Anonymous wrote:HELL NO!

It requires a bachelor of science degree, followed by P.A. program.


Blue collar = construction, restaurant, dry cleaner, gas station

Grey collar = plumber, electrician

White collar = my job is at a desk or required a bachelor's degree

I think of blue collar as being construction, plumber, electrician, etc. Something skilled and respectable and a good living
Restaurant staff (unless at a high end restaurant) at a Applebee’s type place is usually uneducated and unskilled and low class. Dry cleaners or gas station owners are good for the small business owner/immigrant—can be a good living (staff not so much). People who are personal trainers with only high school education and a two day certification are usually losers.

I never heard of gray collar.


Never heard of gray collar.

Blue collar jobs aren’t embarrassing.

PA is not a blue collar job.

HELL NO!

It requires a bachelor of science degree, followed by P.A. program.


Blue collar = construction, restaurant, dry cleaner, gas station

Grey collar = plumber, electrician

White collar = my job is at a desk or required a bachelor's degree

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its too late for me to be an MD (I'm 31)

would being a PA be too embarrassing?

Why would you even think this? It’s highly esteemed and beneficial?
RN-BSN

Both PA’s and RN’s are respectable. They are highly skilled and require education. Not so, low class jobs that require a 2-day “certification” like personal trainer at the local gym.

Anonymous wrote:I went back to school at 31 to become an RN in a 2nd degree program. Not embarrassed, LOVE my job, love my schedule. Do you think being a nurse is embarrassing?

Me too in my 40s. Bedside to community health to school health, maybe hospice next. Love my job.

Anonymous wrote:Can we just get rid of referring to jobs as "blue-collar", "white-collar," or any other kind of collar? It's a veiled way of talking about class -- but, whoops! America is a classless society so we can't be doing that! -- and has nothing, objectively speaking, to do with skill, professionalism, or training, or even earning power.

Yes instead how about
Essential — healthcare, building & infrastructure industry, education, and believe it or not the arts

Anonymous wrote:Its too late for me to be an MD (I'm 31)

would being a PA be too embarrassing?

Why would you even think this? It’s highly esteemed and beneficial?
RN-BSN

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP if you have to ask this question, I fear that you are not cut out for a job like a PA that requires critical thinking, sensitivity to others, and reasoning skills.

+1

- ACNP

Exactly. I don’t want to see a PA who thinks like you.

RN, NP, PA —none of these are embarrassing at all. Requires skill and hard work and commitment. Makes for a decent living too. One job that I view as low class is personal trainer when that person only has a high school diploma and 2 day training class to get “certified”. Relative thinks they are “saving lives” but that’s just wishful thinking.

S/O thread idea: Are Physician Assistants tacky?

I went back to school at 31 to become an RN in a 2nd degree program. Not embarrassed, LOVE my job, love my schedule. Do you think being a nurse is embarrassing?

You’re over 30? Grow a spine. Do you want to be a PA? Who TF cares what is white or blue collar?

Anonymous wrote:It's pretty competitive to get into PA school.

really? which one?

Anonymous wrote:Its too late for me to be an MD (I'm 31)

would being a PA be too embarrassing?

Why don’t you ask an actual PA, you turd. I suspect you’ll be filtered out from the profession from the get go. Perhaps a profession that better matches your ego is the way to go?

Or are you here just to troll 😈??

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP if you have to ask this question, I fear that you are not cut out for a job like a PA that requires critical thinking, sensitivity to others, and reasoning skills.

+1

- ACNP

+10. We don’t need this attitude from within the profession. If you don’t admire and respect the position yourself, it’s probably not a good fit for you. Suggest you learn more about the role and the concept of a multidisciplinary healthcare team before proceeding.

-Another ACNP (FNP-C) with no particular color collar