Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Happens all the time. I have a friend who graduated from MIT with a honors and a degree in aeronautical engineering. After he got out of school he came to Los Angeles and started working for a visual effects facility doing tape back ups, dubs and getting coffee. That was 10 years ago. Two weeks ago he gave a presentation for "Day After Tomorrow", which was on the Oscar long list (FX category)... 8-) feli On Feb 3, 2005, at 7:03 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > I recently read - heard - that only about 50% of MIT grads end up in a > field related to their major. > However - they end up with an MIT degree, which can be a passport to > virtually anything they want to do because it says "smarter than > smart." > > And as to the math degree and schlepping for an NYC photog - to that I > say, "Good for her!" As I said to her at the end of the course, I was > sure that if she decided to abandon math and go into photography she > would be heard from some day. And I still believe it. > > If the students I get in my courses - writing and the photo course - > are > any vaguely real sample - there are a hell of allot of kids at MIT on > the undergrad level who are their because their parents have pushed > very > hard for them to be there. I find this especially true with the Asian > and South Asian kids, some of whom have told me flat out that not only > were they 'told' to go to MIT, they are 'told' by their fathers what to > major in - and they often hate their majors. ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com