Well, guess what! My daughter is an architect and word went out over their message boards to vote for "architect!" Too bad Forbes only used one example!
Marcie Bierlein
Reference/State Documents Librarian
Legal Information Center
Widener University School of Law
Wilmington, DE 19803
302-477-2044
Stephanie Pierson wrote:
> The following appears in the Feb. 3rd issue of Forbes:
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> Some People Just Have Too Much Time
> On its kids-oriented Barbie Web site, Mattel (nyse: MAT - news - people ) posted a tongue-in-cheek poll about careers for the 43-year-old, 1-billion-copy teenager doll. Adults took this seriously. Librarians, for example, put messages on Internet trade message boards urging colleagues to vote for their profession over, say, architect or cop. --W.P.B.
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> Is it just me or is anyone else insulted by the implication that librarians "just have too much time"?
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> Food for thought...
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> Stephanie
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