In order to be a professor at BYU-Idaho you have to have either gotten your PhD or at least be actively working on it. I'm not sure if it's that way for all colleges, but it is at least for this one. Pres. Clark, the dean of our whole school used to be the dean of Harvard Business College before he came here and had received his PhD law degree there. I didn't realize he was so accomplished until recently.
Well, one of my teachers is currently working on his dissertation for his PhD. Therefore, he's been canceling class every once in a while. And the day he doesn't cancel class? Let's just say last Friday we ate ice cream and watched a YouTube video of him when he used to work at the U of I.
Anyway, these were extra little tidbits I forgot to include in my last post. Ergo I put them here. (I've been wanting to use that word in a sentence all day)
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So, when you register for classes next time around, are you going to be looking specifically for classes that are taught by professors who are working on this dissertation?
You might have found the easy way to graduation! LOL
Or you can look for a professor who is a little bit behind in his research requirement for tenure... they tend to slack off in the classroom, too. And finally, you can sign up for the prof's who are pretty darn close to retirement. They are the easiest of all. In fact, most of them don't even know the material as well as the students, because when you reach 60, you just can't keep up with the changes anymore.
Or you can just pick the profs who are the best teachers and go to class to learn, since that is what you are ostensibly paying money for.
tee hee -- I said ostensibly.
And remember, ergo is pronounced AIR-go, NOT UR-go like some people do. Pete had a thing about that.
Ceteras paribus, ita vero your mother is right, vis-a-vis the pronunciation thing, Pete's ad libitum use of Latin phraseology in situ, ipso facto education's value per se, et cetera, ad infinitum.
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