> -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Allison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It's so important that we don't throw growing minds in to a technical > tunnel. > > Of course, from were I sit, few want to go into technical pursuits > anyway :-(.
Yeah. But it does bring to mind a point I tried to make earlier - that there seems to be no "road back" to anything technical for those who spend their undergraduate years in general exploratory mode. A point of sensitivity to myself since my undergraduate degree is in Literature - not that I was even a serious student of literature, but one had to major. Law school, Business school were options when deciding to resume my studies. There were no options, other than picking things up at the undergraduate level again, if I wanted to go into something more technical. The barrier being more "psychological" - a sense of having to start over. I, for one, couldn't adjust to that. But in getting my MBA I was nonetheless covering a lot of territory on a graduate level, that others - more directed toward business related studies earlier - had covered as undergraduates. An MBA is a bit of a "gimmick" in that respect - but an effective gimmick. I had not too long ago explored what it might take to get a graduate level degree in mathematics. It was within the realm of possibility only because my PyGeo adventures had led me to developing a relationship with the head of the math department at a technical college. He seemed willing to work with me - but in the end it seemed unrealistic on a number of fronts. Art _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig