So this happened today...

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I was going to reply but it's all rather futile.

Well done on turning a nice thread into another bash.

it isn't a bash, you made an objective claim, no fudging of words required - I asked will you appear on the list of lecturers with the official job title of lecturer? You said yes....

now it appears there isn't a "Mr" on the list

you could have said "erm well actually it is more a bit of part time tutoring at the college" or "well I've been appointed a TA"

you made the claim, you stated clearly both the job title and the institution and agreed that I would see a "Mr" on that list - you could have clarified at any point if it was actually something different to what you'd portrayed

why not just be honest, instead of exaggerating things all the time?

getting onto a PhD program is great, I genuinely mean the congratulations... that is an achievement in itself and doesn't need exaggeration!

but you then throw in things like being head hunted for it and previously made claims about a scholarship and I'm left wondering if that is just your way of saying you have funding like pretty much 99% of other PhD students... the lecturer claim seemingly hasn't turned out to be what you claimed
 
Dowie - I accept all your points, they are well made and well argued.

After the being held back, abused and suppressed at work in my 20's and 30's, maybe I do have a tendency to exaggerate things now I've broken free of that environment. I'll take your points on board from now on.
 
Dowie - I accept all your points, they are well made and well argued.

After the being held back, abused and suppressed at work in my 20's and 30's, maybe I do have a tendency to exaggerate things now I've broken free of that environment. I'll take your points on board from now on.

Exaggerate bro. Sing it from the mountain tops, and no, I'm not being sarcastic. If blabbering your mouth off to people who are of zero consequence to your career helps you to big yourself up and gain confidence to reach your goals, then go nuts.

In dutch there's an expression which I love, sadly it doesn't translate to English very well, so here it is in Dutch:

Geen oude koeien uit de sloot halen

Maybe Dowie and Moses can find a decent English expression for it, I certainly don't know of any.
 
Exaggerate bro. Sing it from the mountain tops, and no, I'm not being sarcastic. If blabbering your mouth off to people who are of zero consequence to your career helps you to big yourself up and gain confidence to reach your goals, then go nuts.

In dutch there's an expression which I love, sadly it doesn't translate to English very well, so here it is in Dutch:

Geen oude koeien uit de sloot halen

Maybe Dowie and Moses can find a decent English expression for it, I certainly don't know of any.

I appreciate the sentiments dude :-)

I think the dutch thing means 'Let bygones, be bygones'.
 
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