Grades vs Education

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Worse still the higher up, the worse it gets. People spending the best part of a decade on PHDs............ WHY !?

I know you said to ignore this part but, as a PhD student for around 4 years so far:

1. Passion
2. Money (or lack thereof)
3. Determination to attain one
4. Required to get a job in any sort of decent academic research position in most fields.

PT PhDs take a long time. No reputable University would let a FT student languish for more than maybe 5 years on getting one before cutting them loose. I mean, their funding would only be up to 4 years max anyway.

Something something degree factories...

I do not like them, Sam-I-Am! I will not eat Green Eggs and Ham!