Kuala Lampur, Sept. 17 -- My jaw almost dropped.

I was handling an inquiry regarding a Masters' degree at a recent education fair.

The man, clearly around middle age, asked a lot of questions which I did my best to answer.

After about 10 minutes I asked him what his plans were after obtaining the degree. He then said, "Oh, it isn't for me, it's for my son." He then added - and this is the part my chin almost fell to the floor - his son has no say in his own post-graduate education.

I'll state right now I have no intention of judging the parent and how he's going about handling his child's education.

I'll only state that I was stumped because this is the first case I've seen where a Masters degree student is doing something purely bec...