(07-07-2021, 05:27 PM)CatsDomino Wrote:

(07-07-2021, 01:45 PM)Flelm Wrote: I think it's different for me. I'm pretty much the only person in my immediate family circle who didn't have a degree. Both of my parents, my wife, and my SIL have Master's, my MIL has a D.Ed., my brother has a Bachelor's in Engineering and is a PE, my aunts and uncles and cousins, etc. all have their degrees. So I've received nothing but support and praise for finally finishing.

I think they're more excited about it then I am, to be honest. For me, it was just a piece of paper that was holding me back in the job-seeking world, for them, it's a 20-year journey that's finally complete.

That kind of support must be wonderful!  My experience has, unfortunately, been the opposite.  Outside my spouse, children, and a couple of relatives, the rest of my large family sees education beyond high school as a complete waste of time.  I have completed both my ADN and my BSN, and many times received derogatory or hostile comments about "getting above my upbringing" or being "too big for my britches."  My relatives are quite rural and enjoy putting down "educated idiots" while feeling superior in their small pond.  After the year I've had working in a pandemic, I've changed my mind about my MSN and have recently started taking classes for a MHA instead.  I'm already a DON, but decided that I want to go into administration full time.  A cousin I'm close to recently found out I'm getting my masters, and couldn't help but get a few digs in about what a colossal waste of time it was.  Of course, I got to remind her that I'm already laughing all the way to the bank while she works her second shift job at the local BK. 

(07-07-2021, 05:27 PM)CatsDomino Wrote:

(07-07-2021, 01:45 PM)Flelm Wrote: I think it's different for me. I'm pretty much the only person in my immediate family circle who didn't have a degree. Both of my parents, my wife, and my SIL have Master's, my MIL has a D.Ed., my brother has a Bachelor's in Engineering and is a PE, my aunts and uncles and cousins, etc. all have their degrees. So I've received nothing but support and praise for finally finishing.

I think they're more excited about it then I am, to be honest. For me, it was just a piece of paper that was holding me back in the job-seeking world, for them, it's a 20-year journey that's finally complete.

That kind of support must be wonderful!  My experience has, unfortunately, been the opposite.  Outside my spouse, children, and a couple of relatives, the rest of my large family sees education beyond high school as a complete waste of time.  I have completed both my ADN and my BSN, and many times received derogatory or hostile comments about "getting above my upbringing" or being "too big for my britches."  My relatives are quite rural and enjoy putting down "educated idiots" while feeling superior in their small pond.  After the year I've had working in a pandemic, I've changed my mind about my MSN and have recently started taking classes for a MHA instead.  I'm already a DON, but decided that I want to go into administration full time.  A cousin I'm close to recently found out I'm getting my masters, and couldn't help but get a few digs in about what a colossal waste of time it was.  Of course, I got to remind her that I'm already laughing all the way to the bank while she works her second shift job at the local BK. 

(07-08-2021, 08:59 AM)Flelm Wrote: Reading some of the responses in this thread, if you haven't in the past, you should look at crab mentality, or crab-bucket mentality.

(07-08-2021, 08:59 AM)Flelm Wrote: Reading some of the responses in this thread, if you haven't in the past, you should look at crab mentality, or crab-bucket mentality.

(07-08-2021, 08:57 AM)collegechick Wrote:

(07-07-2021, 05:27 PM)CatsDomino Wrote:

(07-07-2021, 01:45 PM)Flelm Wrote: I think it's different for me. I'm pretty much the only person in my immediate family circle who didn't have a degree. Both of my parents, my wife, and my SIL have Master's, my MIL has a D.Ed., my brother has a Bachelor's in Engineering and is a PE, my aunts and uncles and cousins, etc. all have their degrees. So I've received nothing but support and praise for finally finishing.

I think they're more excited about it then I am, to be honest. For me, it was just a piece of paper that was holding me back in the job-seeking world, for them, it's a 20-year journey that's finally complete.

That kind of support must be wonderful!  My experience has, unfortunately, been the opposite.  Outside my spouse, children, and a couple of relatives, the rest of my large family sees education beyond high school as a complete waste of time.  I have completed both my ADN and my BSN, and many times received derogatory or hostile comments about "getting above my upbringing" or being "too big for my britches."  My relatives are quite rural and enjoy putting down "educated idiots" while feeling superior in their small pond.  After the year I've had working in a pandemic, I've changed my mind about my MSN and have recently started taking classes for a MHA instead.  I'm already a DON, but decided that I want to go into administration full time.  A cousin I'm close to recently found out I'm getting my masters, and couldn't help but get a few digs in about what a colossal waste of time it was.  Of course, I got to remind her that I'm already laughing all the way to the bank while she works her second shift job at the local BK. 

You just described one of my former friends who has this mentality and is what ignited this thread.  What is a DON?  I don't think you're referring to a mob boss. 

(07-06-2021, 07:23 PM)collegechick Wrote:

(07-06-2021, 04:14 PM)jamshid666 Wrote:

(07-05-2021, 11:26 AM)collegechick Wrote: Universal Life Church- PhD Philosophy in Religion (I'm an atheist & this was a funny vanity degree)

I was a PSYOP Specialist when I was in the Army.  Because the PSYOP community is rather small and almost exclusively located at Fort Bragg, we got to know each other quite well, and frequently referred to each other on a first-name basis.  We ended up getting a new First Sergeant that was an extreme stickler for rules and regulations, so he came down on us for using first names as Army regulations specify that you address each other by rank and last name.  Well, we discovered a loop-hole in the regulations dealing with clergy members, where first-name usage was acceptable.  Suffice to say, almost my entire detachment got ordained with the ULC just so we could call each other Brother Steven, Brother Craig, etc.  It irritated the First Sergeant to no end, but it was within regulations!

This is hilarious and ingenious!  Thank you for sharing.  I'm also ordained. The PhD was only twenty questions and volia - Dr. and Minister.  I've used the parking placard and parked in the minister's spot at the hospital when visiting a friend.  It was an official ministerial charity visit after all.  Still cracks me up.  Nice to meet a fellow brother in the ministry! 

(07-05-2021, 11:26 AM)collegechick Wrote: Did any of you experience this as well?