Firstly i'm not jf from so-cal but I must disagree with you. Also my credentials can't compare with yours being a BA HT/HTL, nevertheless I have spent about 6 years training ht's after work

i'm on number 17 now. I must say that some of my best students were the noncollege educated,
without an AS BA or BS. Having a college degree does not mean that you are intelligent or even that you can think clearly. For some people this is true but really some of the dumbest people I know are highly college educated and some of the smartest people I've have known were on the job trained high school graduates. I have been lucky to have had the opportunity to teach some of these people histology and find them jobs in histology , and each and every one is a credit to the field.

   Shall we stop trying to degrade those in our field that do excellent work and have learned  histology by nontraditional/noncollege routes. rather these excellent individuals who have had the initiative and drive to teach themselves or seek out noncollege routes to excellence and have succeded in achieving ht ce   

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From: ander093@netscape.net [mailto:ander093@netscape.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 7:01 PM
To: Educatedhisto@cs.com
Cc: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: RE: Re: educatedhisto

Educatedhisto@cs.com wrote:

OK...but I do not see any formal histology training there. Did you graduate from a certified Histology program? If not....how did you recieve your training in Histology?? OYJ???

>Actually I am an HTL (ASCP).  I have a B.S. in Biochemistry from Duke
>University/ MBA from William and Mary and a MS in Biochemistry from
>University of California at Davis.  Without these degrees I would not have
>been able to became a manager of a Lab.  I will only give OJT to people with
>degrees because these people have proven that they are trainable and able to
>understand the theory.  They are able to think for themselves when it comes
>to troubleshooting problems that arise.  I don't have to hold their little
>hands or keep answering "why" questions.  They can work with little
>supervision.
>
>
>
>Just curious... Mr."Educatedhisto", where did you recieve your FORMAL
>histology training-which certified institution did you graduate from- and are
>you BOR certified???
>
>L.A. HT(ASCP)
>
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