Spinoff: Do you think you can tell what level of education a person has from reading their posts?

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Posted by tourist

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Posted by Goldi1021

I am an educator and anyone in my building who has permanent certification to teach in the State of New York must have a master's degree. However, you would be surprised at the number of permanently certified teachers who do not know that the word 'nickel' is not spelled N-I-C-K-L-E. This is horrifying to me. There are people who hold nothing more than a high school diploma who read the New York Times everyday. They often write, spell and speak better than some doctors and lawyers. JMO.

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Exactly--sometimes you can sense how educated a person is, by the content of their post, but it is not neccessarily formal education.

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I completely agree about the content of the post. Additionally, we all mess up on spelling - that's part of using a keyboard. One thing that does stick out like a sore thumb is when people write and use the wrong spellings - like witch one should I use, or we got out pitchers taken - that stuff drives me crazy!!!!!! I guess that is the teacher in me..

Further, I think any idiot can get a Master's, and any motivated idiot can get a doctorate!

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Posted by nov04LIbride

Further, I think any idiot can get a Master's, and any motivated idiot can get a doctorate!

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Doesn't Phd mean Piled High and Deeper? Just kidding...it's just a joke...no offense to any Phds out there....

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Posted by Blu-ize

Doesn't Phd mean Piled High and Deeper? Just kidding...it's just a joke...no offense to any Phds out there....

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As I sit here completely glazed over as I read research for my dissertation proposal, I have to say - YES!!!!!

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Posted by Jax430

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Posted by Blu-ize

Doesn't Phd mean Piled High and Deeper? Just kidding...it's just a joke...no offense to any Phds out there....

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As I sit here completely glazed over as I read research for my dissertation proposal, I have to say - YES!!!!!

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I can only imagine!

i hope to GOd no - my typing is horrendous- typos and misspellings all over the place....people probably think that I have not finished middle school !

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Posted by nov04LIbride

Further, I think any idiot can get a Master's, and any motivated idiot can get a doctorate!

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Judging by the 'dr's' I work with, I'd have to agree!

My writing (grammar, spelling, word usage..EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!) is terrible on this site...please don't think I'm an idiot..

I CAN'T type for my life and I never bother to check for typos. I teach English and GOD HELP ME if my students ever saw how I write on here.

It is actually AWFUL when I think about how much of a hypocrit I am!!! HAHA

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Posted by brooklynbridezilla

I wasn't trying to be snarky with this question, I was just wondering.

I have never been able to guess with any accuracy.

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I didn't mean to come off that way. I really wanted you to guess b/c from my post I am sure my education level would be a surprise.

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Posted by nov04LIbride

Further, I think any idiot can get a Master's, and any motivated idiot can get a doctorate!

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AMEN!!

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Posted by Blu-ize

Doesn't Phd mean Piled High and Deeper? Just kidding...it's just a joke...no offense to any Phds out there....

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I have to say, after 3 years of being in a PhD program, my brain has become way mushier than it was in college. I think it may actually be an inverse relationship between a person's level of education, and the amount of sense that their posts make.

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Posted by Blu-ize

Doesn't Phd mean Piled High and Deeper? Just kidding...it's just a joke...no offense to any Phds out there....

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Actually, I think it is 'piled higher and deeper'

Does that comment make me pompous?

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Posted by tourist

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Posted by Goldi1021

I am an educator and anyone in my building who has permanent certification to teach in the State of New York must have a master's degree. However, you would be surprised at the number of permanently certified teachers who do not know that the word 'nickel' is not spelled N-I-C-K-L-E. This is horrifying to me. There are people who hold nothing more than a high school diploma who read the New York Times everyday. They often write, spell and speak better than some doctors and lawyers. JMO.

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Exactly--sometimes you can sense how educated a person is, by the content of their post, but it is not neccessarily formal education.

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I agree 100%.

I can tell sometimes, but it wouldn't be from a brief post.

I can usually tell through someone's review or through a very detialed post.

It's moreover, who's a stronger writer in comparison. I know plenty of people in my company that are HUGE executives with PHD's and all from IVY league schools, that still say and write 'I'm doing good.' UGH - I HATE THAT SO MUCH!

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Posted by nov04LIbride

Further, I think any idiot can get a Master's, and any motivated idiot can get a doctorate!

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I was about to get my knickers in a twist for a second, and then I thought...hmmm...this is totally TRUE!!! When I think of some of the wack jobs and freakshows that they let into our doctoral program....wow! I really think if you can get yourself in AND are willing to put up with a lot of shyte, you're golden....

Kudos to whomever used the word pedantic. Good stuff....

And to answer original question...probably not.... I like to guess ages, but am hit or miss with accuracy on that too...

I dunno what you's are talking about. Of course you kan tell a peoples intellagence by how they right....


a duh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!