > http://chronicle.com/news/index.php? id=4134&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en > > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com >
