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Curious II

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"Why assume that majors in the "hard sciences" aren't able to write well either?"
Invictus - Maybe I missed something, but who said that majors in the "hard sciences" aren't able to write well? I can't find such a statement on this thread. Someone called AntonelliCollege suggested that an English degree is unmarketable - not that majors in the "hard sciences" can't write well.

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stephen judd

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"Invictus - Maybe I missed something, but who said that majors in the "hard sciences" aren't able to write well? I can't find such a statement on this thread. Someone called AntonelliCollege suggested that an English degree is unmarketable - not that majors in the "hard sciences" can't write well. "

I think I started that train of thought that Invictus picked up -- based on AC's identification of me as an English major which I'll admit I assumed was linked to my writing -- quite possibly a mistaken assumption but the only thing I can figure on which AC might have based his judgement.


Invictus (quite rightly) then picked up on that to simply expand the argument -- good writing isn't the product of a specialized major but is the mark of an educated mind, no matter what the writer's field.


Please note (AC particularly) that I am not necessarily assuming that education and intelligence are the same thing . . . 


 


 



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Curious II

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"I think I started that train of thought that Invictus picked up . . . . ."
I thought that might be the case, but because Invictus quoted someone else in his post, I was not entirely certain about that. Invictus, if you are reading this, no need to respond to my post. SJ explained it.

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Invictus

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"I thought that might be the case, but because Invictus quoted someone else in his post, I was not entirely certain about that. Invictus, if you are reading this, no need to respond to my post. SJ explained it."


SJ explained it better than I could. And I really should have quoted his post & not the other.

I will say that without a couple of "tough" English teachers, I never would have survived a couple of science classes I had that were taught by guys who graded grammar & spelling. (The English teachers also taught me that I was most definitely not a poet )

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Retired prof

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" .... (The English teachers also taught me that I was most definitely not a poet )"
Oh contraire, Invictus. I seem to recall some mighty fine limericks that you authored on the old FS board. :)

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Poet Laureate

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"Oh contraire, Invictus. I seem to recall some mighty fine limericks that you authored on the old FS board. :)"
But yours was the best, Retired prof. I rememer it well. (No offense, Invictus. Yours was O.K.)

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I like history!

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"Mississippi's own Arthur Guyton was no slouch with subject-verb agreement, commas & semicolons either."

Guyton was no slouch in things outside his area of specialization either. He taught William Faulkner how to sail and how to play chess!


I wonder how many college students within the state would even know who Arthur Guyton was.  



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Retired prof

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"But yours was the best, Retired prof. I rememer it well...
Well, thank you, Poet. I'm flattered. That limerick contest was a lot of fun at a time when we were all in need of it.

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Poel Laureate

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"Well, thank you, Poet. I'm flattered. That limerick contest was a lot of fun at a time when we were all in need of it. "
Something about an Electrolux, as I recall. Or was it a Hoover?

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USM Nurse Prof

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Originally posted by: I like history!
" Guyton was no slouch in things outside his area of specialization either. He taught William Faulkner how to sail and how to play chess!


I wonder how many college students within the state would even know who Arthur Guyton was.  "



 Nurses do! Best physiology text to date!

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I like history!

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" Nurses do! Best physiology text to date! "
You win the Golden Carrot Award!

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I like history!

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"You win the Golden Carrot Award! "
I wonder if that's common knowlege among biology majors.

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I like history!

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" Nurses do! Best physiology text to date! "
Now, children, in what state was Authur Guyton education. Say it in unison . . . loud so those who knock our fair state will hear . . . M I S S I S S I P P I.  Now, children, tell the good people where Guyton finished high school . . . O X F O R D, M I S S I S S I P P I. Two more questions, children, yell it out . . . Where did Guyton go to college as an undergraduate? . . . . loud so everyone will know . . . M R. F A U L K E N D E R S' U N I V E R S I T Y.  And where did he go to medical school? . . . . yell it loud enough so those up in Nashville can hear it . . . . let's hear it, children . . . H A R V A R D - T H E  V A N D E R B I L T  O F  T H E  N O R T H, Miss Cratchett.

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USM Nurse Prof

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"You win the Golden Carrot Award! "
Wow, I love Golden Carrots, and orange ones too! Thanks

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Invictus

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"I wonder if that's common knowlege among biology majors."


For those who are successful pre-med majors, it becomes far more than common knowledge.

Guyton's brilliance -- or arrogance, depending on who was doing the talking -- was legendary.

An old UMC student joke: A first year med student, hopelessly behind in physiology, went to Ross Barnett Reservoir & leapt off the dam, ending his life. When he arrived at the Pearly Gates, he spied a figure in the distance hobbling along on crutches. The newly departed said to St. Peter, "What's Dr. Guyton doing here? He's the reason I jumped off the dam." St. Peter replied, "Oh, that's God. He sometimes thinks he's Arthur."

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Invictus

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Originally posted by: Poet Laureate
"But yours was the best, Retired prof. I rememer it well. (No offense, Invictus. Yours was O.K.)"


My limericks (the few I recall composing) were terrible & almost always included the word "Nantucket," IIRC.

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