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Subject:Re: TW and education (was Re: Houston Area Jobs) From:Mitch Berg <mberg -at- IS -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 10 Dec 1996 09:33:25 -0600
Don Smith wrote:
> Eric said -
> "Guy et al are right -- this all gets back to (gasp) certification,
> but in the form of a degree. Frankly, I don't think that a degree in
> any way certifies competence."
> May I say, "Amem".
I'll add "Alleluiah"! The fastest way to make our profession utterly
irrelevant is to try to enforce some artificial elite.
--
Mitch Berg
mberg -at- is -dot- com
"Word is a minivan, Frame is a bus. Your job is to move 80 people across
town by noon. Choose."
-- John Bell
