Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!actnyc!gcf
From: gcf@actnyc.UUCP (Gordon Fitch)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: Re: Living in the 20th C
Message-ID: <721@actnyc.UUCP>
Date: 8 Mar 88 19:55:03 GMT
References: <1880@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <2026@ttidca.TTI.COM> <1977@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Reply-To: gcf@actnyc.UUCP (Gordon Fitch)
Organization: InterACT Corporation
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In article <1977@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> tom@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Thomas C Hajdu) writes:
} In article <2026@ttidca.TTI.COM> bitter@ttidca.tti.com (Mark Bitter) writes:
} } }  When I listen to music, I find that I don't have the 
} } }  patience to listen to a long piece from beginning to end. 
} } }  Its not a lack of concentration as much as a lack of interest.
} } 
} } }  Tom Hajdu
} } }  Music Dept, Princeton University
} }   ^^^^^^^^^^
} } 
} } 
} }       Gee, maybe you should reconsider your major..!
} 
} 
} gee, thats really a nifty idea. i guess i'll just
} chuck my PhD diss in the garbage and take up auto mechanics
} or hotel management.
}

I don't know about hotel management, but auto mechanics takes
a lot of concentration, an extended span of attention, and
great ability to press on in spite of frustration.  If
you're any good, though, you can probably do better than a lot 
of PhD's in both income and job satisfaction.