You guys were right -- thanks!

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 04:23:20 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

I'm firmly convinced that a liberal arts degree teaches one to tactically
and strategically think.

And to create willly-nilly, double-barreled split infinitives without
experiencing an iota of regret for outdated Latin paradigms.

Don

And to create willly-nilly, double-barreled split infinitives without
experiencing an iota of regret for outdated Latin paradigms.

Dang it, Don, I don't know what the HELL you're talking about -- but it sure
*sounds* great!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

In article Yg2Ua.139282$ye4.98549@sccrnsc01,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

I'm firmly convinced that a liberal arts degree teaches one to tactically
and strategically think.

You think that a scientific degree doesn't do that as well?

More than anything else, I value my college education not for the
knowledge I gained from it, for much of that is filed away in the
archives where it's difficult to find. I value my education for the way
it taught me to use take the resources I have available to me and use
them to solve the problems before me.

--
Larry Fransson
Bachelor of Science
Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering
University of Washington, 1991

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 04:59:37 GMT, Jay Honeck wrote:
And to create willly-nilly, double-barreled split infinitives without
experiencing an iota of regret for outdated Latin paradigms.

Dang it, Don, I don't know what the HELL you're talking about -- but it sure
*sounds* great!

Aren't "Paradigms" a kind of potato crisp (chip)?
:-)

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

"Jay Honeck" writes:

I know, Vince. I may be the last man in America that actually WANTS
my children to receive a liberal arts education. (Of course, Mary
would have a bird about this. Her B.S. degree has always paid off
directly, while mine has always been completely indirect.)

Stick with it.

No matter what field your kids go into, however technical, there is a
point somewhere on the promotion path between Exploited Intern and
Senior VP where most of the job becomes reading and writing: once they
have responsibility for projects and coworkers (i.e. they're no longer
at the bottom of the food chain), they will have to write performance
reviews, proposals, project plans, press releases, RFPs, annual
reports, progress reports, funding requests, and all kinds of other
things. If they know how to write clearly and communicate
efficiently, they will be able to keep moving up; otherwise, they
might end up angry and bitter, stuck near the entry level forever.


All the best,


David

--
David Megginson, , http://www.megginson.com/

"Henry Kisor" writes:

Don means that the absurd grammar-Nazi "rule" about split
infinitives has no real basis in English except that it was a Latin
grammar rule. And we all know what happened to that language.

It became French.


All the best,


David

p.s. ... and Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, Catalan, and
probably a few others I've forgotten, but just "French" is funnier.

--
David Megginson, , http://www.megginson.com/

No matter what field your kids go into, however technical, there is a
point somewhere on the promotion path between Exploited Intern and
Senior VP where most of the job becomes reading and writing: once they
have responsibility for projects and coworkers (i.e. they're no longer
at the bottom of the food chain), they will have to write performance
reviews, proposals, project plans, press releases, RFPs, annual
reports, progress reports, funding requests, and all kinds of other
things. If they know how to write clearly and communicate
efficiently, they will be able to keep moving up; otherwise, they
might end up angry and bitter, stuck near the entry level forever.

Precisely!

And, in Mary's less emotional moments, she will admit that this is true.
But she still likes the fact that her B.S. has always provided a steady
income, while my B.A. has provided stellar periods of success separated by
mid-length periods of hardship.

You'd think after starting three businesses, she'd be used to that by now...

--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Dylan Smith wrote:
Aren't "Paradigms" a kind of potato crisp (chip)?

I thought it was 20 cents

Sydney

"Jay Honeck" wrote:

I'm firmly convinced that a liberal arts degree teaches one to tactically
and strategically think.

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 05:41:41 GMT, Larry Fransson
wrote:

You think that a scientific degree doesn't do that as well?

Ah, but a true liberal education includes science! No education can
be considered "liberal" that does not include a strong science and
math component.

At Penn State, a candidate for a Bachelor of ARTS degree must more
science courses than quite a few Bachelor of SCIENCE candidates!

vince norris

Where I went to school, even the English Majors ended up getting Bachelor of
Science degrees. I've got a BS in management.

Bruce

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote:

I'm firmly convinced that a liberal arts degree teaches one to
tactically
and strategically think.

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 05:41:41 GMT, Larry Fransson
wrote:

You think that a scientific degree doesn't do that as well?

Ah, but a true liberal education includes science! No education can
be considered "liberal" that does not include a strong science and
math component.

At Penn State, a candidate for a Bachelor of ARTS degree must more
science courses than quite a few Bachelor of SCIENCE candidates!

vince norris