The United States is a country of credit, and American education has practiced this norm and put the education and requirements of students' integrity in the first place. Why would American universities believe everything you say on your resume? Why would they decide to admit you based on a few words of your own?

People who are accustomed to thick black, shortcuts, and exaggerations will surely find it strange to this question; But if you want to talk about why, it is because this is an honest country, and the assumption for every independent individual is that you should be honest. Integrity should be the most basic personality composition of every person, so others believe in you unconditionally.

However, if someone else gives you unconditional faith, you must not leave it to chance. American universities also have their own review mechanism, the Hoittee (Integrity Committee), which is responsible for reviewing and regulating academic activities such as student exams, tests, and topics. Second, if you are found to have failed the trust, your future studies and development in the United States will be completely denied. And one day you will find that this lack of integrity will be a stain on your life, and no amount of money can buy back the loss.

Therefore, the American degree has a high gold content, even if they think it is a master's degree of transition, it will be recognized by the country where it is located in any country in the world. In this country, there may be academic fraud, but it is absolutely rare, and as for any on-the-job graduate students, party school degrees, etc., it is impossible to exist at all. In other words, in addition to those honorary degrees, any level of degree, even a bachelor's degree, means real learning.

This is also the reason why when Li Jiaming returned to China last year, his undergraduate supervisor Professor Xiao invited him to return to the university as a part-time lecturer after obtaining a master's degree, because the master's degree at Stanford will definitely be higher than the academic level of the doctorate he brought out.

Far away, today is Li Jiaming's master's thesis defense. Although he was very confident in his thesis, he was still nervous, and he was arranged to defend it at half past nine, and he waited at the door of the conference room of the degree committee at nine o'clock.

"Wow, Mr., didn't you wear your panties outside today?"

Looking back, it turned out to be her classmate and neighbor Jenny, who also defended today, and happened to be behind her. Li Jiaming, who was a little nervous, smiled and joked: "I don't agree with your lifestyle, but I swear to defend your right to choose your lifestyle."

"You're still discriminating against me!"

"No, I just don't agree, but respect your choice; In the same way, you have to respect my choices and opinions, because that is my freedom. ”

Jenny was speechless, the United States is a country governed by the rule of law, and the Constitution protects freedom rather than fairness first. Just as someone once filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court against the president's oath of office according to the Bible, claiming that the president violated the spirit of the Constitution to protect religious freedom and violated the principle of religious equality, the Supreme Court explained that the president has freedom of choice, and even if he swears in office with a newspaper in his hand, it is his freedom.

'Papapa', soft applause rang out, and Li Jiaming, who was refuting his classmates, hurriedly turned around, it was the dean, Professor Spencer. California is the stronghold of the Democratic Party, and many people are pushing for the legalization of homosexuality, and even calling for legislation to protect the legitimate rights and interests of homosexuals, such as the legalization of marriage, and Professor Spencer is a staunch and unequivocal opponent.

"Ming, I'm so proud of you. Many people are afraid to speak against homosexuality, but you follow the honesty of your heart. ”

Honesty is very important, Li Jiaming hurriedly explained: "Professor, I am a businessman, and I can't take a position on sensitive issues. ”

The white-haired professor shrugged his shoulders to show his understanding, "Good, you're wise." ”

"Professor!"

The professor, who never hid his loathing of homosexuality, waved his hand to signal that he didn't want to hear Jenny's defense, "I want you to separate ideology from academics." ”

"\/sir", Jenny, who is as nervous as Li Jiaming, is pardoned.

It's not easy, business school tuition is expensive, and many students have to take out loans to complete their studies. If someone from the degree committee had brought ideology in, she would most likely not have gotten a degree. Scholars and artists are all ****, but Jenny's luck is so bad, and Professor Spencer and Thomas, who are in charge of the thesis defense today, are standard Puritans.

'Whew', when the professor entered the conference room, Jenny let out a sigh, seeing that Li Jiaming was not so unpleasant, and tried to ease the relationship between the two.

"Ming, you've caused us a burden. If it weren't for you, Professor Thomas wouldn't be here for the defense. ”

How much more difficult does it have to be for two masters to defend a master's thesis together? The classmates next to him also said, "Mr., you have to compensate us!" ”

The so-called network is the friendship that is usually accumulated, and Li Jiaming, who is ready to cross the border between the business world and the academic world, said very cheerfully: "OK, OK, after I get my degree, I will open a grand part, and everyone is welcome to participate." ”

Li Jiaming has a great reputation in the school and is the owner of a large business. People who study economics are realistic, and even Jenny, who is about to graduate, wants to improve her relationship with him, and hurriedly asks: "Go to your manor?" We've heard that your estate is over a hundred acres! ”

"Of course, I will also invite a few friends from the company, whether you can get unexpected surprises depends on your performance!"

Everyone is overjoyed, although today is the master's thesis defense of the School of Economics, not the MBA thesis defense, many students do not want to continue to study for a doctorate. It is too difficult to get a PhD in economics and the graduation rate is too low, and many people who get a transitional master's degree will look for employment opportunities. The Internet companies that are most likely to obtain excess returns are of course the first choice for these students.

Everyone joked, and when it was half past nine, the first person to reply was Li Jiaming, which is why everyone said that he had caused everyone. If Li Jiaming's performance is too good, and the people behind him perform a little worse, they will be embarrassed by the defense committee. Especially Li Jiaming, who is known as a superman, and he doesn't even have a master's degree, can he be shortlisted for the E Award, can he still be expected to perform poorly?

However, everyone was wrong, even Li Jiaming, whose paper was shortlisted for the E Award, guessed wrong, thinking that the defense of the procedure was extremely strict, and it was more like he was specially given a court. Several professors of the defense committee tossed Li Jiaming in different ways, and in addition to the thesis itself, even Hume's 'frequent connections' and 'mutual connections' were asked.

What do you mean? Hume philosophically denied causality and argued that one thing may be related to another, and that the two are not mutually causal.

Stanford's dissertation defense is allowed to be audited, as long as the observers keep quiet, and the difficulties of several big professors to Li Jiaming made these students sweat profusely. This is an economics dissertation defense, which is clearly a philosophy dissertation defense!

Fortunately, Li Jiaming has read enough and listened to Professor Johnson's lecture a few years ago, and has been studying the philosophical foundations of modern economic theory, otherwise he really would not have been able to deal with these problems. You must know that this is only a master's thesis defense, not a rigorous doctoral dissertation defense.

When Professor Thomas stopped asking, applause rang out in the auditorium, and Li Jiaming also wiped a cold sweat. This is a little discipline from the mentor to himself, which goes back to the question he just argued with Jenny, it is fair not to embarrass himself, but it is the freedom of others to embarrass himself.