Just reminding everyone that some engineers have social skills and do not
have sensory deficits.

I'm not sure why we have to perpetuate the stereotype that engineering is a
profession only for those lacking in the above.  It's not just a profession
for those "nerdy, geeky" types.  It reminds of the stereotypes that I heard
when I was an undergraduate that engineering wasn't a field for women.

Studying chemical engineering gave me the opportunity to study math and
sciences (that I loved).  It also provided me with a framework to do
efficient problem solving (something that has help me greatly as a
clinician). Also as my high school chemistry teacher put it to me, "what are
you going to do if you don't get into medical school."  I also attended a
school that encouraged interdisciplinary learning and thinking "outside of
the box."

Mind you I don't have a daily use for tensor calculus, fluid mechanics or
transport phenomena... (but this was FAR more interesting than the first two
years of medical school).

Back to learning more about breastfeeding...

Pierrette Mimi Poinsett, MD FAAP
BSE Chemical Engineering 1978  University of Pennsylvania
Modesto CA

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