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Subject:RE: A suspected can of worms - knowing the future From:"Finch, D Ted" <dtfinch -at- sandia -dot- gov> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 26 Jun 2003 13:16:10 -0600
This maybe true if you decided to turn off your brain and never learn
anything new after you graduate. But how often does that happen??
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The optimist fell ten stories.
At each window bar
He shouted to his friends:
"All right so far."
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From: Mark Baker [mailto:mbaker -at- ca -dot- stilo -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 10:34 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: A suspected can of worms - knowing the future
Dick Margulis wrote:
> Someone (Mark Baker, maybe?) was arguing a month or two ago that
> "any educated person" should have the non-industry-specific
> skills that make someone a good tech writer. For the minority of
> students who attend college to become educated persons, that is
> true. For the majority who treat universities as trade schools,
> alas, it is not true.
It was me, and you make a very good point. Many people waste the opportunity
to get an education and opt to get training instead. Given that an education
is overall better preparation for life in a changing world, pursuing a
tecnical communication degree may actually disqualify you for more technical
communication jobs than it qualifies you for, especially in the long term.
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