N2EY wrote:
In article , Mike Coslo
writes:


Jeffrey Herman wrote:

On 23 Jan 2005 00:30:49 GMT, N2EY wrote:



What I find interesting about "Dr." Laura is that she doesn't/hasn't lived
up to the very values she preaches to others. For example, she insists
on being called "Doctor" - but she's not an MD, Psy. D or even Ed.D.
She's got a Ph.D, but not in human psychology or therapy.



The "D" stands for "doctor." One can be a doctor of mathematics, doctor
of chemistry, doctor of medicine, doctor of psychology, et cetera.


My favorite is doctor of electrical engineering.


All can use the title "doctor."


Yes, they can. But most that I know do not *require* it, outside their field of
expertise.


Heck, even a lawyers can use that title due
their degree being a Juris Doctor ("Doctor of Law").


But they don't usually do that.


I'm sure you called some of your professors "Doctor" and never gave
it a second thought.


Sure - because they were functioning in their field of expertise.


I'd bet he didn't call them Doctor followed by their first name!


Not a one.


And the other thing is, at least with all the PhD's I work with, asking
any one of them to comment outside their field gets the answer prefaced
with a "well, it isn't my field of expertise" or something to that effect.


BINGO!

Heck, you can ask most Ph.D EEs about house wiring, and most of them will
preface their remarks that way, because it *isn't* their field of EE.

hehe, and sometimes that is a very good thing!


Dr Laura is shelling out "advice" that is not related to her field of
expertise.


Exactly!

Thank heavens they toook her off the air here!

- Mike KB3EIA -