More of this nonsense.
There was a movie called Gattaca a few years back. It was about the evil future where they genetically enhance people so that said people do not grow up to become doofuses. This is apparently "evil." There was a guy in the movie who was born the old-fashioned way and so therefore lacked the genetic enhancement privilege. (We the viewing audience were supposed to feel sorry for him, and I guess we were supposed to cheer for him when he got to sleep with Uma Thurman, apparently because he was such a sad sop that he deserved something good in his life.)
He wanted to be an astronaut or something, but he was not allowed to become an astronaut because he was in bad health, he was not tall enough, he was not missing enough loose skin flakes, his pee was the wrong color, etc. (He didn't get to be an astronaut, so sleeping with Uma Thurman was his victory. Or something like that, I don't know, I wasn't really paying attention.)
Erm, excuse me, but, tough cookies. Most career paths that are actually worth anything, including being an astronaut, have some sort of necessary stipulations. Number one, you must have the inherent skill, which will combine with your years of education and training to learn the job duties.
Number two, you must possess all of the secondary qualities that you might not immediately associate in your mind with the particular career, but when you think about it, you realize these are very realistic and reasonable expectations.
For example, to be a clinical lab technologist who might also have to draw people's blood, one must be very adept at many things. You have to have a full range of scientific knowledge-- biochemistry background of human beings, biochemical basis of blood tests that are running, knowledge of how the testing instruments work, and the ability to troubleshoot the machines, among other skills. That's all the obvious Part One. Part Two-- you must have steady hands and good eyesight. These secondary traits support the primary job requirements.
There was a movie called Gattaca a few years back. It was about the evil future where they genetically enhance people so that said people do not grow up to become doofuses. This is apparently "evil." There was a guy in the movie who was born the old-fashioned way and so therefore lacked the genetic enhancement privilege. (We the viewing audience were supposed to feel sorry for him, and I guess we were supposed to cheer for him when he got to sleep with Uma Thurman, apparently because he was such a sad sop that he deserved something good in his life.)
He wanted to be an astronaut or something, but he was not allowed to become an astronaut because he was in bad health, he was not tall enough, he was not missing enough loose skin flakes, his pee was the wrong color, etc. (He didn't get to be an astronaut, so sleeping with Uma Thurman was his victory. Or something like that, I don't know, I wasn't really paying attention.)
Erm, excuse me, but, tough cookies. Most career paths that are actually worth anything, including being an astronaut, have some sort of necessary stipulations. Number one, you must have the inherent skill, which will combine with your years of education and training to learn the job duties.
Number two, you must possess all of the secondary qualities that you might not immediately associate in your mind with the particular career, but when you think about it, you realize these are very realistic and reasonable expectations.
For example, to be a clinical lab technologist who might also have to draw people's blood, one must be very adept at many things. You have to have a full range of scientific knowledge-- biochemistry background of human beings, biochemical basis of blood tests that are running, knowledge of how the testing instruments work, and the ability to troubleshoot the machines, among other skills. That's all the obvious Part One. Part Two-- you must have steady hands and good eyesight. These secondary traits support the primary job requirements.
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