Originally Posted by cricket3
Originally Posted by aquinas
And to wren's point, if job specific training is "peasant" work, then I guess I'll be entrusting my life to a lowly peasant should I ever need a coronary bypass... *grin*


With all due respect, medical school applicants who majored in humanities (I was one long ago) are much in demand, and have been for years. None of these things are mutually exclusive, though the study of diverse and less directly profitable subjects may be increasingly difficult for the typical student to pursue in today’s economy,

I believe you misunderstand me. The absurdity of characterizing any group as "peasants", specifically one as obviously skilled as cardiac surgeons, is why I made this tongue-in-cheek comment.

As you say, they are not mutually exclusive.


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