Reply #130: One can go all the way through an MDs education and get not once ounce of education

[DuaneBidoux]

Between physiology and biochemistry etc. one is essentially learning a sophisticated vo-tech.

I pretty much don't count any kind of "skills" degrees such as MD, engineer, computer programming, etc. as "education" in the sense that I mean it, that is to say a broad exposure to art, history, social science, philosophy, etc. That doesn't mean I have anything against that kind of learning.

It looks like my son may become a chemist--but I am pleading with him and telling him that I will let his degree last six years and support him if he will spend two years getting some humanities and liberal arts.