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Old 09-21-2009, 11:45 AM   #92
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Originally Posted by ernie View Post
That's simply thrown in for free during the course of the Ph. D.

Most programs knock it out of you at your final defense when you are extremely embarrased that you can't answer a few simple undergraduate questions in front of your committee and peers during the oral portion. The hole it leaves behind gets quickly replaced with some humility.
One of my peers asked... "so... what was the point?"
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