A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
Lazarus Long
(Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love, 1973)
My five year old daughter is starting kindergarten next year, and I’m a little concerned because they only teach designing a buildin, butchering a hog, and pitching manure. Now, I have to go out and find an after-school program that teaching conning a ship.
Now that is some funny stuff right there.