In Ignorance We Trust

[BettyO]

Thanks for this, Laurie and Mark!

Yes - I've had this happen to me personally.....

Because I don't have an <ahem> Engineering Degree, (mine is in US History of course) I've been told to my face by the "Powers that Be" where I work that my degree (from one of the most highly acclaimed Liberal Arts Schools in the South - it's been called the "Yale of the South") is "useless...." and laughed at by my supervisor. One of my colleagues who has a standard "cook book" Engineering Degree received accolades the other day as well as a party, due to his receiving his Masters in Engineering.... I didn't even get a congratulations when I graduated (not that I want or need it.) My so-called "superiors" refer to my degree as "useless" and I was actually told by HR with a laugh, "A HISTORY degree?! What the heck do you think you can do with THAT?!"

I had one word for them - "Teach!"