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Doctor of Divinity
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I'm pretty sure that guy lived in the yard in front of my work for a time. He wandered off eventually. I think to find heroin.
Ooh, I love the EMBC site. They don't really tell you what their standards are, just that "if for some reason you do not qualify" for their honorary degree, they will return your $300. At $300 a certificate, paid in advance, how many people do you think they turn down?Sorry, but that kind of honorary degree isn't worth crap, even if some good people have paid for them.
While I agree that an academic degree has to be earned, some would argue that Jesus Christ himself didn't need a Ph.D. to preach.Besides, if it's only an honorary title, I say what's the harm?
Since it's only an honorary title, why do you want it so much?
I don't know if you read my response to J., but that should clarify the purpose. Maybe I'll do it and maybe I won't.
I also wanted to solicit people's feedback on what they thought of "honorary" degrees, not just the ones people can buy on-line but those awarded to qualified candidates, and you've made your position pretty clear.
I love the title. Maybe I'll start a church, too, someday.
ETA: The Church of Virginity by the Reverend Gryff, High Priest of the Celibate Order.
I know a parking garage you can rent cheap.I love the title. Maybe I'll start a church, too, someday.
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I don't know if you read my response to J., but that should clarify the purpose. Maybe I'll do it and maybe I won't.
Only on the kind you can buy online. I have no problem with real honorary degrees, like when a university invites an accomplished person to receive one and perhaps to speak at graduation. They actually have some meaning.
Regarding your response to J, I apparently missed it the first time, but I've read it now.
yeah get a doctorate of phil collins
I don't know if you read my response to J., but that should clarify the purpose. Maybe I'll do it and maybe I won't.
Only on the kind you can buy online. I have no problem with real honorary degrees, like when a university invites an accomplished person to receive one and perhaps to speak at graduation. They actually have some meaning.
Regarding your response to J, I apparently missed it the first time, but I've read it now.
what would your feeling on it be if one had to do a little more than just pay a certain amount? Such as submitting a project, sample work, etc.. Basically far less structured than an actual degree, but more than just "here's a check, where's my paper?"
Works fine for me.Er, broken link?
Isn't that just Literary Criticism?One could argue that universities selling honorary degrees is the moral equivalent of academic prostitution.
If you're doing this as a joke why pay 40 bucks for it? Just make up some shit and print it out fancy yourself. Heck, copy what you'd be paying 40 bucks for and print it out, no one will know the difference.
If this makes you feel like an (even greater) charlatan and you aren't enjoying feeling like an (even greater) charlatan than give your 40 bucks to a charity where it will actually do something you can feel a tiny bit of valid pride for.
If this makes you feel like an (even greater) charlatan and you aren't enjoying feeling like an (even greater) charlatan than give your 40 bucks to a charity where it will actually do something you can feel a tiny bit of valid pride for.
I don't know if you read my response to J., but that should clarify the purpose. Maybe I'll do it and maybe I won't.
Only on the kind you can buy online. I have no problem with real honorary degrees, like when a university invites an accomplished person to receive one and perhaps to speak at graduation. They actually have some meaning.
Regarding your response to J, I apparently missed it the first time, but I've read it now.
what would your feeling on it be if one had to do a little more than just pay a certain amount? Such as submitting a project, sample work, etc.. Basically far less structured than an actual degree, but more than just "here's a check, where's my paper?"
I still wouldn't want to call it an honorary doctorate. Maybe some sort of certificate. But of course that wouldn't satisfy those who want the ego-boost of a (fake or semi-fake) diploma.
To me, an honor of any sort is initiated by the institution that will bestow the honor, or by others who nominate candidates for the honor. People usually can't nominate themselves. And they don't pay for the honor.
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Yeah, the certificate itself is useless and holds no actual value. Why pay them $34? I can issue anyone a Doctor of Divinity degree, and I'll do it for $20. That's a 40% savings! You can have external validation, a fun conversation piece, and save money!
I do not understand why anyone buys these things.
If I just wanted a fun conversation piece, I'd rather have a Hogwarts diploma. Or Starfleet Academy.
If I just wanted a fun conversation piece, I'd rather have a Hogwarts diploma. Or Starfleet Academy.
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Not saying this is why Gryff wants to buy it, but most people buy it to inflate their egos. They can't be arsed to go through years of school to obtain one the right way, and they can't get one as an honorary from a prestigious institution validating someone else's hard work, but they want the recognition such a Doctorate brings, and they think they "deserve" it, so they buy it.
In short, they want to pay to win.
If I just wanted a fun conversation piece, I'd rather have a Hogwarts diploma. Or Starfleet Academy.
If I'm having a conversation piece, it's going to be a Certificate of Merit from the Anton LaVey School of Nursing.
If you're going to have a conversation, have a good one.
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