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I'm told by some acquaintances who have graduated from Tokyo
We live in a society that devalues education and learning, and that has
always been this way. The Ivy League gentleman's C has been around ever
since the league was formed. Popular politicians have never been called to
task when they insult people by calling them eggheads (really it should be a
compliment). Europeans tend to value education, or perhaps the titles of
education more. For example the wife of a PhD (Dr. Schmidt) in Germany is
Frau Dr. Schmidt. Of course this attitude is schizophrenic or even
hypocritical as we expect MDs to be superb technicians and completely up to
date in medical knowledge.