New York Times carried a story on the controversial resignation of German Defence Minister Mr. Guttenburg on allegations that he plagiarized parts of his doctoral thesis.
On what a degree means in Germany:
If I had to fill a Lufthansa online booking form I would be the lowest rung...just a .. Doctor.
On what a degree means in Germany:
Ms. Merkel, a former academic married to a professor, was being accused
of belittling intellectual property theft and, by implication, the value
of an advanced degree, which is not a purely academic matter in this
country. Many jobs require such degrees in Germany, where, as is not the
case in America, calling oneself doctor for having completed a thesis
in, say, political science or art history, is not embarrassing but
normal, even when filling out Lufthansa’s online booking forms. (The
airline generously provides three levels of academic achievement for its
overachieving countrymen: doctor, professor and professor doctor,
skipping the extremely rare but not unheard-of German mouthful Herr
Professor Doctor Doctor).
If I had to fill a Lufthansa online booking form I would be the lowest rung...just a .. Doctor.
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