>>>Peter,
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>>>If I were in your shoes I'd take every opportunity I have to let people know that I have a Ph.D.
>>>I don't know if this is a north american thing but over here people reacts strongly to title, honors, trophys won...
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>>I have family (emigrated in the 19th century) who lives in the States and Hawaii. Each year they compose a letter that deals with what happened last year. It contains every detail about everybody of the family who achieved something. It is certainly not a habit in the Netherlands and in the beginning it struck me because it seems so 'overdone' (I don't know a better word).
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>I think it's an European thing. In my upbringing, modesty was appreciated a lot, while the term "bragging rights" is something I heard here first. Still don't know how to use these rights properly. At least I think I got the spirit of it when composing my resume... and (ok, let me try to exercise these rights) it got me four jobs here.
We Dutch are 'nuchter'. I know of no appropriate translation into English, but it means that we don't really think positive about those who brag. And we call it bragging very quick, even if it really is only the showing of pride. There is a Dutch saying that is translated in my English dictionary as: Just be your normal idiotic self. Hmm, odd translation, by the way.
Groet,
Peter de Valença
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