I agree your thinking probably represents a majoritarian view. After all, one of the first questions asked on meeting a college student is usually, "what are you going to be?"

Of course, there is some thougth that most of what we term education is more rightly termed "training." This is especially true for those educated in the science and engineering fields.

In fact, so of those in the liberal (oh, bad bad word) arts field typify engineers by saying, " I are an engineer." Very unfair and stereotypical thinking. We all have friends that are in the objective science fields and some are quite articulate and have a world view.

Why, I wouldn't object to my sister marrying one.

A liberal -that word again- education prepares one only to think and gives him a basis to interpret the world. He is not trained to any useful purpose, he can't make anything--but he might be able to understand it. And somebody had to write those papers the engineers had to turn in.

And those poly-sci types, I really don't understand them. They mostly think two of the silliest things: that change will happen, and that participatory government should be a rational engine to drive that change.

How silly can they be? They don't seem to know the rules for government are carved in stone and we need to hew to these rules. A=A, and it is counter-productive to go outside the box.

Keep pitching Tom, we realize your repeating the mantra is bound to impress it on the rest of us eventually.

Publius