In the modern world, it indicates an individual who went back to school because they were unable to get a real job. Typical
PhDs do not like this pointed out in public, and tend to edit out comments such as this one.
- Riiggght.
Omitted the above. :-)))
(My Ph.D. was awarded only after I was sufficiently motivated, by Jimbo, to finish the dissertation; my finishing was a condition of my employment and got me a raise. So there!)
Hey, all the above being said, the article should probably contain some information about the notion of the perpetual student and the envy and contempt of overeducated people on the part of some other people, such as the person who wrote the above. The page should also probably be located on Doctor of Philosophy. --Larry Sanger, Ph.D.
Mention should perhaps also be made of the contempt of undereducated people on the part of
some Ph.D's ! ;-) --
Seb
Ahem -- I worked "real jobs" and taught while working on my
PhD. I've worked in Telecom, dotcoms,and regulatory jobs, as well as food service and other crap money jobs. i have a
PhD because it's a prerequisite for teaching at a university level and pretty useful for competing to teach at community colleges. Many of the people I went to grad school with also have similar real world experience. I suggest that the person above may not know his ass from his elbow, and my need anal-cranial separation therapy...
JHK
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