Vulgar, the lie

The world of academia is full of hypocrisy, like liberal colleges preaching free speech and then flipping out when conservative speakers come to campus and girls wearing f me heels and tank tops and then flipping out when men expect sex at the end of the night. But the absolute height of hypocrisy was just exemplified by this woman. Now I don't want to take the time to reopen the article to find our her name, so we'll just refer to her as Exagerrator P. Shegotcaught.

Ms. Shegotcaught was the Dean of Admissions at MIT, which other than being the home of probably the weirdest bunch of people you will ever meet in your entire life, is also a pretty good technical college. So, Exagerrator spent some time as Dean of Admissions arguing against inflating of students' resumes and the overall intense focus on the application process. Turns out, she made up three of her own degrees.

This happens a lot. I, for example, list on my resume a Doctorate of Sexology from the University of Wisconsin, and every woman that I have ever slept with (all 1 of you) can attest to that being a little white lie. Exagerrator, who started at MIT as an administrative assistant, lied her way all the way to Dean of Admissions by listing degrees from technical schools she never attended. Kind of like President Bush having that Harvard MBA. As a side note, I wonder if the professors at Harvard Business School conveniently omit Bush as an alumnus when they're speaking to potential students.

I love when things like this happen. I love when people get caught lying on their resumes, when CEO's get caught lying to the board, when politicians get caught stealing from the taxpayers and accepting bribes, when people get their comeuppance. This woman spent a big part of her career judging peoples' lives and their worth, voting people up and down based upon how much community service they did in High School and how many AP tests they took. She's the one that sent out those letters to thousands of students who didn't make the cut at MIT, making them wonder if they had just taken that extra class or volunteered that extra summer at Church, maybe they would have gotten in. When does Exagerrator P. Shegotcaught get hired by the President?

PS: To compensate for the extra bitter post today, I'll pile on the funny tomorrow