Insight on BS, MS, and PHDs by Elder Oaks

Tonight, my singles ward for FHE had Sister Oaks come speak to us. This only can suggest who most likely accompanied her, Elder Oaks himself! They were a little late gettin there thinking that it started half hour later than when it actually did. Sister Oaks explained that they thought for some reason it started at 7:30pm rather than 7pm. They happened to be shopping at Costco shortly before hand. She told us how Elder Oaks tried to go incognito (sp) in there with a hat on. "Tried" being the key word here! Well, within a short time he was spotted in the dergent section. We had a laugh with that one.
Towards the middle of Sister Oaks' talk, she invited Elder Oaks up to share some remarks or words of advice for we youngsters. He said, "Keep learning!" And he went off on how we should keep learning until the end of our days because learning is was makes life interesting and exciting. Then he said that it doesn't mean to go get a degree after degree after degree. Then he said this, "You all know what BS is, right? Well, MS is just More of the same stuff, and PHD is Pile Higher and Deeper!" We got a kick out of that! They're both a hoot! But I know that he is not discouraging to seek that level of degree in anyway. It doesn't haven't to be just worldy knowledge. It can be spiritual knowledge as well! More so in fact!
Well it's getting late. I just thought I would share that little bit with you!