EckerNet Defeats Academic Red Tape
January 25th, 2006 by 
Kevin
Most of you have already read about my efforts to actually get my Masters degree. Yeah, the one I completed in Spring 2004. Unfortunately, due to an amazing display of red tape and sheer stupidity, they were able to put off actually granting me that degree. You can read about the hailarity here and here.
However, due to my super-human persistence and extraordinary sarcasm in the face of complete morons, the university has finally surrendered to EckerNet and granted me my Masters degree. Yeah me!!
I\’m gradumatated. Screw you U of M.
Now I just got to wait 3 months for their uber-slow printer to actually print the piece of paper. Sweet, I can\’t wait.
Good luck I didn\’t decide to continue on for my PhD, they might not have it ready for display at my funeral.
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January 26th, 2006 at 8:05 am
two things came to mind after reading this…
1) you’ll have to have another grad party. the last one was just practice
b) they are going to fuck it up and you aren’t really going to get it, they just said that to get you off thier back
so its probably best you save your bragging until you have that thing hanging on the wall… taht way you can show it off at the party…
January 26th, 2006 at 8:54 am
Huzzah! So does this mean I get my diploma in 2008?
January 26th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
So, does this call for belated congratulations on your graduation, or congratulations on your belated graduation?
January 26th, 2006 at 2:42 pm
Hey!! If you’re having a party, I wanna come. I’ll bring the margaritas…
January 26th, 2006 at 6:59 pm
I think this might be a good reason for a party, featuring a fellow bloggers underage daughter bringing drinks Sweet! 🙂
Yeah me!!
January 27th, 2006 at 7:48 am
sorry to do this to you man, but you’ve had your chance with the underagers and you blew it…
but in the name of science… yes lets party.
January 28th, 2006 at 1:17 pm
I’ve got a Post Hole Digger, and it’s no big deal, really.
Uh, that is what PhD stands for, isn’t it?
January 28th, 2006 at 7:31 pm
Congrats, Kevin!
BS–BullShit
MS–More Shit
PhD–Piled Higher & Deeper..
🙂
January 28th, 2006 at 7:34 pm
Congrats, Kevin!
BS=BullShit
MS=MoreShit
PhD=PiledHigher&Deeper..:)
January 28th, 2006 at 11:41 pm
Man, and I was thinking about attending next winter after my, uh, sabbatical. Maybe I’ll still go and call it a bullshit bureaucracy case-study
January 29th, 2006 at 6:35 pm
In my opinion, education is ruined by academics.