Posted by pegasus on February 24, 2004, at 14:35:15
In reply to GG and Peg, posted by shar on February 24, 2004, at 11:23:26
The other place you *have* to be Dr. GG is when making airline reservations. Sometimes they'll call you at home when the plane is delayed if you're a Dr. No lie!
I put Dr. on my credit card (the word, not the whole education), and I'm not sure, but I think sometimes I get better treatment. Why, I'm not sure. I sure as heck don't have more money than your average Joe.
And Shar, I hear you on the lack of funds and not being amused by the Pht! No one has ever put me through anything, and I'm paying for school now by working full time. It's a lot to juggle, but I'm proud of myself. I can honestly say that everything I have, however limited, I earned with my own hard work.
Actually, my husband and I went through grad school together. We defended within a week of each other. Which I definitely don't recommend. Neither one of us cooked a meal for at least a month before that, so we graduated with a hefty credit card debt (ok, so I did put part of it on there) and an incredbly dissheveled home. And we totally freaked each other out by passing our worry back and forth.
Graduation was excellent, I agree! Shar, that is so funny about being left behind for your own graduation. At my school the PhD graduates wear these incredible yellow robes, with stripes. We looked like bumble bees. My husband and I sat together, and processed together and everything. It was cool!
OK, you're right, what's to worry about. My dissertation was on the use of satellite images to measure methane emission from arctic tundra. So now whoever knows me in real life here definitely knows me on babble. I'm not ashamed! Unfortunately, all of this knowledge doesn't transfer to psychology very well, but that's ok. I know one heck of a lot about satellite images, which not very many people can say!
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