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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 05:52 PM Original message |
MIT admissions dean resigns |
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Sabriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh, the delicious irony |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I don't find the "irony" delicious at all. It's very sad. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 07:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Bitter Irony, IMO. She didn't need credentials for the job when she started. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 06:39 AM Response to Reply #25 |
53. I know. It's too bad she didn't apply for the job without a degree, |
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RogueBandit (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Proof positive |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I understand your point...but... |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. So, pray tell, what do George W Bush's |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 07:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. That is not representative |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 07:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. She started by getting a low level job that required none of the credentials she provided. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 07:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. don't you think this says a lot about her character? |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 08:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
54. Actually this is a life lesson...."Sooner or later your lies catch up with you" |
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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. This proves a college degree is mostly useless |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. No to proves that your lies catch up |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. A college degree is not useless |
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melnjones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. College has completely changed my life. |
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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. With a right attitude and a right mentor, one can almost do any jobs |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. Doesn't it prove the opposite? |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. After 28 years of successfully doing the job. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
46. well why stop there |
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cheesedawg (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Too bad |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Welcome to DU, cheesedawg! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. I missed that.. did it say she would forfeit her retirement? |
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erpowers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. Saddest Part She Did Not Get the Degrees |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. Lying on a CV or resume is/should be a reason for automatic firing |
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YDogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Agreed. |
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flowomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. M.I.T.’s Admissions Dean Resigns; Ends 28-Year Lie About Degrees |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. ...said she did not have even an undergraduate degree. |
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melnjones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. wow. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. Why do you need a degree for that anyway? |
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melnjones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. How are you going to |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 12:48 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Thirty year career.... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 01:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Well, if you're aiming for truly paranoid, you've succeeded. |
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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 10:32 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Agree |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Bill Gates never *lied* about having a degree. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. hahahahhahahha. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 01:14 AM Response to Reply #32 |
43. No, she's not a role model anymore, and it's a shame. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 07:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Well, she managed to do it, because she was highly successful. She rose on her merits |
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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. That's right |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Riiiight. People cure diseases every day without college training. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. You're given guidelines to follow? |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
22. it's sad and i'm surprised it ttok them this long to catch up with her. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
34. A good reminder and lesson |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. How far are you in the private sector? |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 12:47 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Faking degrees to head the admissions office at the world's most prestigious |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. She started out at a lower level job and WORKED her way to the top over years and on her merits |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
36. While I am of two minds about what she did, it does prove that a |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
37. Sad joke on MIT. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 01:16 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. The science degrees she was claiming wouldn't have had any bearing |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. By this time they wouldn't have any bearing on a science / engineering career |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 06:37 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. A college degree in science isn't so much a matter of acquiring information, |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
45. People at MIT are praising her work...but this kind of fraud can't be tolerated |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
47. If they don't fire her for fraudulent claims, |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
48. Given MIT's contributory negligence in not checking her references |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
50. Has she ever even taken a college class in her life? |
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Massachusetts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
55. She still has to "play" by the rules of the game |
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