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gtzulu said:
I am just trying to say he's not the ideal Tech student athlete. Most Tech students are engineering and become engineers. Planning to go into law is a football-player thing to do. And something a lot of underachieving engineering students do. Nothing wrong with law--a few lawyers are fairly smart--but again it's not a path the model Tech student would choose. Call me elitist if you want; that's just how it is.
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And the last nail in the weird, humorless, douche coffin has been set.
 
gt_white_gold said:
I wish him the best, but I am not sure that he could be an astronaut. First he would have to drop a good bit of weight to qualify. Also, a good number of military aviators studied engineering in college. The military puts great value in technical/science degrees.
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I'm pretty sure I heard that GT has produced more astronauts than any other non-academy. Not certain on that though.
 
Don't see why you guys are so upset with my post. The model Tech student aspires to be an engineer, not a lawyer. That should be obvious--Tech is and has always been an ENGINEERING school.

I'm not saying that law is a less distinguished profession than engineering or that Bedford isn't a smart guy. I just think that a Tech student who wants to be anything other than a helluva engineer is not the quintessential Tech student. (Will someone back me up on this?)

I suppose that there are more than a few business/law types on this board, who probably never went to Tech, who get offended at some perceived slight against non-engineers.
 
mmbt0ne said:
I'm pretty sure I heard that GT has produced more astronauts than any other non-academy. Not certain on that though.
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I heard that UGA has produced the most space cadets. :dunno:
 
The country would be a helluva lot better off if more engineers were involved in running it.
 
gtzulu said:
Don't see why you guys are so upset with my post. The model Tech student aspires to be an engineer, not a lawyer. That should be obvious--Tech is and has always been an ENGINEERING school.

I'm not saying that law is a less distinguished profession than engineering or that Bedford isn't a smart guy. I just think that a Tech student who wants to be anything other than a helluva engineer is not the quintessential Tech student. (Will someone back me up on this?)

I suppose that there are more than a few business/law types on this board, who probably never went to Tech, who get offended at some perceived slight against non-engineers.
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So do you pull for the GT football team? How many engineering students are on the team again? I guess since they're not "quintessential Tech students" we should all find another team to pull for.
 
One of my brothers went to Tech and he is becoming a lawyer. Though, he did major in biology at Tech.
 
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Diseqc said:
So do you pull for the GT football team? How many engineering students are on the team again? I guess since they're not "quintessential Tech students" we should all find another team to pull for.
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If he can really put away one classic piece of literature a week on top of class and practice, that's damn impressive. We're not talking leisurely reading here.
 
gtzulu said:
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I think a good patent lawyer can still be a helluva engineer. Being an engineer as a profession does not necessarily make one a helluva engineer. For instance, my brother-in-law is a helluva engineer (much better than I), he however is a merchant mariner.
 
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Only a GT alum would look down on a student who aspires to be a lawyer. :laugher: :laugher: :laugher:
 
gtzulu said:
I am just trying to say he's not the ideal Tech student athlete. Most Tech students are engineering and become engineers. Planning to go into law is a football-player thing to do. And something a lot of underachieving engineering students do. Nothing wrong with law--a few lawyers are fairly smart--but again it's not a path the model Tech student would choose. Call me elitist if you want; that's just how it is.
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This is what is wrong with much of the GT fanbase. SNOB. Does he have to be an engineer to be smart or worthy in your eyes?
 
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