I have a Master’s degree from Yale. It’s something I did when I was young and foolish, and beyond its maybe getting people to pay a little more attention to me in job interviews and the like than they might have otherwise, it hasn’t proven to be of much value. It certainly hasn’t been worth what I paid for it. But this event (“Blazers & Bling”!? seriously?) and its subsequent notice on Gawker have written off any value that might have remained. Can I take a tax deduction for this? Could I perhaps apply to Yale for some sort of refund?
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morgannels 
Yeah, I personally have never been real impressed with anyone coming out of Yale.
Harvard, either, for that matter — especially since I’ve spent the better part of my working life defending my degree from a state school. My favorite quote during an interview at a Fortune 500 company, “What’s a smart girl like you doing going to a school like that?”
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Wait, that is not to say, of course, that I’m not impressed with YOU, Morgan, it’s just that I’m not impressed by Yale, on it’s own….oh, you know what I mean…
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Yeah, I long ago discarded the idea that the credentials have it. Especially after I meeting a fellow M.A. from the same grad school I attended whose area of specialization was Latin American studies, but she had never heard of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It was too depressing for words.
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That should of course read: “Especially after meeting a fellow M.A.”… The comment box runs off the screen when I type, so mistakes are inevitable it seems.
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