Thursday, April 10, 2008
Dr. ER and Dr. ER?
Y'all know I'll never rest until there's another set of letters for me to gratuitously put behind my name, whether it's Ph.D., M.Div., or Th.D. or whatever.
Here's a program that really has my attention. Frankly, it's the ownly graduate program in journalism I've ever seen that I thought might be a pitcher of warm spit.
It's that land-grant approach: It's higher education for sure, but if there's no practical application for it, a land-grant college ain't gonna be teachin' it.
What thinkest y'all?
--ER
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I think that there are cheaper and easier ways to get alphabet soup. :-)
Seriously, though, I think that PhD would look real good up there with the others.
Seriously, though, I think that PhD would look real good up there with the others.
# posted by 
: 3:51 PM
: 3:51 PM
That dude do bear a striking resemblance to my own self, don't he??
Teresa, I *have* to catch up to Dr. ER! She won't call me "Master ER" since I got my master's! I figure maybe I'll have better luck if I Pile it Higher and Deeper. :-)
Teresa, I *have* to catch up to Dr. ER! She won't call me "Master ER" since I got my master's! I figure maybe I'll have better luck if I Pile it Higher and Deeper. :-)
Oh, she calls you Master plenty. :-) Just not to your face.
And trust me, my friend, you can pile it pretty dang high.
I'm rollin'.
And trust me, my friend, you can pile it pretty dang high.
I'm rollin'.
Whenever I'm thinking in that direction - I remember a true story that inspired me to go back to school.
A woman nearing 50 tells her son that she had always dreamed of studying law. So son says why not? You may as well.
Mother says that she's too old and will be 50 soon. And son says
"You're going to be 50 anyway, you may as well be 50 and have a law degree"
So I feel this applies to 60, 70 etc.
You may as well go for it.
A woman nearing 50 tells her son that she had always dreamed of studying law. So son says why not? You may as well.
Mother says that she's too old and will be 50 soon. And son says
"You're going to be 50 anyway, you may as well be 50 and have a law degree"
So I feel this applies to 60, 70 etc.
You may as well go for it.
# posted by : 9:44 PM
: 9:44 PM
Go for it. Learning is lifelong, the program looks interesting, one can never have enough initials following one's name, and based on some of the tangents you've been known to go off on a Piled Higher and Deeper would be appropriate.
Ever thought about going in the other direction and getting an A.S. or an A.A. to precede the double B.S.?
Ever thought about going in the other direction and getting an A.S. or an A.A. to precede the double B.S.?
It does look like a very interesting program, and one that would fit with your interests fairly well. I like that there's some diversity in degrees held by the faculty, and that there's a course in human computer interaction (something we all deal with daily but don't think about as much as we should).
Karen: Yep. :-) Shoot, if I got started by fall '09, I could finish before 50! :-)
Nan: Tangents? LOL. My life is just one tangent after another!
Kirsten: Sigh. It ain't a history pee aytch dee, and that has become my real love -- BUT, I could fold my historical research of newspaper communication into it pretty readily, I'd think, big-picturewise.
Nan: Tangents? LOL. My life is just one tangent after another!
Kirsten: Sigh. It ain't a history pee aytch dee, and that has become my real love -- BUT, I could fold my historical research of newspaper communication into it pretty readily, I'd think, big-picturewise.
Yeah, I'd think your newspaper history stuff would go real well with their "social policy and technology" concentration. Of course, the thing to do would be to have chats with some of the folks there, just to be sure.
Everything I've ever heard about doctoral programs tells me that you'd better LOVE your subject to the point of madness if you're going to attempt the doctoral journey. They're kind of designed to kill you and all. So if this floats your boat, then follow your bliss toward it.
Ha. My cluster of blisses includes public communication and theory -- and that's an empty set, awaiting something to say. What I want to say, and help others say, has to do with history, theology and public affairs, past, current and future. This seems to fit that. ... Hmmm. ...
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