Just got back from a kidney ultrasound at the UNC Radiology Center. First off, all the credit in the world to them for getting me in right at 10 am and out by 10:30, right on time.
I was attended to by Bethany, the senior radiology tech, and Kylie, a radiology tech student. There was an embarrassing moment for Bethany in there when she called Kylie "Kennedy" by accident, but it turned out to be an understandable mistake, because Kylie and Kennedy are the first two students in a new bachelor's program at UNC for radiology techs. Kylie was new to Chapel Hill, having transferred up after getting an Associates Degree at Coastal Carolina Community College.
Unfortunately they got me in and out so quickly I didn't get to learn more about the distribution requirements for her program. Will graduates need courses in humanities, arts, blah blah blah? Frankly I don't know much about what UNC's distribution requirements are right now.
But would it be appropriate for a flagship campus to be issuing degrees in narrow specializations without broader requirements? It's a big question, but at this moment in history my gut is that it probably is OK. If we need people to do these jobs they need to be at institutions with medical facilities and staff to train the kids up. Certainly she was a nice young lady and plenty well educated to understand the merits of whole wheat Goldfish, which we discussed, since I was headed to Walgreens afterwards. She comes from a military family and went to high school in Fayetteville, where her dad was at Camp Lejeune. It's highly likely her politics and culture differ from mine. So it's good for her to be in Chapel Hill and get a taste of Deep Blue living but maybe not have the worst excesses of it jammed down her throat. It would have been nice to have talked further.
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