I don't get how some famous people can get away with telling the same story over and over again without making any other really significant points
Wangari Maathai for example
For those of you who don't know, Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work in saving the environment, such as The Green Belt Movement
Anyways
Because the Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, my Norweigan College gets to hear the winners speak very often...hence I got to hear Wangari Maathai speak
She told a story about a hummingbird...which I found out she talked about in Germany when Anja told me about it...then I was watching TV and she was on...talking about the hummingbird again...I'm just as good at repeating myself as she is...why don't I get to be on TV for it?
Also, honorary doctorates sometimes make me mad...for example...Lance Armstrong...he overcame cancer, came up with the "Livestrong" bands, and is a 7 time victor of the Tour de France...yes, he is a great person, but he chose to claim his greatness in the athletic field and not the academic field...do we see the chemists and such getting in to the Football or Baseball Hall of fame? I don't think so...so honorary doctorates, IMOHO, should NOT be given doctorates as it disgraces those people who have had their own struggles and hardships and, in spite of all this, completed all the requirements for their doctorate
Ok...I'm done for now...if you ever get famous, don't accept honorary doctorates without doing the doctorate work and get new material for speeches on a constant basis | 