The "Doctor" meme is absolutely true. I am an MD, and outside of the office I don't want to be called Doc, Doctor, etc. It's just my name. I have almost never seen a physicist who expected to be called "doctor". Even most dentists don't expect it. Give someone a fake degree, however, and they will insist that you use the title. "Dr." Jill...
A quibble. Most of those doctors of education, e.g. Bill Cosby, Jill Biden, don't have PhDs but EdDs. A PhD generally requires original study and research. A EdD, by comparison, requires that you show up.
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Zionism is a cancer from dispensationalism. Ashkenazis
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You all be safe and God bless.
LindaG, yup sad but true.
DeleteThe "Doctor" meme is absolutely true. I am an MD, and outside of the office I don't want to be called Doc, Doctor, etc. It's just my name. I have almost never seen a physicist who expected to be called "doctor". Even most dentists don't expect it. Give someone a fake degree, however, and they will insist that you use the title. "Dr." Jill...
ReplyDeleteTVMA Doc, Dr Jill, yuck!
DeleteA quibble. Most of those doctors of education, e.g. Bill Cosby, Jill Biden, don't have PhDs but EdDs. A PhD generally requires original study and research. A EdD, by comparison, requires that you show up.
ReplyDeleteSherm, showing up is the way they do it today.
DeleteI stopped respecting made-up titles and honorifics many years ago.
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