Originally posted by Kurk
They're not above you. A masters is a masters; you're all specialized in different areas. You're reclassified now; How am I supposed to know who's PMing you?The way I see it:
PhD knows enough about SW; well rounded in all areas but also specialized. They are professors capable of educating the "advanced casual" star wars fan (e.g Stupendous Wave, Star Wars Theory)
Masters are also very specialized and can choose to educate at the college level; again meaning advanced casual SW fans, but only in their specialized area. Their knowledge in other areas is on the level of the "advanced casual" people they're teaching. If not college lecturers, they can serve as high-school teachers (high-schoolers are casual SW fans--have seen TCW and all movies, some reference books, but not in-depth literature) and educate all around.
Bachelors may have weak spots within the SW continuity where their knowledge is no greater than that of an average SW fan (e.g mine is ToR era), but it is balanced out by areas where they are specialized enough to match a PhD in their non-specialized area. Bachelors are like middle-school/elementary teachers. They educate the casual fans only.
Associates only have superficial specialization in a select area. They are not qualified to teach casual fans due to their lack of knowledge in too many areas (e.g Quanchi is specialized with Maul, Snoke, Kylo; but knows nothing about EU or canon literature)
Highschooler is a casual, mainstream, fan aka normie.
Anything less than that is someone who at some point had an interest in SW but never pursued it to "casual fan" level.
Even under that rubric, your list is still wrong.
