RE: resignation notice get a clue

I don't think this guy's really worth the trouble of getting worked up about. I think most reasonable people realize that a college education does not automatically mean that one has the skills necessary to adequately perform a job. One of the best techs I have ever worked with was a HS diploma trained tech - and believe me - there are a lot of MD's and PhD's out there with little more sense than common vegetables. By the way - I have a degree in microbiology - while it may give me a different perspective in some instances - I don't assume my degree makes me any better of a histologist than my colleagues without it. The most important thing in any science is keeping current on the theory, application, and advances in the field - not that piece of paper you may have earned 10 or 20 years ago.

A great teacher of mine once said the best thing about education is that it teaches you humility. Any advanced science class will make you realize that while you may know a heck of a lot about one area - there's a whole world of information out there you probably have never even touched.

Just my thoughts.

Louri Caldwell

>From: "Bartlett, Jeanine"

>To: "'Educatedhisto@cs.com'" , Charles.Embrey@carle.com, CrochiereSteve@aol.com

>CC: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu

>Subject: RE: resignation notice get a clue

>Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 06:14:01 -0500

>I do not think that a degree is as necessary as appropriate training. Some

>college courses are extremely helpful but a good, accredited 2 year program

>at a School for Histotechnology would make for a better tech. More so than

>that French or English Lit. class. I know of college graduates who walk

>into a lab with no lab experience and are trained on the job just like that

>"corner wino". They start off at a high salary and have absolutely no

>knowledge of the job they are to perform. Even with their degree they are

>simply shown how to cut and how to put slides on a machine but are not

>necessarily taught any theory. Which would you really rather have working

>in your lab?

>Just my opinion.

>-----Original Message-----

>From: Educatedhisto@cs.com [mailto:Educatedhisto@cs.com]

>Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 4:16 PM

>To: Charles.Embrey@carle.com; CrochiereSteve@aol.com

>Cc: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu

>Subject: Re: resignation notice get a clue

>yeah but if the profession paid it wouldn't be hard to fill. Because they

>can take any old vagrant off the street and give them $2.00 hr to do histo

>work after giving them on the job train, the position she is leaving will

>soon be filled. He is probably pissed because three weeks isn't long enough

>to train the wino on the corner to do her job. That is why it should be

>required to have a degree before becoming a histotech. If a degree was

>required pay would be increased and in the process generate more interest in

>the job.