I was reading and saw that the comment came from someone who is attending MSU. I don't blame him for saying he should be considered a meteorologist. He would be saying that the program he is in is not good enough. No wonder why he thinks he should be considered a meteorologist. Nothing against this guy, I am sure he is good at what he does, I just think that without the full compliment of Atmospheric Science classes that you miss out on a lot of what the science is all about. I believe that if you don't know what is taking place in the Atmosphere that you really don't know exactly what the "weather" is all about.
I understand that he has a lot of other commitments, but so do I. I am only 21 years old and I know how it feels, I have school and work as well as dealing with the fact that my fiancee lives 300 miles away from me. Life is tough, but that isn't an excuse for going to MSU instead of getting a real Atmospheric Science degree. It just seems to me that people looking for a job, no matter what they majored in, just call up MSU take a couple of classes that do not come close to comparing with the classes in a real degree program and get the same honors and privileges that the people like me work our behind off for four years for. I would have been done two years ago, if I didn't have to worry about the Math and Physics and Dynamics and so on.
I just hope that the people who do the hiring understand the difference between MSU and the real degree programs in this country. Just my opinions, post a message here if you think otherwise.
From: name withheld by request ("looking for a job") (2/16/98)