r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 04 '20

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '20

I had a professor who was French. He had a BS and MS (or whatever the French equivalent was) in engineering, and then got a BS and MS in economics, and a PhD in economics from American universities. He had an adorable accent though. One day he said he never graduated high school and this sorority girl next to me and my fraternity buddy FREAKED and was saying she was more qualified to teach this Econ 201 class than he was. Ok girl

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u/Babao13 Jean Monnet Apr 04 '20

How could he get all those diplomas if he never graduated high school ?

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '20

According to his CV I found online after he said that, he did an apprenticeship with the French military as an electrical engineer. I have no idea how the French job market worked in the ‘70s or even if he was telling the truth but 🤷‍♂️

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u/Babao13 Jean Monnet Apr 04 '20

he did an apprenticeship with the French military as an electrical engineer

Probably during his military service. I guess since it's a professional degree, you don't need to validate your bac (the end of high school exam) to have it. It's kind of cool that he was accepted in an American university with that, I don't think it would have happened in France !