G. Brown and P. French are back posting

[Geoff Vankirk]

What is the deal with these two? Do they have any real credibility in the DL field? I have seen Brown described as the "John Bear of Australia" but I'm not sure that was intended as a compliment. French was supposedly an Australian university lecturer which sounds like he was some type of non-tenured staff member. They seem to roll in and out of the DL forum scene in tandem. That would usually indicate one person with multiple screen IDs but in their case these are two separate individuals. I've seen a picture of the balding Brown. Are there any photos of French?

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Sorbonne post at Degreediscussion

[ham]

(03-05-2011 07:30 AM)Geoff Vankirk Wrote:  What is the deal with these two? Do they have any real credibility in the DL field? I have seen Brown described as the "John Bear of Australia" but I'm not sure that was intended as a compliment. French was supposedly an Australian university lecturer which sounds like he was some type of non-tenured staff member. They seem to roll in and out of the DL forum scene in tandem. That would usually indicate one person with multiple screen IDs but in their case these are two separate individuals. I've seen a picture of the balding Brown. Are there any photos of French?

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Sorbonne post at Degreediscussion

What's the difference between these people and the "café caca de gato"?

Hmm...
For starters, we ARE talking about turds and turds only...but the coffee prepared with these coffee grains in the feces of that animal sells for...$40 a cup and is served in the trendiest places on Earth...go figure the extremes high rollers go to, eh?

[Martin Eisenstadt]

(03-05-2011 07:30 AM)Geoff Vankirk Wrote:  Are there any photos of French?

Quote:R Hoyer PhD EdD MD PsyD; IUFS; St Regis; American Coastline;

URGENT NOTICE

I hereby unreservedly withdraw and retract all statements that I have made regarding any of the above.

Peter French
Australia

http://www.degreeinfo.com/accreditation-...ne%3B.html

[Little Arminius]

They are definitely separate people. Several years back I tagged Peter, not George, as "the John Bear of Down Under." Whether it is a compliment or not would depend on one's view of John Bear, something about which I'll admit my opinion has evolved over time.

old DL Truth thread on French/Brown

At one point French had the higher profile and more credibility. After George Brown obtained his PhD he eclipsed Peter in the credibility category and it now seems that Peter is comfortable with that role, stating that he is working for one of George Brown's "products."

George has always had somewhat of an entrepreneurial bent, for a while he ran some type of hotel training school for Malaysians that was investigated by Aussie authorities (and he is very touchy about discussing), so it is not suprising that he has opened new academic businesses post PhD.