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oldfatfarang · Joined: 19 May 2005 Location: On the road to somewhere.

If it's awarded to your director from an American university (and he can't write an English sentence).

And it's hanging on the reception wall (in a large gold frame) where all prospective parents/students can see it.

And when you google the university and it doesn't offer a Masters of Educational Science degree.

Query: Is it possible to get a masters degree from an American university without being able to write a complete or logical sentence?

The Soju Hoju · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:56 pm Post subject:

According to my Korean immigration officer friend you can ascertain whether it's fake or not by looking into the persons eyes and observing truth or lie movements.

He's a liar no doubt

Jizzo T. Clown · Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Location: at my wit's end

agentX · Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Location: Jeolla province

If the degree comes from here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unaccredited_institutions_of_higher_learning
then it is probably fake.
I use probably because of the number of schools on this list that are Christian schools which do not want to be accredited for 'separation of church and state' reasons.

Yeah, try and contain the laughter...if you don't think it's funny, read about what's going on with the Air Force and the Christian Taliban infiltration of the ranks.

The funny one- University of Central Europe, in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

The MOE was using the wikipedia list as their means of checking which schools are not accredited. I had to remind my co-teacher that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that anybody can edit, so the list should not be used as part of the investigation because it may not be 100% accurate.

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

The World Higher Education Database (IAU/UNESCO) List of accredited schools throughout the world is probably an OK place to check for schools.

http://www.unesco.org/iau/onlinedatabases/list.html

But it has to be taken with the caveat in mind:
The names of all universities and university level institutions, as provided to IAU by national authorities and competent bodies from 184 countries around the world, are included in this list organized by country.

faster · Joined: 03 Sep 2006

If it belongs to Itaewonguy:

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?p=1383483&highlight=#1383483

Alyallen · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:05 pm Post subject:

oldfatfarang · Joined: 19 May 2005 Location: On the road to somewhere.

cdninkorea · Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul

anyway · Joined: 22 Oct 2005

...if it's issued by a Korean university.

wylies99 · Joined: 13 May 2006 Location: I'm one cool cat!

Fake diploma? Usually the person with the fake diploma can't remember anything about their "college years" and can barely teach kindy. Yes, I've worked with at least two of these numbnutts, possibly more.
As for the physical diploma- look for signs that it's just a copy. The paper should be thicker than regular copy paper and the diploma should be larger than a regular piece of paper.