This is a good example of how collective memory works... It is a network...
Eugene
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rachel Heckert [mailto:heckertkrs@juno.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 4:32 AM
> To: xmca who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu
> Subject: Re: Sci-fi Reference is needed
>
>
> Eugene,
>
> I think the story is Isaac Asimov's "Profession" which is in a current
> collection by Ballantine called "Nine Tomorrows" - truly a gem of a story
> and probably meant as a comment on what education was becoming in 1959
> and has become much more so since. Even reading was taught by direct
> neurological manipulation. The boy didn't want to be a rocket pilot but
> a metallurgist - less romantic but more relevant. In '59 the "dream
> profession" was rapidly becoming nuclear physics.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rachel Heckert
>
> PS If that Ballantine is out of print it's probably in almost any
> comprehensive collection
> of his short fiction, since it's one of his "classic" stories.