He's so good that with his fake uniform, fake degrees and fake badge, he tricked a lot of people into believing he really was a pilot and also some crew members bought it.
A medical degree is a universal badge of respectability.
Now, many Chinese companies are catering to the expanding ambitions of Chinese parents, and their offspring, by offering summer experiences costing $5,000 to $15,000 for several weeks in the United States, often a first step to an American college education, or a high school degree, which have become badges of prestige here.
We found relatively few non-graduates on this list interestingly in a world in which not going to university, or not completing your degree (think Zuckerberg) is almost a badge of honour.
The gays, he said, have achieved the highest possible "degree of alienation"; in this world "where badges are judged wounds, wounds badges, homosexuals have a deservedly high place," earning a widespread "kind of jealousy of this elite state".
Someone else has a badge that says "1.5 degrees C to stay alive .At the afternoon press-conference, Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), conveys an air of certainty and conviction.
As injury restrained his first ambition he had set about coaching badges and a part-time degree in physiotherapy, returning to United as sports therapist in 2008.
The color of the badge denotes a role, and a degree of access.
The tech industry has already seen the rise of badging, nano degrees and certifications.
As we earn more and different types of credentials, badges and degrees, we are going to want to be able to share those credentials, analyze them and the data they embody to find the right school or the right employer.
