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Chinese here. Did you know that China is run by assholes with an engineering degree? Seriously, Chinese officials tend to buy a degree to make themselves look m
by est 16y ago
Chinese here.
Did you know that China is run by assholes with an engineering degree?
Seriously, Chinese officials tend to buy a degree to make themselves look more educated.
- whatajoke 16y agoIndian here. There are a few leaders in India who can't speak one coherent sentence in english, even though they have a masters degree in english,
- skowmunk 16y agoI second that. India desperately needs better quality leaders. (me injun)
- balding_n_tired 16y agoAmerican here. There are professors of English in the US who pride themselves on incomprehensibility. And let's not get started on the social scientists...
- ww520 16y agoWell we have G.W. gone to Yale, FWIW.
- hga 16y agoAnd then got a MBA from Harvard.
- thesz 16y ago(from an exUSSR, with sympathy) It was hard in USSR to buy degrees and many USSR leaders actually have degrees. But our former leaders successfully exploited various loopholes in the education process and got good grades for social/political activities, not for education achievements. So all in all, those looking for power will find their way through any system.