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  1. Xref: sparky misc.education:4380 sci.astro:12154 sci.bio:4165 sci.chem:4688 sci.math:15181 sci.physics:19167
  2. Newsgroups: misc.education,sci.astro,sci.bio,sci.chem,sci.math,sci.physics
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!clarkson!news
  4. From: rajat@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Rajat Kapoor)
  5. Subject: Of Lawyers, Doctors and Profs... 
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov18.202238.13754@news.clarkson.edu>
  7. Sender: news@news.clarkson.edu
  8. Nntp-Posting-Host: sun.soe.clarkson.edu
  9. Organization: Clarkson University
  10. References: <lgl5mfINNakj@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM>
  11. Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:22:38 GMT
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  14. From article <lgl5mfINNakj@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM>, by fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (steve hix):
  15. >>
  16. >>>On the contrary, I think that the legal and medical professions contain
  17. >>>about the same proportion of mediocrities and incompetents as the teaching
  18. >>>profession does. 
  19. >>
  20.  
  21. Interestingly, all the three have an easy way out if they lose :
  22.  
  23. Lawyers:  " It was a weak case" 
  24.  
  25. Doctors:  " The patient would have died anyway " 
  26.  
  27. Profs  :  " The student was hopeless" 
  28.  
  29. Kapoor
  30.