RE: Technical school

In California the state funded junior (community) colleges seem to be
phasing out the associate degrees in academic subjects.  They grant
associate degrees in vocational programs and for academic programs give out
a piece of paper that certifies completion of the lower division
requirements for a given "academic" major in the state college or university
system.

Personally, I'd rather take the 18th century poetry class than tech writing.
<g>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James W. Kilgore [mailto:qappdsn@ibm.net]
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 1:34 AM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Technical school
> 
> 
> Sherry,
> 
> Two years of tech college and an associates degree may appear 
> to be the same, but
> two years of "technical" college is narrower in scope around here.
> 
> An associates degree has more of the prerequisites for 
> transfer to a four year
> college, where a two year "tech" graduate is focused on the 
> primary job
> function.  Think of it as an apprenticeship without a mentor.
> 
> For example, a two year associates in computer sciences may 
> require you to take
> three courses in a single language, where a tech school may 
> introduce you to
> three different languages.
> 
> Or, a two year associates degree in business administration 
> may require a quarter
> in 18th century English poetry, where a tech school would 
> substitute that with
> technical writing.  One could always read poetry on their own time ;-)
> 
> BTW, I didn't make this example up.  I had to pay for it or 
> forgo a degree.   I
> learned tech writing on my own time.
> 
/*****   Big Snip                                             *****/
+---
| This is the RPG/400 Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---