The primary goal of a PhD is to provide training for independent research, and honestly it really does require 4-5 years of dedicated work to achieve that (I ha

The primary goal of a PhD is to provide training for independent research, and honestly it really does require 4-5 years of dedicated work to achieve that (I have a PhD in computational biology). Teaching is different altogether and absolutely does not require a PhD. Proving that you can perform independent research really does require many years of training.