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<blockquote data-quote="Prowler573" data-source="post: 1077994" data-attributes="member: 561023">Marshall ~You come on the forum and display widespread disdain for the majority of the members who have responded to your posts. A recurring theme is that you hold a PhD and that as a result we should all somehow be humbled by your academic achievements. There is a fine line between great pride in one&#039;s accomplishments and lowly boastfulness regarding the same. You, sir, have managed to not merely cross that line but jump headlong to the other side with both feet. My mother holds a PhD in mathematics which she earned in the oldest private university west of the Mississippi River. Not once in my entire life have I ever heard her even make mention of her degree(s) outside of a business setting (including a very, very long rant at the Arkansas State Board of Education when a board member foolishly asked her who she was and what credentials she held to believe she had the right to scold them about the inadequacies of the textbooks that were currently in use in Arkansas&#039; public school system)Just because you hold a higher level of education than most in whatever field of study your doctorate is in does not equate to your being the smartest fella in the room.Quit being so condescending and simply participate in the conversation and I would wager that you&#039;d be greeted a great deal more warmly than you&#039;ve experienced thus far.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Prowler573, post: 1077994, member: 561023"] Marshall ~ You come on the forum and display widespread disdain for the majority of the members who have responded to your posts. A recurring theme is that you hold a PhD and that as a result we should all somehow be humbled by your academic achievements. There is a fine line between great pride in one's accomplishments and lowly boastfulness regarding the same. You, sir, have managed to not merely cross that line but jump headlong to the other side with both feet. My mother holds a PhD in mathematics which she earned in the oldest private university west of the Mississippi River. Not once in my entire life have I ever heard her even make mention of her degree(s) outside of a business setting (including a very, very long rant at the Arkansas State Board of Education when a board member foolishly asked her who she was and what credentials she held to believe she had the right to scold them about the inadequacies of the textbooks that were currently in use in Arkansas' public school system) Just because you hold a higher level of education than most in whatever field of study your doctorate is in does not equate to your being the smartest fella in the room. Quit being so condescending and simply participate in the conversation and I would wager that you'd be greeted a great deal more warmly than you've experienced thus far. [/QUOTE]

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