Giving engineers a bad name

[fbhjr]

We have two new members to Phoenix Swords, both of whom will be doing their
very first performance with us tomorrow.
The newer of them is a college student at Smith College and is studying
engineering.
As she has no car, we are going to give her a ride to the show tomorrow.

But, that left the question of where to pick her up.
I don’t know any of the dorms, library or campus center.
“What about the art museum?” I asked her. “I know how to find the art
museum at Smith College.”
“We have an art museum?” she asked.
“Of course you have an art museum,” I said. “I’ve been there.”
“What do I know about art museums? I’m an engineer!” she shouted.

Kids these days.
My engineering school didn’t even have an art museum. But, I knew where
the one closest was located.

Comments

[64tbird.livejournal.com]

That's just stupid.

Had your advisor never read "Godel, Escher, Bach"???

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

My father, who worked as an electrical engineer for 52 years, used to quote sections of that book to us over dinner.

[64tbird.livejournal.com]

I just gave my copy to my 15 year old.

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

That was around the age I read it.
I should read it again some time, I hardly remember it.

[evrgreen.livejournal.com]

Alas, that advisor was not well versed -or interested- in things that were not explicitly "engineering". I ended up with a different advisor the following year, who was a much more "spiritual" and holistic in his views.