Newsgroups: tor.general
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Dilemma with Career Plans
Message-ID: <1989Nov10.175137.1712@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <2434@ists.ists.ca> <25599880.22874@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 89 17:51:37 GMT

In article <25599880.22874@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> dan@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Dan Trottier) writes:
>In the short term the "real world" looks inviting but if don't have some
>form of university degree you may find yourself passed over when promotion
>time comes around...

More generally, since degrees are so common nowadays, a lot of bureaucrats
equate "no degree" to "uneducated" with a further connotation of "probably
due to low intelligence or some other unpleasant reason".  This can be a
major handicap if you're trying to, say, emigrate to the US ("why do you
want to hire an uneducated and therefore stupid foreigner when there are
plenty of uneducated, stupid Americans looking for work?").
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A bit of tolerance is worth a  |     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
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