Half-trained medical students perform bungling operations, and butcher their patients, because they are not willing to take time for thorough preparation.

Half-trained lawyers stumble through their cases, and make their clients pay for experience which the law school should have given.

Half-trained clergymen bungle away in the pulpit, and disgust their intelligent and cultured parishioners.
Many an American youth is willing to stumble through life half prepared for his work, and then blame society because he is a failure.
A young man, armed with letters of introduction from prominent men, one day presented himself before Chief Engineer Parsons, of the Rapid Transit Commission of New York as a candidate for a position.

"What can you do?
Have you any specialty ?" asked Mr.Parsons.

"I can do almost anything," answered the young man.