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RE: [RC] Good Advice/Liberal Arts - heidiI'd point out that one can get a "liberal arts background" without
necessarily having it show on one's college transcript.
My own college transcript shows me testing out or challenging out of
almost all of the humanities and social sciences, and then boring on
ahead with heavy science classes and going on to veterinary
school. But I was able to test out or challenge out of those
classes because I was raised by very educated parents who discussed
everything from world history to Chaucer at the dinner table my entire
life. I told the interview committee for vet school (which had
asked me if they thought I had cheated myself out of a well-rounded
education by doing what I did) that when one has dissected the strategy
and the political implications of every battle of the Civil War at the
dinner table ever since one was old enough to talk, there is little
point in taking "History of the Civil War" from the University of
Idaho. Likewise, everyone in my family is a published author
(various subjects, ranging from pure history to theology to horses
to range science to radio engineering to historical biography to
historical fiction) and family members have served as editorial
advisors for each other.
While in veterinary school (since I was actually carrying a
lighter class load there than I did as an undergraduate) I
enrolled in adult ed classes ranging in subject matter from belly
dancing to auto mechanics. During college I also worked in
candidates' political campaigns, sang in community
choirs, and did various other things that resulted in a great deal
of education without earning any college credits.
One of the neat things about endurance riders is that for the most
part, they understand that people CAN gain knowledge, education, and
perspective without necessarily having transcripts to prove "butt
time" in a classroom. And that's one of the things I love about
the people in this sport.
Heidi
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