I support the Associate Degree debate...not because I have an Associates
Degree, but because I think that in order for our profession to be
"recognized" as a truly technical profession, then a college degree (piece of
paper) is necessary to get the ball rolling in the right direction for
professional respect and recognition by the medical field.  Everyone who is a
histotech knows that ASCP provides little in the way of support for our
profession, and if it weren't for NSH, what kind of continuing education
resources would we have available to us?  Little to none.

Anyway, that is my two cents'......which sounds more like two dollars' worth
now....

Debra Flynn, HT(ASCP)
Jackson, MS