So, Mr. Educatedhisto....why are you in a profession you obviously have no
respect for?? 


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Bartlett, Jeanine [SMTP:jqb7@cdc.gov]
> Sent:	Wednesday, January 09, 2002 5:14 AM
> To:	'Educatedhisto@cs.com'; Charles.Embrey@carle.com;
> CrochiereSteve@aol.com
> Cc:	histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject:	RE: resignation notice get a clue
> 
> 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.