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You deserve a PhD. Why not?

Deserve?

We have gone ahead and accredited ourselves as a PhD granting institution.

Very happy about that. I don't know if we're allowed to do that, but we've done it, and many people want their honorary doctorates now. They do. We have some recent graduates. And by the way, if you're like, hey, you can't do that. You can't hand out PhDs willy-nilly. Apparently we can. Looks like we are.

I wouldn't say that if I were here.

Graduates crossing the stage, go ahead. Hey, Brent, this is Jordan Decker, and I think that I deserve a doctorate in experimenting with facial hair.

My name's Candium, and I think I need a doctorate in a UFOs.

That's unfinished objects.

I have so many undone crafts and quilts and everything all over.

I'm sure I deserve this doctorate here.

Hey, Brett, my name's Gary.

I'd like a doctor in welding because I'm good at it.

I think I should get a PhD in guessing wrong accent.

This morning I guessed that somebody was from Australia.

They were actually from New York.

I have also guessed that somebody was from South America

and they were from the Netherlands.

This guy's a superstar and they can't figure, well, they act like they know the reason. They're wrong. Okay. There's a picture of a professor. Maybe you've seen this a photo. He's a professor. He's lecturing the class. He's an older gentleman, maybe 60s. Mm-hmm. And he's gesturing with one arm, like making a point. Have you seen this? Yes. In the other arm, he's holding a child. A little kid, maybe. A baby baby. Yeah, maybe a year and a half. Maybe, yeah. And is the kids wearing a footy pajamas? So this guy, it's like this international symbol. And people are just like, that's just the most touching photo I've ever seen he's working

his holding a baby it's a student's baby he's in Israel a lot of the students are older okay

I didn't know that yeah okay he's got the baby so in the news article they're saying well he he's a

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