OUR COLLEGE DEGREE MEANS NOTHING…. degree (n.) “a step, a stair," also "a position in a hierarchy," ," from Old French (12c.) pace, degree, academic degree; rank, status, position, *degradus "a step, Latin de-"down”
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “prince” - c. 1200, "governor, overseer; great man, chief; preeminent representative of a group or class” “noble lord" "first person, chief leader; ruler, sovereign," "heir to a throne,