BackTalk said:
OK, I'll go crack some backs if you go out and shrink some more heads. My undergrad degree is worth more than your flunky law degree. Talk about a quack! Go pump some Prozac....um....yes....yezzzzzz
Let's see here, to get into ANY chiropractic college, like Life University or Palmer, you need:
1) About 60-90 undergraduate credits in any major (no degree is required);
2) NO admission test;
3) And a cumulative GPA of what, 2.0 to 2.5?
To matriculate with a DC degree, you need 3.5 years of cracking backs, quasi-scientific classes taught by DCs (not MDs, PhDs, etc.), and a pathetic "clinical" experience where you have to recruit "patients" from the local community and convince them they need adjustments and tx without an objective SOAP exam. After graduation, you have a pathetically easy licensing exam and then you can peddle your wares at malls, strip malls, and shoppling centers all over the country.
A great many of chiros default on their student loans. Many have no undergrad degree to fall back on. Most were "C" students who could not handle the intellectual rigours of med school, vet school, optometry school, dental school, or yes, law school. Many chiros leave the "cult" of chriopractic and seek "lesser" employment as school teachers, nurses, or techs. Most find that their DC degree does not qualify them to teach in any field other than chiropractic.
Now, to get into law school, what does it take?
1) A completed undergrad degree (note, a BA/BS is an undergrad degree, not an associate's degree);
2) A cumulative GPA of at least 3.0-3.5, usually 3.5+;
3) Good scores on the LSAT (note, there is nothing comparable for chiroquackters).
Then, law school is about 3 - 3.5 years of full-time study beyond the BA/BS (not just 90 credits of college needed to get into chiro school with a "C"). Law is not simply memorization of facts, like medical school (which I equate to undergraduate education), but actual critical thinking and application of facts to a body of knowledge. My law degree was more intellectually demanding than my medical degree insofar as it taught me how to think, critically analyze facts, apply those facts to a specific body of law, and how to write/speak effectively.
After graduation, the newly-minted JD must pass a very rigourous bar exam. Even though the Michigan Bar exam was not as demanding as USMLE I and II, it was a huge endeavour and very difficult; it's two days of pure hell. Not only the bar exam, the Multistate Professional Rules of Ethics (MPRE) exam must be passed, a very thorough and scrutinizing "character and fitness" investigation must also be completed before one can be licensed as an attorney. Many lawyers then go through a 1-3 year clerkship that is similar to many residencies. There are also post JD fellowships.
Most JDs are from credible universities, you know, like University of Michigan, Harvard, Michigan State University, Univ of Cal Berk, Yale, Stanford, etc. Chiro schools: Life University, National Chiro College, Palmer Chiro College, etc. Yeah, I can see the comparison!
I'm not saying medical school was easy. Far from it. However, medical school was mostly memorization and regurgitation of facts, not application. It wasn't until my PGY residency years that I actually learned how to apply that knowledge and think like a doctor. Medical school was hard, but it was not as "intellectual" as law school. At least in my opinion.
Now, given the facts, can you really say my JD from Michigan State University College of Law is inferior to your undergrad degree or your DC degree? I suggest you do some research and see what it takes to be a lawyer in the US; it's not a cakewalk, unlike your back-cracking cracker jack degree.
And, while many lawyers change careers, most stay with law. A law degree is equivalent to a PHD in academia and a JD can teach a wide range of undergraduate and graduate classes in business, business law, political science, criminal justice, human resources/labor-industrial relations, journalism, and a few other fields. This is, of course, in addition to JDs who teach in law schools. Some JDs find tenured positions in medical schools, schools of public health, etc., teaching medical ethics, law and medicine, and public health courses. A JD is also useful in many administrative jobs, whereas a DC degree is absolutely useless outside your field of back-cracking.
Yes, I know a few DCs who teach at community college, in bio courses, etc., but you'd never find a DC on the faculty of a four-year college or university that was not connected with chiro education. NEVER.
So, you were saying?
