# The Educated Doper **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 2, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-educated-doper/573275 "2011-03-02T23:13:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-educated-doper/573275/61 "2011-03-04T19:10:37Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Another JD. Putting “PhD” seems wrong because the JD isn’t really equivalent - it’s considered a faux pas to refer to your JD as a “Juris Doctorate” on a resume. Ditto for MD. Both the MD and the JD are more demanding than most MA/MS programs, but neither requires the original work that is the essence of the PhD. They’re their own category. As for me, I’m another of those doctors who can’t prescribe drugs. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-educated-doper/573275/62 "2011-03-05T00:53:21Z")
I chose some college/no degree, since I’m still working on it. I first went to college when I was 18 and dropped out toward the end of my first semester. I then went when I was 24-25 and only finished 3 classes before having to leave for surgery. I never went back to that school. I am now about 1/3 through my Associates in Liberal Arts after which I plan to transfer to a 4 year college in January 2012. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-educated-doper/573275/63 "2011-03-05T00:59:07Z")
My master’s degree is comprised of letters other than MS or MA, but I just took that option to mean “master’s degree” and voted accordingly. (The wife has a doctorate.) ---
**Author:** ![BlakeTyner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@BlakeTyner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlakeTyner)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-educated-doper/573275/64 "2011-03-06T01:34:05Z")
In keeping with the timeline request… High School '99 B.A. '06 M.A. '09 Both degrees in English. Would you like fries with that? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-educated-doper/573275/65 "2011-03-06T01:57:41Z")
BA. Most of an MBA. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-educated-doper/573275/66 "2011-03-06T02:09:58Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > I chose some college/no degree, since I’m still working on it. I was wondering about this. I was surprised initially by the number of folks that had voted “some college,” but then I realized that a lot of those folks may actually still be IN undergrad. I, however, am among those who just never finished college. My ADD symptoms, which kept me from ever doing homework, didn’t magically disappear when I started college the way I’d hoped they would (I had some theory that I was just lazy and rebelling against being forced to do homework in high school, and that once I was going to school voluntarily, I’d be a completely different person). After a year of community college, the frustration over the lack of change combined with a full-time job opportunity lured me away. I don’t have any plans right now to go back. I’ve been pretty fortunate in life to have been successful even without a degree. I wonder if and when that’s going to catch up to me. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-educated-doper/573275/67 "2011-03-06T02:34:44Z")
The law school I’m going to next year just switched from an “L.L.B.” designation to a “J.D.” one, to sound more American. Would it be a douche move if I used that to call myself “Doctor?” I mean, there’s already pretty flaky PhD programs out there where the graduates call themselves Doctor, right…? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-educated-doper/573275/68 "2011-03-06T10:30:53Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > I picked ‘other’. I’m a high school drop-out with no GED, never experienced any other formal education. Never even darkened the doorway of my high school! Graduated 7th, 8th, and 9th grades with a couple hours a day of home tutoring. CMC fnord! Didn’t want you to be the only one. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-educated-doper/573275/69 "2011-03-06T11:13:55Z")
Except for those presently in formal schooling, I’d hope that the high-water mark for most of us would fall into “Other - apprenticeship, self-educated, well-read, etc.” ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-educated-doper/573275/70 "2011-03-06T17:08:07Z")
Just out of idle curiosity, is it considered polite to vote as well as post a reply in Poll threads ? It seems a bit redundant to me but now that you requested a time line: HS 1984 BS 1988 MS 1990 PhD 1993 Yes, I am old… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Docta\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Docta\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Docta_G)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-educated-doper/573275/71 "2011-03-06T18:45:22Z")
PhD ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-educated-doper/573275/72 "2011-03-08T05:23:46Z")
I am a fully rounded human being with a degree from the university of life, a diploma from the school of hard knocks, and three gold stars from the kindergarten of getting the shit kicked out of me. I also have a BA and some grad school. How come there’s always a separate category for “some college” but not “some grad school”? Don’t I get credit for dropping out of something? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-educated-doper/573275.md?page=3)