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While I don't agree that an EdD means basically nothing, I do agree that the use of the title should be confined to the academic setting.
I had a patrol sergeant who was working on his master's at a state university who was a dolt. It was tragic and often simultaneously very comedic when he would try to read something of any length at roll call and it was totally ludicrous that he reviewed all our reports at end of shift. Bad reports were a prime reason for cases not being accepted by the Circuit Attorney's office and one of the most important duties of the patrol sergeant was to ensure that reports he approved were up to par. He promoted to lieutenant after getting his degree. | |||
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The Babylon Bee is on it. https://babylonbee.com/news/ma...-educational-lecture | |||
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I'm w/ Whoopieee. Maybe Dr. Jill can become Surgeon General.  | |||
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 ALERT: dsiets's video of Whoopi (pg.2) includes words to raise bile past the mouth: "Klobuchar as vice president". That woman, her attitude towards ACB at the conf.hearings  | |||
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| The Ice Cream Man |
Wait, so should I start going by Doc because I have a JD? LOL I do know of one lawyer called “Dr so and so”, partly as a joke, mainly because he was brilliant and had a PhD in nuclear something or other. | |||
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| Uppity Helot |
I am not going to comment on the value of an education doctorate vs. other doctorates because it seems petty. What is inescapable is that Jill Biden is a shameless ladder climbing bitch. That whole family is defined by greed and status seeking at any cost. | |||
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Waiting for Hachiko |
As shown in her thought train of she didn't have a prefix to her name on their mail. 美しい犬 | |||
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delicately calloused |
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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Aglifter got it in one. A PHarmD, Ed.D., JD, etc. are NOT equivalent to a PhD. A PHarmD is roughly the equivalent of a Master's degree in an actual science. (No mean feat or cakewalk and no disrespect is intended but if one were to compare the scope and sequence between the degrees you'd find them very similar.) A EdD is more equivalent to a Master's degree in a Social Science. I am not familiar with the requirements for earning a JD. So I'll leave that to Aglifter. I'm sure there are actual PhD programs that are much easier than others. I am inclined to not use the title Doctor unless I am in an academic setting or seeing a physician. ____________________________ Yes, Para does appreciate humor. | |||
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I have a PhD. My daughter introduced me to someone shortly afterwards (she was a teenager then) and said "This is my dad; he's a doctor, but he's not the kind of doctor that actually helps people." I've never forgotten that. | |||
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For the life of me I can't fathom such a picayune attitude. ____________________________________________________ The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart. | |||
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A legitimate Ph.D. requires a bunch of work. I don't think anyone has an issue with people citing a Ph.D. in an academic or professional context (like research, or academia) because in those settings it might be relevant. A professional doctorate (JD, PharmD, etc) requires a bunch of work, but really doesn't need to be cited-- ever-- in a professional context, because it's safely assumed that a lawyer has a JD and a Pharmacist has a PharmD. My degree is completely irrelevant in social settings. ANY degree is completely irrelevant in a social setting. It's also irrelevant in a professional setting, because even though I think I'm pretty freakin' special, there's nothing I do at work where possessing a graduate degree-- really, any degree-- differentiates me from the unwashed. Jill's doctorate is completely freakin' irrelevant in the same way. It's an ego-stroke, nothing more. And if you think she put any significant work into a University of Delaware degree if her last name is "Biden," you're on crack. Don't even get me started on The Reverend Doctor Bishop and Founder, etc, etc, etc.... | |||
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| Cogito Ergo Sum |
At the university I retired from the College of Education was a puppy mill in regards to doctoral studies. The university organizational hierarchy was filled with PhD and EdD graduates with some in clerical positions. Many had never spent one day in a classroom. Others had business, financial or technical master and undergraduate degrees but needed that doctorate to climb the university ladder. The college of Education filled that niche. Little academic rigor and accelerated program. Pretty much a joke but to accreditation and legislative committees a PhD is a plus. | |||
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| When you fall, I will be there to catch you -With love, the floor |
Hey, you too can be a doctor.. Buy Doctorate Degree from Accredited University http://www.sheffieldstateunive...credited-university/ Many years ago we had a moron who bought one of these degrees. He even had a nametag manufactured that stated "Doctor" on it. The Chief saw it and flipped. Thought he was going to ram it down his throat. Love this comment from a Microsoft engineer unrelated to Biden on the topic..
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While this is not surprising, I’m sick of the double standard. Our First Lady is open and clear to make fun of and bash, but don’t dare say a word about a lefty. | |||
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Sounds like an excellent candidate for the fast track into management! Of course it will be necessary for him to be transferred out of patrol ASAP (for the good of the organization), and to provide him with ticket-punching opportunities to enhance his resume, so he'll have the rights points to hit during the promotional interviews.  "I'm not fluent in the language of violence, but I know enough to get around in places where it's spoken." | |||
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hey 'doctor' obiden I've got a rash on my ass, could you check it...oh, and I have gas. | |||
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You know it, less than a year later they promoted him to Captain. (No LTs in the rank structure) he still couldn’t manage planning lunch much less actually doing police work...there were many like that..can’t hack it on patrol because of being inept, transfer to narcotics where someone else will do all the work...few years later, move him to being a detective....then throw him in a promotional process and viola! "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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Yeah, we had a couple of lounge lizards that got police administration degrees through the University of Phoenix. They went on company time which the rest of the agency was not allowed to do. They were worthless LEO, they were promoted because they kissed the chief's butt and they were worthless as 'command staff'. The same two who showed up at a organized crime bombing/homicide scene, ignored the crime scene tape and entered the crater which contaminated the scene. Just to get their faces in the media, they had no business being there. I asked them to get back behind the tape and relinquish their shoes, which they refused. A SAC asked, then demanded their shoes, threatening them with obstruction (we were friends ). They returned to the office w/o shoes. | |||
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In an academic setting, I absolutely 100% have no issue with someone referring to a PhD, EdD, etc. as “Dr.” they’ve earned that title and it is used appropriately. However, out in general public or normal conversation the term “Dr” should not be used. Honestly, I feel the same about Medical Doctors too though. If they are calling in a prescription, talking to a patient, or otherwise in a medical setting then calling them “Dr” is 100% appropriate. However, if we are in a social setting or outside the medical area then I wouldn’t call them “Dr” either. It’s a term that should be used in the appropriate setting, but not everywhere. I don’t believe that Medical Doctors are the only doctors worthy of the title “Doctor” though. Again, in the appropriate setting, absolutely. However, although there may be some idiot PhDs and some programs may be more difficult than others, I can assure you that there are plenty of PhD programs that are every bit as challenging as medical school. Similarly, graduates of those programs are every bit as entitled to the respect of the title “Doctor” as medical doctors. Just use the terms in the appropriate settings. “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” | |||
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