To: the OlLine Rebel
Lawyers, actuaries, engineers, psychologists (of any licensable variety), or for that matter mathematicians (we sure as heck aren't amateurs, so we must be professionals) all fit the 'specialized body of knowledge' citerion.
Criterion 19 is the one that's a bit iffy as too medical.
6 posted on
01/30/2007 6:10:11 AM PST by
The_Reader_David
(And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
To: The_Reader_David
Criterion 19 is the one that's a bit iffy as too medical.
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The author claims that most, not all, of the criteria apply to true professionals. He states that teachers meet NONE of the criteria.
9 posted on
01/30/2007 6:14:40 AM PST by
wintertime
(Good ideas win! Why? Because people are .not stupid)
To: The_Reader_David
I've never considered any academician to be a professional, (as opposed to just being "professional", without the article) even those of us in mathematics. I generally saw professionals as having an extensive specialized education to obtain a specific skill set or body of knowledge and the bulk of the work was done for individual clients.
63 posted on
01/30/2007 6:55:38 AM PST by
AmishDude
(It doesn't matter whom you vote for. It matters who takes office.)
To: The_Reader_David
*I* am an engineer. A good student can take just 4 regular BS college years to be a "professional".
73 posted on
01/30/2007 7:05:06 AM PST by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
To: The_Reader_David
I would add pilots and operators of complex machinery.
343 posted on
01/31/2007 7:35:42 AM PST by
Boiler Plate
(Mom always said why be difficult, when with just a little more effort you can be impossible.)
To: The_Reader_David
--Criterion 19 is the one that's a bit iffy as too medical.--
A professional will solve the client's issue before it becomes a problem.
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