McDuck 0 #26 October 27, 2003 No degree, but I'm somewhat well read. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,146 #27 October 27, 2003 Quotea JD/MD is closer to a PhD than a masters, tho, so your poll is a little skewed, methinks. That's a recent US invention. The degrees used in the US were inherited from the British (specifically Oxford/Cambridge) system, along with caps, gowns and hoods. In Britain, professional degrees (physician, lawyer) are not considered worthy of the title "doctor"**. So a UK physician will generally have 2 bachelor's degrees, MB/B.Chir (Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery) to acknowledge the extended length of time spent in school. A British MD degree is a higher (research) degree usually found only among teaching faculty in medical schools. US medical schools devalued their MD degree to be just professional training sometime around 1890. A US physician who has a research degree usually gets a PhD as well as an MD now, to differentiate from a regular quack. **Origin: "Doctor" is the Latin word for teacher.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #28 October 27, 2003 Yeah! What Kallend said. I knew what I was talking about all the time. << ducks and runs, laughing hysterically >> And my thanks to the high end of the bell curve. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #29 October 27, 2003 Quote Ah yes, it's deja-vu time again... Read this thread for a stroll down amnesia lane. Just the price you pay for being an old fart JumpScars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcandalysse 0 #30 October 30, 2003 bill you da man! got me smilin' ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #31 October 30, 2003 I' just a dumb redneck from Georgia. However.....I have a skill that is in demand these days so I'm doin allright. Stay tuned for free jumps from my private jet!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #32 October 30, 2003 Quotefree jumps from my private jet!!!!!!! Idiot. You don't get the free plane until you retire, when they give it to you as a going away present. Didn't you read the script? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prepheckt 0 #33 October 30, 2003 216 days and a wake-up till I graduate from here. Oh yeah! Can't wait!"Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites