Ruth had always been proud of her academic qualifications. After all, there were very few highly-educated people with Master's degrees like her. People like them were considered scarce talents.
That was why she had suddenly put Nora down with academic qualifications when she spotted her right after they came out of the conference room.
Because it seemed that apart from her academic qualifications, there was nothing about her that could compare with Nora!
However, she was currently staring at Nora's personal information on the screen in astonishment. It clearly read:
Education: Doctorate
All education after a Bachelor's graduation was postgraduate, so postgraduate degrees were the highest level of degree that one could achieve.
In that respect, Nora's academic qualifications were the same as Ruth's.
However, Ruth's was a Master's degree whereas Nora's was:
Degree: PhD
Ph.D.... This was the highest level of degree achievable! Was there anything beyond that? Of course there was! There were postdocs and academicians, but those were just occupational titles.
In addition, there were many people who couldn't
become postdoctoral researchers or academicians even after spending all of their lives trying.
Yet it was stated in Nora's file that she was an academician at an international medical university when she was living abroad.
It was to the extent that Ruth was even wondering if her eyes were playing tricks on her.
Did 25-year-old academicians even exist?!
She rubbed her eyes and looked over again—only to see that the word "academician" was still clearly stated there. In addition, there were also corresponding certificates proving that all of this was real.
Johnson was dumbfounded.
Ruth also shut up.
Only Damon, the insensitive fellow, was silly enough to say, "Oh my god, I finally understand why Captain Ford said that we would just be humiliating ourselves if we compare our academic qualifications with Ms. Smith's! B-but what's going on here, though? Didn't they say that Ms. Smith has never been to school? Yet she's actually an academician?!"
Someone nearby swallowed audibly and said, "An academician...! I've actually seen a living, breathing academician! No wonder Ms. Smith is so cocky! If my academic qualifications were like hers, I would be even cockier than her, alright? She's so cool!"
"Where did Captain Ford find someone as talented as her? Her working ability aside, just her academic qualifications alone are already the first of its kind in the special department! Ms. Smith makes us so proud!"
No matter in what industry and no matter who it was, one would always possess the most basic level of awe in the face of knowledge. People who managed to enter prestigious universities were already very impressive, and geniuses—even if they were down and out—would never be ridiculed, either.
Furthermore, given Nora's academic qualifications and certificates... one couldn't even call her a mere genius anymore, right?!
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