Wrong Kind of Doctor
Got a PhD? You're the wrong kind of doctor!


10/9/09  

By Lucky Jane:

Still, I wonder sometimes if I shouldn’t have just stuck it out, because being “just” a professor makes some of my conversations with my parents unbearable. My dad especially has a gift for saying just the wrong thing at precisely the worst time. It’s amazing. In fact, the first time I saw my dad after getting the degree, he said, “I’m so glad you’re now a doctor. Too bad you’re the wrong kind of doctor.

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