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re: Have you ever met someone who wasn't a real doctor demand to be called "Dr".
Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:03 pm to TMDawg
Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:03 pm to TMDawg
Yeah, one of my wife's grandfathers apprenticed with a British East India surgeon and later moved to Alabama, where, in the 1870s, he was accepted as a physician by the local docs, kind of like how lawyers used to apprentice and then be accepted to practice "before the bar" by the courts.
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:05 pm to LSULyle00690
I'm in education and a lot of students are used to calling people in my particular position "Dr. _______" (which I don't have), so when they address me as that I politely tell them to get out of here with that shite. Even if I had a Ph.D. I wouldn't advertise it, just sounds contrived imo. Not knocking those who do use it, though, and have earned it, just my opinion on it. I have noticed that black women with Ph.D's in education are very outspoken and demanding when it comes to being addressed as Dr. So-and-So.
Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:06 pm to Restomod
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What about a pharmacist who goes by doctor? Does that meet the OT's approval?
Because they don't, never met a PharmD that is called "Doctor".
Had a friend with an enormous head (both figuratively and literally) that was a pharmacist and insisted on the priest announce him and his wife as Dr. and Mrs. at the wedding.
Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:11 pm to CroakaBait
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I have noticed that black women with Ph.D's in education are very outspoken and demanding when it comes to being addressed as Dr. So-and-So.
That's understandable though, because recent studies have shown what women and minorities knew anyway: that they have a much more difficult time commanding authority than white men, even in the classroom.
Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:13 pm to jmcs68
That just makes you insecure.
Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:18 pm to notslim99
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I don't agree with you, but as a Ph.D, you shouldn't throw a shite fit when someone doesn't call you doctor.
Exactly. The goal of a PhD I presume is knowledge, not title. If they went for status /title then frick them. Otherwise they'd let their knowledge show up. Also if it's a fricking doctorate in chemistry and I'm talking about basketball, then your PhD status is irrelevant to me.
Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:22 pm to tiggerthetooth
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The goal of a PhD I presume is knowledge, not title.
Well, the title is important because it credentializes you. Same with a M.D.--it signifies authority on a subject. But yes, it's silly and vain to go around calling yourself "Dr." outside of a professional context.
Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:23 pm to LSULyle00690
Shaq has a doctorate degree. Wants to be called Dr. Oneal instead of the Big Aristotle or Big Shaqtus.
Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:24 pm to LXIXER
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Wants to be called Dr. Oneal instead of the Big Aristotle or Big Shaqtus.
who's going to be the first to put him in his place?
Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:25 pm to Bayou Sam
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Well, the title is important because it credentializes you. Same with a M.D.--it signifies authority on a subject. But yes, it's silly and vain to go around calling yourself "Dr." outside of a professional context.
I understand, but it's only a mark for something else. It doesn't take your knowledge away if you're not addressed as Dr.
Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:29 pm to tiggerthetooth
Things get dicey in the classroom though. Anyone who's gone to graduate school knows the difference in student behavior between when you teach as a graduate student and when you teach under the title of "Dr."
Consider an analogy: the black robes of a judge don't make a judge competent in the law, but the uniform is essential to the judge's role.
Consider an analogy: the black robes of a judge don't make a judge competent in the law, but the uniform is essential to the judge's role.
Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:30 pm to HarryBalzack
Anyy lurking admins I would like to formally request to be changed to Dr. Larry, J.D., Esq.
Seriously though, frick using esquire.
Seriously though, frick using esquire.
Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:30 pm to HarryBalzack
DP
This post was edited on 3/8/15 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:30 pm to LSULyle00690
I dated a girl when I lived in Savannah who went to UCF to be a Physical Therapist and changed all of her credit cards/license/etc to add "Dr."
That relationship didn't last... but she DID have fake tits... so that was cool
That relationship didn't last... but she DID have fake tits... so that was cool
Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:31 pm to Larry
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J.D.,
not a real doctor
Posted on 3/8/15 at 4:02 pm to 777Tiger
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J.D.,
quote:Wrong. They'll ream your arse better than any proctologist ever dreamed.
not a real doctor
Posted on 3/8/15 at 4:11 pm to 777Tiger
A doctor (MD, pHD, etc) deserve the title in their arena. A professor giving a lecture should be addressed by a student as Dr. I'm an MD, and prefer to me addressed as doctor at the hospital, but don't care otherwise. A pHD in philosophy at the ER demanding to be called doctor, just confuses everyone as he will be told everything in medical jargon.
Posted on 3/8/15 at 4:14 pm to HarryBalzack
quote:Oh yea I agree. Just was pointing out that an MD still required school, etc back then. I'm sure in a lot of places, especially more rural areas, people practiced without it. Given the state of medical training back then, your wife's grandfather probably had better training than he would've received at most places here
Yeah, one of my wife's grandfathers apprenticed with a British East India surgeon and later moved to Alabama, where, in the 1870s, he was accepted as a physician by the local docs, kind of like how lawyers used to apprentice and then be accepted to practice "before the bar" by the courts.
It's all just a side note though, doesn't change the fact that demanding to be called Dr outside of work is tacky at best. Posted on 3/8/15 at 4:30 pm to TMDawg
Agreed.
Posted on 3/8/15 at 5:03 pm to LSULyle00690
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LSULyle00690
You're an idiot PhD, MD and JD are all doctorates
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