RE: A suspected can of worms - knowing the future

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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-----Original Message-----
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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