Call me “Dottore”! 卒業した!!!! \(^_^ )/
Saturday April 19 2008It’s done! I finally graduated from my university.
Strangely, in Italy you get called “Dottore” (which means doctor) after a Bachelor degree (3 years of study here), while in the rest of the world you have to get yourself a doctorate (7 years and more of hard work).
Anyway, Thursday 17th of April, I made a little introduction for my thesis in front of some of my professors, my family and whoever was interested. In the end I was awarded a 92/110 vote … which stands for a 16,76/20 in France or a B+ in USA/UK. Not bad.
I’m really happy that this part of my life is over. I really didn’t like my current school. If I knew better 6 years ago I would have gone to attend school in France, but staying here in Italy gave me the opportunity to study Japanese and to make some valuable friends. Now I’m preparing myself for next year. My “search for school “was a success coupled with a great disappointment : I did find a lot of schools in Japan that were really interesting, even in public schools, but as I couldn’t find anyway to pay for my tuitions and my stay in Japan I had to give up, for now.
For now my main plan is to join the “Université Louis Pasteur” - soon to become “Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg 1″ - in Strasbourg. They have some Nice computer science Master courses the tuition is lower (200€ (250$) a years!!!! All inclusive!!!) and I get the opportunity to try to apply for exchanges with 8 different Japanese Universities.
Here are a couple of pictures of my gradution day.
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- Before presentation
My parents made a video of my speech … I’ll try to upload it, if it’s a good video. For those interested in reading my thesis I can send you a .pdf copy of it, but it’s written in Italian. I’m thinking about making a translation in French and English, might turn useful when I’ll be attending schools in France or Japan. The title is :
Implementing the Game of Go : Going beyond the physical limits of the board and remote interaction trough the net.
Birth Date : 18th November 1982
Congratulations!
Should we call you Dr. S from now on?
By the way, don’t give up on the Japan dream; I really think you can find something here.
No you shouldn’t as “Dottore” is the only title I’ll accept … and only within the Italian borders.
You might have to call me Engineer in a couple of years though. Italian are really focused on titles, My father is “Dottore P.” (he is a dentist) and that’s well deserved. But they also use “Ragioniere”(Accountant), “Ingegnere”(Engineer), “Professore” (Professor), “Maestro”(Master, mostly for musicians, but also used for all artists), “Onorevole” (honorable, that people from the senate/parlament), … They have a lot.
Dottore is applied for everyone with a post-high-school degree.
If I ever will want to be called doctor I think I’ll do a doctorate … but only if I manage to get payed for it.
Thx for your encouragment, I’ll just give up for this year … now that I know what I know about scholarships and programs in Japan, I’ll start to make my moves as soon as possible. I think I’ll be in Japan by next April.
I also plan to make a short trip (1 month at most) in Japan by the end of this summer.
Bye.
When you do make it to Japan, let us know. There’s a beer in it for you.
Cheers!
thx dude … but that beer would get wasted on me … I don’t like the beer. But if u can manage a good bottle of shochu you’ll have a brother for life!