gazfox9 Posted 25 January 2014 Posted 25 January 2014 I bloody hate honorary PhD's...work your ass off like me to get one, or get and rich and famous and you'll just be given one! Still love the owners though of course - just grinds my gears! Yeah cos I can't imagine he's worked very hard to become a billionaire! ;-)
Out Foxed Posted 25 January 2014 Posted 25 January 2014 Oh and to add - at no point have I said owning your own business means you do not work as hard as someone in academia. I specifically said all of our stresses and needs are unique. My comment was about celebrities, the rich and famous, getting honorary PhD's or degrees, not business people in general. Edit: And some people absolutely should be recognised for their contributions...I note that Kermit the Frog has an honorary degree... kermit the frog has had more of an impact on the world than most people who get phd's ever will.
zynxus Posted 25 January 2014 Posted 25 January 2014 He's the 11th Richest Man in Thailand http://www.forbes.com/thailand-billionaires/#page:2_sort:0_direction:asc_search:
foxsake Posted 25 January 2014 Posted 25 January 2014 How do you know, if you haven't been to University. My son went to the local Comprehensive. got all his A levels, and went to the University of London, and got his B A degree, with honours. He then worked day and night to get his M A with merit, and is now working fourteen hours a day on his PhD. I know the pressure he has put himself under, and I know there are many others doing the same. I have no doubt you work extremely hard, but don't assume you work harder than many students, when you have never been in their position Fourteen hours a day?! Wow, that puts me to shame. What field does your son work in? I'm about a third of the way though my PhD (full time) and I try to work 9-5 through the week and a few hours over the weekend. I treat it as being like self-employed and work mainly from home. My gears have not been ground at the thought of Dr Top getting his honours though - I think it serves to galvanise his attachment to the city.
Webbo Posted 25 January 2014 Posted 25 January 2014 Has anyone ever put an honorary degree on their CV? Why anyone should be offended by this is beyond me, it's just a way of buttering him up in the hope of a nice donation or maybe a bit of business in Thailand.
midland_red Posted 25 January 2014 Posted 25 January 2014 Leicester City Vice-Chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha has been awarded the title of Honorary Doctor of Business Administration by De Montfort University (DMU). http://www.lcfc.com/news/article/220114-vice-chairman-receives-dmu-honour-1310693.aspx not sure youd would want a PhD from DMU anyway...its not exactly university of leicester is it?
FoxDownSouth Posted 26 January 2014 Posted 26 January 2014 Its not like he's going to used it to take peoples jobs. Its an honorary PHD. Stop complaining, if he is going to put money into the uni, people going for their PHDs will benefit! Just so fair is fair. Are you going to kick off about birch's honorary doctor of law degree, that the uni gave him? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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