Poll: Are you an expert on a subject?

JalapenoMel

I am a jack-of-all-trades but a master of none. 

Publius

stever:

Not an expert per se, but I know way more than the average person about 20th century European history. To be fair, I studied history in college and grad school so I would hope I know more than most people, but my brain's been a bit like a sieve lately.

If I had to do over again I'd have gotten a masters in historic preservation instead of going to law school. I'd love to be an archivist. My undergraduate thesis was on Vaclav Havel and the process of democratizing Czechoslovakia, so I guess I am sort of an expert on that. I absolutely love history and am always wanting to learn more.

kelly321

welshgirl:

Yeah, I have a PhD in history and I'm not even sure I'm an expert in my dissertation topic (Welsh nationalism in the 20thC).  That's entirely up for debate. Though technically that's what a PhD gives you.

I am an expert in feeding Matilda on the go. I can walk and feed her in Ikea, in the supermarket, on a park bench, in soft play. I can even feed her on my lap hands free while holding Willam. So that is my area of expertise. (Sorry PhD advisor!)

This is me except I'm still working on my dissertation. I would not consider myself an expert on the topic (yet).

kelly321

JalapenoMel:

I am a jack-of-all-trades but a master of none. 

Haha - Jalapeno, when I dropped my German major to a minor so that I could also pick up an Islamic Studies minor, this is what my German adviser threw at me. Strangely, I didn't feel insulted, and I think I speak German just fine without the major, thankyouverymuch.

ooolalalolo

elenetxu:

ooolalalolo:

I wrote two dissertations on a similar topic, but I'm not even sure that this makes me an expert. (It was a comparative treatment of 20th century nationalist mobilization in Spain, Basque Country and Catalonia).

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Does it make me a nerd if I'm interested in reading them??? 

It's probably pretty relevant as you live in Basque Country (right?) but I'm not sure if you would agree with my conclusions--not that you would be upset by them or anything (I don't think) but that your own experience having lived there might give you different insight into the situation.

elenetxu

ooolalalolo:

It's probably pretty relevant as you live in Basque Country (right?) but I'm not sure if you would agree with my conclusions--not that you would be upset by them or anything (I don't think) but that your own experience having lived there might give you different insight into the situation.

 

DH is Basque, but we're "linguistic refugees" (both of us work in education and can't work in Euskal Herria if we don't have certification in Euskera) and we've now moved to a neighboring community. 

No worries about different insight - it'd be good to have! If you ever want to share, I'd be interested in reading.