BS: speaking of 'Collecting Degrees' ...

Subject: RE: BS: speaking of 'Collecting Degrees' ...
From: Kim C
Date: 22 Aug 02 - 04:19 PM

B.A. in English.

What does that mean, really? I read a lot and wrote a lot. All in English. Although I did take French too. We had to do a report all in French and my teacher didn't take kindly to the fact that I thought outside the box; even though my grammar and pronunciation were really good, I got a C because I chose to sit on the desk to present my report, instead of behind some stuffy podium. (The report was about George Sand, and I played a tape of Chopin for my background music.)

And then there was Dr. Paine... I said, I have an idea for this paper, but I wanted to make sure it was okay first, because it's a little different. He said, I know you, you just do it however you want. I did, and he gave me an A.

There's some spoofy thing they do on Prairie Home Companion about English majors...

Subject: RE: BS: speaking of 'Collecting Degrees' ...
From: EBarnacle1
Date: 22 Aug 02 - 04:55 PM

BA in Psych, MA in Clinical Psych, Associate Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study in Rational Psychotherapy (Albert Ellis's bunch), Certification as Hemodialysis Maintainence (the work was great, the bosses sucked). I recently asked the boss on my current job whether he wanted me to go to school to get an MBA and his comment was "Don't bother, we can always hire one of them if we need them."

Subject: RE: BS: speaking of 'Collecting Degrees' ...
From: GUEST,Caz
Date: 22 Aug 02 - 05:58 PM

I have a HND in Business and Finance, BA (Hons) 2:1 in Office Systems Management, Advanced Diploma in Corporate and Business Management, Post Graduate Certificate in Education and have loads of other things collected along the way. I did them all in my late 20s where I learned to appreciate the value of the qualifications after having worked in loads and loads of different jobs beforehand.

All of the subjects I have taken tend to be dry which is really strange because they don't reflect my humour one little bit!

Carole

Subject: RE: BS: speaking of 'Collecting Degrees' ...
From: GUEST,Bagpuss
Date: 23 Aug 02 - 06:10 AM

BSc Psychology, hoping to do a DClinPsych in the next few years.

Subject: RE: BS: speaking of 'Collecting Degrees' ...
From: HuwG
Date: 23 Aug 02 - 12:43 PM

Jerry Rasmussen, I also missed this thread first time round. Yippee, another geologist !

Your humble servant is a BSc (Hons) in Mining Geology, from University College, Cardiff. (That's in Britain, NOT England). I used it in one short contract in South Africa, had another offered but the company crashed before I got there.

I have always wanted to ask; if I went for a Masters degree in this subject, would I graduate "Magma cum Laude" ?

(Groan)

I went back to see the University about ten years ago(actually, I went to see Wales play France at Cardiff Arms Park, but thought I'd look up the old alma mater), and found that the Mining Department, with its emphasis on the coal from the South Wales valleys, had been replaced by the Environmental Studies Department. The current crop of undergrads were mostly girls from the Home Counties who objected to digging holes in the landscape on grounds of cruelty, and who looked at me as if I had horns on my helmet.

Subject: RE: BS: speaking of 'Collecting Degrees' ...
From: DougR
Date: 23 Aug 02 - 02:41 PM

HuwG: That's funny. I got a big ) out of your post.

DougR