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moonraven · Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 3094

JZer: I am not the one who doesn't understand the difference between racism and xenophobia. That difference is only one of the cast of thousands about which you have demonstrated your ignorance on this forum, and I am getting really tired of your dedication to obtusity.

For the last time: NOBODY NEEDS A TEFL CERTIFICATE in order to become a decent teacher. In fact, the majority of folks I have had to supervise after they got their certificates would have done better to have dedicated their time and money to learning something from a volunteer teaching position.

The interchange between you and me is over.

JZer · Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 3898 Location: Pittsburgh

AsiaTraveller · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:32 pm Post subject:

There is no such degree as a PHD. Are you thinking instead of the "Putterer in the History of Denmark" degree?

But somebody who is obtaining an M.A. (in German) just because it's really cheap and because he wants to travel (to South America) to meet exotic women is not really in a place to know what an advanced degree really is.

Zero Hero · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 944

I think you are in dire need of a life, 'Asia Traveller'. Your posts do not reflect well on you at all (to say the very least), and are certainly not becoming of someone who claims to be a PhD holder, indeed, a PhD candidate supervisor.

I for one would not welcome having a demented, feeble-minded thug such as yourself as my supervisor. I think you need to get out more, as I said elsewhere.

Justin Trullinger · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:16 pm Post subject:

I am extremely interested in puttering in the history of Denmark. Could someone tell me where they offer this course of study?

Regards,
Justin

PS I guess I REALLY need a vacation.

AsiaTraveller · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:26 pm Post subject:

Are you applying for Ph.D. candidacy under my supervision, Luddy? Your last post seems to reflect a subliminal desire.

Yes, I have managed to tame bullying, arrogant, pseudo-intellectual candidates in the past. No reason I can't do it again.

If so, maybe I'll get you to finish your degree more quickly so that you'll finally have a chance to leave your little backwater and move on with your life.

Zero Hero · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 944

I rest my case. Anyone who describes Hong Kong as a backwater is clearly delusional.

JZer · Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 3898 Location: Pittsburgh

JZer · Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 3898 Location: Pittsburgh

Asiatraveller, here is that information once again. The following is a list of how many courses in German Literature some graduate schools are offering this semester:

Harvard-3 (Kleist and the Deconstruction of Classical Humanism: Seminar, Introduction to Middle High German, and Proseminar: Theories of Literature and Culture)

University of Colorado at Boulder -2

University of Pennsylvania- 2 actual classes about topics regarding German Literature (4 if you want to count the Thesis and Dissertation seminars).

University of Michigan(the website only has the fall classes posted)-4 (The german department does offer German 531 Teaching Methods but this should not be counted in the total of classes being offered since Asia Traveller was talking about German Literature course. The University of Delaware is also offering teaching methods this semester but the course is taught by another department.)

AsiaTraveller · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 7:58 pm Post subject:

AsiaTraveller · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 7:59 pm Post subject:

Let's not forget that Luddy contends that the uni where he teaches is in a first-world nation.

This delusion is laughable, pathetic, and sad all at the same time.

JZer · Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 3898 Location: Pittsburgh

JZer · Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 3898 Location: Pittsburgh

Furthermore, while I would never argue that the University of Delaware is in the top the top tier with say Harvard or Yale it is definitly not a low tier school like you state.

U.S. News ranks it 66th out of the 248 National Universities that they rank. That would place it in the top 26%. I wonder how a research institute that is in the top 26% is a low tier school. I wonder if you have some problems with mathmatics.

Furthermore I could not attend many of the schools better that the University of Delaware since they only accept people who want to earn a Ph.D. in German Literature. I wanted to continue studying the German Language and Literature and not earn a Ph.D. so I really did not have the opportunity to apply to schools like Harvard, Yale, Washington University in St. Louis, etc.

AsiaTraveller · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 8:34 pm Post subject:

Did I imply that the two are somehow connected by a cause-and-effect relationship? I don't think so. The word And simply indicates that more information is coming in the next sentence.

A "Department of German" is significantly different from a "Department of Foreign Languages" -- adminstratively, politically, economically, and of course academically. If you don't see why that is true, I can't help you.

I'm so tired of discussing your M.A. delusions and recommendations, JZer. Just remember that different programs are suitable for different types of students. The concept of "value" is in the mind of the individual. But if you persist in thinking that there is a cheap, cookie-cutter program for anyone seeking an M.A. in TEFL or in German or in anything else, nothing I say will convince you otherwise. Nothing has in the past couple of months.