“If you hate your parents, the man or the establishment, don't show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around a tree. If you really want to rebel against your parents: outearn them, outlive them, and know more than they do.” - Henry Rollins

Friday, April 27, 2007

MIT Dean Canned

MIT's Dean Marilee Jones got fired. She applied for low level position using academic credentials she didn't have, 28 years ago for a job that didn't require them, mostly likely to have a small upper hand on the other applicants. This kind of deception is innocuous, and the 'anonymous' tipster was probably a disgruntled applicant who knew something they shouldn't have, and felt scorned after not being admitted.

This is fucking retarded. It isn't as if precedent doesn't exist for this in Corporate America. Performance should trump this, especially 28 excellent years of it. She made MIT a harder, but cooler place to get into. We should be sorry to see her go.

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