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Posted: 1/2/2007 3:08:04 PM EST
Reading a post made me think about some resumes I've seen lately.

Instead of it saying HS Diploma, they say HS Degree.

WTH, is up with that?
Link Posted: 1/2/2007 3:11:39 PM EST
[#1]
Maybe it clicks into "degree" mode when you flip the odometer on 20 years old.
Link Posted: 1/2/2007 3:12:19 PM EST
[#2]
Same reason they have 8th Grade "graduation ceremonies".  It's as far as most of the kids around here will ever get to "higher education" so make it sound formal.
Link Posted: 1/2/2007 3:12:54 PM EST
[#3]
Link Posted: 1/2/2007 3:13:09 PM EST
[#4]
Perhaps the idjits applying for those jobs don't know the difference between a diploma and a degree.

ETA -

Does it really matter when you're looking for someone to say 'Sign in here please'?
Link Posted: 1/2/2007 3:13:38 PM EST
[#5]
Possibly to cover the GED equivelent.
Link Posted: 1/2/2007 3:15:45 PM EST
[#6]
Any tart can spell degree, diploma is much harder. They gotta make it look like the taught you shit.
Link Posted: 1/2/2007 3:33:37 PM EST
[#7]
if any adult lists his hs diploma on a resume, he ain't the one for the job.
if any job asks for a hs diploma on a resume, it ain't worth the paper hat that comes with it.

then again, maybe "collage" ain't what it used to be.
Link Posted: 1/2/2007 3:35:34 PM EST
[#8]

Quoted:
Any tart can spell degree, diploma is much harder. They gotta make it look like the taught you shit.


Is that "tart" or "tard'?
Link Posted: 1/2/2007 3:47:18 PM EST
[#9]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Any tart can spell degree, diploma is much harder. They gotta make it look like the taught you shit.


Is that "tart" or "tard'?


tart
Link Posted: 1/2/2007 3:55:28 PM EST
[#10]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Any tart can spell degree, diploma is much harder. They gotta make it look like the taught you shit.


Is that "tart" or "tard'?


Link Posted: 1/2/2007 4:14:45 PM EST
[#11]
Degree, 6 letters


Diploma, 7 letters

That one extra letter left off can save years off your life!
Link Posted: 1/2/2007 4:27:34 PM EST
[#12]
Actually, Central High School in Philadelphia PA still confers Bachelor of Arts degrees on those of its graduates who meet certain academic standards.

wikipedia link

link to school's site

Brian, class rifleman (yes, even back then, almost 35 years ago) of the 231
Link Posted: 1/2/2007 4:29:30 PM EST
[#13]
I would automatically frown on the applicant, because he obviously takes me for an idiot. Just write "diploma".
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