Educational institutions are meticulous about documenting credentials. It is a heierachical system. You can't play hooky all 10th grade, flunk your classes in 11th grade, and then graduate after 12th. Similarly, you need certain degrees and licenses to teach, get tenure, get promoted, and supervise. Why can't a student just ask the teacher what doctorate she has? If I demanded people call me "Olympian" every day, then it would be pretty reasonable for me to tell students my sport and team. |
IMO the views are because OP is odd, not the situation. Sure, it's possible the teacher has asked to be called a title she hasn't earned. But this all went off the rails last year when OP asked not one, but two school administrators to report back to her whether the doctorate was legit. And then when they were like, um, lady . . . and fobbed her off, OP became more and obsessed, focusing on this in therapy and being unable to move on without an answer. And then when people pointed this out, OP was like, oh haha, of course that's not how I am, I'm totally not obsessed with this, and then a bunch of OP evangelists suddenly appeared using the same over-enthusiastic use of exclamation points and circular reasoning to defend her. OP could have asked the teacher last year when she actually had kids at the school, but she didn't, and now she's totally coming off as obsessed and unhinged, not just on DCUM but in the poor teacher's inbox too. It's been more than 24 hours and crickets from the teacher . . . right, because you don't keep feeding the crazy. |
The fact you know there are over 4k views is a “red flag” that you are OP, who has flounced away, but just can’t quit us. And “red flags” are now facts that allow us to defame others. Right, Op? And you know what else has 4k+ views? Multivariable pileups, “Kanye was right about the Jews” signs over highways, pornhub videos, Trump’s latest attempt to complete a full sentence in intelligible English, and the video of Uvalde police using hand sanitizer while kids died. “Views” is not always a proxy for quality. In fact, sometimes things are so cringe (I can hear my 17 year old rolling her eyes as I use that word) that you can’t look away. |
I’d imagine it’s because the students could care less. |
| I earned a Doctoral degree but I don't make people refer to me as Dr. I'm proud of it, but I didn't do it for others or for their respect, I did it for my own knowledge and skillset. I dont need the validation of others in that regard to feel respected. I have humility and couldn't care less if anyone refers to me as Doctor. The people who hired me and pay me know, but everything beyond that seems unnecessary to me. |
They could? |
I’m not op. Again interesting you think no one can think differently and a parent that finds the discrepancy disturbing must be op. The number views are right on front blog posting for all to see. It’s labeled clearly next to topic heading. Not really hard to not notice. |
Because if The teacher has a doctorate, then HR has the paperwork on file. And if the teacher applies for a gig requiring the doctorate, HR will check her file and sign off on the degree. And NONE of this requires accessing the state licensure database. (Although if the teacher is propmoted to principal, she might need to update the licensure database. It seems like you aren’t listening when teacher after teacher after teacher tells you they only need to send the bare minimum for licensure to the licensure database. And updating it serves no purpose, is a hassle and costs money. And that for official FCPS purposes, the HR paperwork, which is not public record, is used. |
The 4k + views isn’t because the discrepancy is odd. It’s because you’re cuckoo for cocoa puffs. |
Why do you find it disturbing, oh random parent. Do you have a kid in Dr. X’s class? |
| FCPSalumnowMom may not be in touch with reality? |
Ya think?? /s Given that she started this thread with a handle, and not anonymous, it’s a good bet. Who was the last person to post in education with a handle? The kid who wanted a conservative college? |
| Anyone else waiting to see what the reply to the email is? |
Um. No. Who’s crazy now? |
No, because I'm sure the teacher is so weirded out that she'll never respond. "Oh hi, I spent all last year suggesting to your superiors that you were lying about your PhD, and then even though neither of them cared and then we graduated and moved to another school I still obsessively google you, and then I discovered that this random database doesn't say you have a PhD so please tell me where you got your PhD from, ta ta and have a great day!" |