Re: Name and label

[Aiviet Nguyen <aiviet@cat.syr.edu>]

Gia'o su+ TS bo+? vi` ne^'u GS kho^ng thi` ho. nghi~ mi`nh la`m quan 
ta('t. Kho^ng co' ho.c va^'n va(n ba(n`ng. Ne^'u kho^ng co' gia'o su+ 
so+. ho. la^`m mi`nh vo+'i ma^'y "chu' lo+.n con" va('t mu~i chu+a sa.ch.

No'i la` gio+ co^ng tri`nh ra thi` kho^ng co'. No'i te^n kho^ng thi` 
ngu+o+`i trong nga`nh cha(?ng bie^'t mi`nh la` ai.
Cheers
Aiviet

On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, Tuan V Nguyen wrote:

> Hi Anh AiViet,
> 
> At 08:43 AM 4/8/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi Anh Tuan,
> >  I understand your points. In fact, it does not matter what name the 
> >instituition has. I don't try to degrade any instituition by clarifying 
> >the real meaning of the world. It is not a shame at all to graduate from 
> >a college or technical institute.
> >  The College of Amherst ranks as No 1 in the US. MIT, CAltech,..  are 
> >just institutes.
> 
>         This time, I agree with you, which is a worry :))
> 
> >  And after all, it is your name that is more important than the name of 
> >the school. Who knows where Einstein or Kant graduated from.
> >Mike Faraday did not go to school at all.
> 
>         Again, I agree with you on this. I, for the record, 
> have commented that the use of labels, e.g. title, 
> honorific, degree, etc as a prefix and/or appendix to one's 
> name is not necessary. Our names are what matter most. The 
> one thing that I found rather amusing about our academic 
> fellows in VN is that they tend to adore title and 
> honorific. In front of me now is a math book which were 
> written by a gentleman (which I do not want to name here) 
> with title "Gia'o Su+ Tie^'n Si~ 1" and another with "Gia'o 
> Su+  Tie^'n Si~ 2" ... Are there such things in VN?
> 
> 
>         T V Nguyen
> 
> 
>