Re: Liberal Arts Grads Can't "Grasp?" Give me a break.

[Wohlrab Arleta - DRACS <wohlraba -at- BSCC -dot- BLS -dot- COM>]

Mike wrote:

>>Actually, this person said PURE liberal arts people "just don't get"
what PURE techies are telling them.  It is still a generalization, but
it does not seem to be the broad "Liberal Arts types cannot grasp
anything (including Liberal Art subjects)" generalization that you have
taken umbrage with.  I guess it begs the question, "If a pure Liberal
Arts person grasps a technical subject, are they still a pure Liberal
Arts person?".   This person was arguing extremes, but did not emphasize
that they were arguing extremes (whether done purposefully or not, who
knows?)<<

Yes, I was arguing extremes. I believe that was evident by the use of the
word *pure*. In my opinion, if a liberal arts person has exposure to
technical subjects (at school or at work), that makes them more balanced.
Hence, they are no longer an extreme case.

Now you know!


Arleta Wohlrab
wohlraba -at- bscc -dot- bls -dot- com

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